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  • Czech tales from the crypt: mummification as a status symbol
    What, apart from blue blood, do Wenceslaus I, Přemysl Otakar II, John of
    Luxembourg and Charles IV, the first king of Bohemia to become Holy Roman
    Emperor, have in common? Their royal corpses were eviscerated via an
    abdominal incision, their body cavities filled with herbs, and then placed
    in a tank filled with resin and a mixture of potassium chloride and
    sulphate of potash. Until the practice was forbidden in the Czech lands in
    the late 18th century, a surprising number of bodies of socially and
    politically prominent people were anthropogenically mummified in such
    manner.
    14 min
  • Prague’s famous Lennon Wall undergoing transformation
    The Lennon Wall, located in a secluded square in Malá Strana near the
    French embassy, had long been a traditional place where anybody was free to
    do any type of graffiti they want, though the general subject was John
    Lennon and world peace. This symbol of freedom, born in the communist
    years, later became a significant Prague landmark, connected with the
    dissident years and the Velvet Revolution. But the overwhelming interest in
    it proved too much. Things got out of hand and now the famous wall is
    undergoing a major transformation.
    9 min
  • New pipe organ for St Vitus Cathedral resounds for first time
    The new pipe organ for St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague resounded for the
    first time on Monday in a workshop near Barcelona, in Spain, where the
    instrument is being built. The pipe organ was commissioned by the Catholic
    Church and part of its cost, estimated at 80 million crowns, was raised in
    a public collection.
    4 min
  • Czech Republic suspends weapons exports to Turkey
    The Czech Republic has joined other EU member states in halting weapons
    exports to Turkey over its military offensive in northern Syria. The Czech
    foreign minister on Monday urged Turkey to halt the offensive and open the
    door to negotiations aimed at finding a political solution to the conflict.
    4 min
  • Hitler no ‘gentleman’, but court rules Czech state need not apologize for president’s claim Ferdinand Peroutka said so
    In a speech at a Holocaust conference in 2015, President Miloš Zeman
    falsely claimed one of the nation’s most respected journalists had penned
    a pre-war article titled “Hitler is a gentleman”. Ferdinand Peroutka,
    he claimed, was an admirer of the Nazi dictator. On Monday, a Prague court
    ruled against his granddaughter, who had sued for an apology.
    5 min
  • Olga Lomová: Western misconceptions could let China export much of its system and ultimately contribute to our enslavement
    Czech-Chinese relations have been in the news a lot lately, but how have
    they really developed over the decades? And how should we view Chinese
    moves to develop a new high-tech form of totalitarianism involving facial
    recognition and “social credit”? I discussed those issues with
    Professor Olga Lomová, head of the Department of Sinology at Charles
    University’s Faculty of Arts. But I first asked the country’s leading
    sinologist what had led her to the field.
    15 min
  • Fairytale for Ondrášek as Czechs come from behind to beat England
    The Czech Republic’s footballers have greatly boosted their chances of
    reaching Euro 2020 after beating England 2:1 in Prague. Friday night’s
    game was a genuine fairy tale for Zdeněk Ondrášek, who at the age of 30
    scored on his debut to claim victory. For his part, England’s Harry
    Maguire described the strike as a sucker punch, admitting his side hadn’t
    deserved to take an early lead.
    4 min
  • Europe’s first ever live football commentary and other unforgettable Czech sporting moments
    Sport has always played a big role in Czech life. At the time of the
    national revival in the 19th century, the Sokol gymnastics movement was
    founded on the idea that a healthy body was a recipe not only for a healthy
    mind, but also for a civilised nation. In this episode of our series
    drawing from the archives, we hear recordings from the huge Sokol gathering
    of 1938 and from the Spartakiáda displays of mass callisthenics that
    replaced Sokol during the communist period. We also feature an ice hockey
    report from the Olympics in 1936, as well as Europe’s first ever live
    football commentary and the voices of some of the great Czech sportsmen and
    women of the 20th century, from Emil Zátopek to Martina Navrátilová.
    28 min
  • Thousands pay tribute to deceased national pop icon Karel Gott
    People from all corners of the country are streaming to Prague to pay their
    last respects to the deceased Czech pop legend Karel Gott, who died of
    leukaemia last week. By 2pm on Firday, around 14,000 thousand had already
    passed by his coffin on public display at Žofín Palace. The hugely
    popular singer is to receive a funeral with state honours, as Czechs
    observe a day of mourning on Saturday.
    4 min

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