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  • Czech nominee for EC post Věra Jourová wins approval in EP hearing
    The designated Czech vice-president of the European Commission, Věra
    Jourová, has been approved for the European values and transparency
    portfolio in the new European Commission. In a three-hour hearing on
    Monday, Ms. Jourová was grilled by members of the Civil Liberties, Justice
    and Home Affairs committees on how she would secure rule of law and media
    freedom across the EU.
    4 min
  • Analyst: Klaus Jr. may be “most trusted” politician but he is highly polarising figure
    Václav Klaus Jr., the son of former Czech president and prime minister
    Václav Klaus, is the country’s “most trusted” politician, suggests a
    new poll conducted by the CVVM agency. The leader of the newly-formed,
    right-wing oriented Tricolour achieved a 42 percent positive rating among
    respondents, putting him ahead of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. I asked
    political scientist Jiří Pehe why exactly Klaus Jr. is so popular.
    5 min
  • Machonins’ granddaughter Marie Kordovská: I grew up in a “mini Kotva”
    Architects Věra Machoninová and Vladimír Machonin designed some of the
    Czech Republic’s most distinctive modern buildings, including Prague’s
    Kotva department store and Hotel Thermal in Karlovy Vary. The couple’s
    legacy is being kept alive today by their granddaughter Marie Kordovská,
    who campaigns for Thermal in particular to receive sensitive treatment. The
    Machonins’ architecture is frequently described as Brutalist and when we
    met, at Kotva, I asked Kordovská if there was anything about their work
    that made it stand out from the genre, which is typified by a blocky,
    concrete style.
    15 min
  • With reoffending rates among EU’s highest, Czech NGOs seek new solutions
    Statistics show that incarceration and reoffending rates in the Czech
    Republic are among the highest in Europe. To combat this phenomenon 10
    organisations that focus on helping prisoners reintegrate into society have
    decided to form an association. They hope the new alliance will bring about
    more flexibility, as well as greater influence when lobbying for change
    with the government.
    4 min
  • New index puts Prague among the world’s top 20 smart cities
    Prague finished 19th among 102 cities around the world in the first edition
    of a Smart City Index, put together by Switzerland’s IMD Competitiveness
    Centre and the Singapore University of Technology and Design. The index
    assesses the cities’ efforts in embracing smart technologies to improve
    their citizens’ lives. Prague finished ahead of London in the survey, in
    which Singapore ranked first.
    4 min
  • Museum offers multimedia experience of fires that devastated Prague over centuries
    The popularity of disaster movies shows how people are fascinated by
    catastrophes, natural and otherwise. Now there’s a permanent exhibition
    by the City of Prague Museum called “Prague on Fire” which gives
    visitors a multimedia experience of the history of the city’s devastating
    fires. It’s located in a 17th century water tower officially called the
    “New Mill Water Tower” though of course it’s not new anymore.
    9 min
  • Students launch “Don’t Let it Pass” webpage to stop bullying
    Bullying in Czech schools is on the rise. Although statistics indicate that
    more than half of Czech primary and secondary school students have either
    experienced or witnessed bullying, some schools remain in denial, claiming
    they don’t have a problem. Two years ago, three high school students took
    the matter into their own hands, setting up a web page where students or
    victims of bullying can report the abuse and get help.
    8 min

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