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  • World-renowned surrealist Jan Švankmajer turns 85
    One of the world’s most acclaimed surrealist filmmakers Jan Švankmajer
    turned 85 on Wednesday. His signature surreal style, which relies on
    stop-motion animations and exaggerated sounds, has not only created many
    world renowned films in the genre, but also influenced other major artists
    such as Terry Gilliam and Jose Garcia Moreno.
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  • Václav Havel exhibition opens in New York
    A new exhibition dedicated to the late Czech president, playwright and
    dissident Václav Havel will open at the National Bohemian Hall in New York
    on Thursday, launching a series of events marking the 30th anniversary of
    the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
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  • Serial Killer festival founder Kamila Zlatušková: original Czech humour travels, but ‘Nordic Noir’ TV must die
    Serial Killer – billed as the first international festival of TV and web
    series in Central and Eastern Europe – is the brainchild of Kamila
    Zlatušková, a former vice-dean of Prague’s famous FAMU film school and
    seasoned TV professional. Inspired by the likes of France’s Series Mania
    and the Edinburgh television festival, Serial Killer seeks out provocative
    original stories with novel approaches to telling them.
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  • Orbis Pictus – Comenius’s groundbreaking book for children
    A new exhibition, marking the start of the school year, got underway at the
    National Museum in Prague on Monday. It is dedicated to the 17th century
    Czech philosopher and thinker Jan Ámos Komenský or Comenius, known as
    ‘The Teacher of Nations’, and focuses on his most famous work for
    children, called Orbis Pictus.
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  • Fear of EU directive makes Czechs hurry to secure building permits
    Czechs are racing to file applications for building permits, with official
    figures showing that the number of applications in the first half of 2019
    was the highest in 10 years. The main reason appears to be an EU directive
    that will make building more expensive from 2020, when stricter
    environmental rules come in. However, representatives of both business and
    government say that modern technologies will help save money in the long
    term.
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  • Prosecutor drops fraud case against Czech PM – but story not over yet
    Prime Minister Andrej Babiš can let out a sigh of relief, albeit a
    temporary one. On Monday morning, Deník N broke the story that the state
    attorney had halted the prosecution of Mr. Babiš for his alleged
    involvement in the so-called Stork’s Nest affair. However, the story is
    far from over as the decision is yet to be approved by the prosecutor’s
    superiors and other legal moves are possible.
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  • My Brno – Tomino Kelar
    Tomino Kelar runs Brno’s top independent music venue, Kabinet Múz, as
    well as drumming with the band Midi Lidi. Kelar is from the Moravian
    capital but actually lived for several years in Wales and at one point was
    a member of Mountaineers, a group that were on the Mute label. Our tour of
    “his Brno” begins at Kavárna Praha, a cool, shoe-box shaped space in
    the grounds of the city centre Moravian Gallery.
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  • Aero: Next generation plane will help change air force pilot training
    For the past five years one of the world’s oldest aircraft manufacturers,
    Aero Vodochody, has been developing a next generation jet trainer.
    Engineers say that one of its key selling points is its ability to train
    pilots from beginning to end, a new concept in how pilots are taught. To
    find out more, I visited the two sites where tests are
    underway.
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