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The watermelon protest

Revolts by teachers and students against the university reform proposals made by Minister Pavel Dobes For some weeks now, it has been open warfare in the Czech Republic between the academic world and the School Minister, Pavel Dobes, of the Public Affairs populist party....

An old-time golden ball: Eighty year old Josef Masopust

“To show the trophy to my fans, I took it to the Prague stadium by tram, inside a plastic bag”. This recollection by Josef Masopust – Golden ball winner in 1962, who on 9th February celebrated his 80th birthday – would suffice to make...

Progetto Repubblica Ceca debuts on Facebook

The page on the social network has been created with the objective of creating a meeting place for our readers with whom we intend to open a direct line of communication The issue of our magazine on the world’s most popular social network is...

Taste, genuineness and excellence. Around the table the Czech turn patriotic again

At the time of communism the Czech were forced to be content with very little: the choice supplied by grocer’s shops was reduced to the bare necessities and the food was the same everywhere. For the quality meat and salami products you had to...

Giorgio Bonelli, the Alchymist dreamer

The owner of the famous Prague hotel tells of the city’s magical years One may still dream at the Alchymist: the glamour of the “azure hall”, sipping glasses of Ruinart, Breton oysters and dinner for six. Yves Chlala, a cabalist of notes, plays the...

Italy that the czechs do not know

The book of the journalist Josef Kaspar. It will be presented at the beginning of year 2011 in Italy and Czech Republic A book dedicated to Italy and to its peculiarities and odd characteristics. A publication conceived to eradicate those convictions and prejudices that...

The secrets, also in Czech, of the Mediterranean diet

The book by Mauro Ruggiero (200 pages, Triton publishing house) has clearly the aim of illustrating the Mediterranean diet through a detailed overview including history, medicine and gastronomy A lucky coincidence has seen a winning marriage taking place on 16th November: on that very...

Vietnam: propaganda posters

On 13th December at the exhibition venues of the Prague National Gallery (Veletržní palác) the show “Vietnam: Propaganda posters” will open at 6pm, organised by Eleuthería foundation in collaboration with the Prague National Gallery. The exhibition is aimed at reviving, through nearly 140 posters,...

1990, when the East discovered the Italian summer

Rather than mass tourism, it was an activity of collective exploration, bent mostly on saving, because at the time, most Czechs did not really have any money. It was 1990 and the average salary in Czechoslovakia did not go beyond 3,000 crown (just above...

“The champion in our editorial office”

The day after the motorcycle Grand Prix of Brno we had the pleasure to welcome Franco Uncini in our editorial office in Brno, the unforgettable 500 class World Champion in 1982 and presently the responsible for the pilots for the safety of the Grand...