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(Italiano) Il mese de La Pagina Ottobre – Novembre 2016

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Prague calls Italy

Italian emigration for work continues to rise, hence the launch of the Lavoro.cz portal from the Italo-Czech Chamber of Commerce Last October, the Italo-Czech Chamber of Commerce, decided to launch a web portal “with the objective of facilitating the match between supply and demand...

A crown, made in Czechia, for the King of Cambodia

Links between Prague and Phnom Penh, through wars and music and art, in the life of Norodom Sihamoni, the sovereign dancer who speaks Czech It was May 1962, when Norodom Sihanouk, at the time the Cambodian King, addressed a letter for a personal, family...

Operation Anthropoid, the many portrayals on the big screen

The recent film by Sean Ellis again celebrates the heroic mission in which Czechoslovak paratroopers killed Reinhard Heydrich On the morning of May 27, 1943 Reinhard Heydrich, the de facto dictator of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, got into his usual Mercedes-Benz W142...

Prague pays homage to the master of light

An award and an exhibition, for Prague’s tribute to Vittorio Storaro, the legendary cinematographer, a triple Oscar winner. The maestro enlightens the audience of the Czech capital with a lecture of great depth, but the absence of the FAMU students comes as a surprise...

Jan Zrzavý and Jan Kupecký at the National Gallery

From November 29 to March 5 Jan Zrzavý on display The collections at the National Gallery in Prague include a large number of illustrations by the Czech painter and graphic artist Jan Zrzavý, from sketches to finished drawings. The exhibition “Jan Zrzavý, the illustrator...

The EU as viewed by Prague, so far away but so important

After Brexit and the migrants crisis, the EU’s future also depends on central Europe In this last year, the European Union has become a Manichean reality, in which everything is either black or white, pro or con and either in or out. After Brexit,...

Written for Prso

On February 6 Written for Prso The concert “Written for Prso”, the abbreviation for the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, will be held in the Dvořák Hall of the Prague Rudolfinum. It will be the first world premiere of the Vocal Symphony n° 6 “The...

Havel and Charter 77 on display

From January 20 to February 6 Charta Story & Charter 77 in pictures The National Gallery in Prague, in collaboration with the Jan Patočka Archive, the Václav Havel Library and Libri Prohibiti have organized, at Palazzo Salmovský, the exhibitions “Charta 77 in photos” and...

Citizen Havel and Sister Veritas

“I always called him Mr. President, but not because he expected it. He wanted to be considered as a normal citizen, with rights and duties: the citizen Vaclav Havel”. Five years have already passed since his death, which took place on a cold Sunday...