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You can now add playful images of Kafka, Charles IV, Rudolf II, or Božena Němcová to your messages.
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/czech-figures-come-to-life-in-ai-generated-gifs-and-a-language-teaching-app
Reverberate, episode 6: The plastic people of Prague – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/music/audio/2021/mar/03/reverberate-episode-6-the-plastic-people-of-prague-podcast?CMP=share_btn_tw
A team of scientists has reconstructed in glorious detail the faces of two sons of Saint Ludmila who left an indelible mark on Czech history: Spytihněv I, founder of Prague Castle, and Vratislav I, father of “good king Wenceslas”.
https://english.radio.cz/sons-saint-ludmilla-faces-prague-castle-founder-father-czech-patron-saint-8710853
Exactly 100 years ago today, Jaroslav Hašek published his satirical and anti-militarist book "Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války", known in English as The Good Soldier Svejk. Today, it is considered one of the jewels of Czech literature.
https://english.radio.cz/good-soldier-svejk-jaroslav-haseks-comic-masterpiece-8107636
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Slovakia has been thrown into a political crisis over a deal to acquire Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine that now threatens the country’s ruling coalition.
Slovakian PM's secret purchase of Russian Covid-19 vaccine angers coalition partners
emerging-europe.com
Slovakia has been thrown into a political crisis over a deal to acquire Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine that now threatens the country's ruling coalition.
www.imidaily.com
Slovakia is about to take citizenship by descent one generation further by qualifying great-grandchildren of Slovaks and former Czechoslovaks.
The main investors are French fund Partech, which currently holds an 8.3 percent stake in the company, the British-American fund Index Ventures and another French fund called Quadrille Capital.
Online food retailer Rohlik raises EUR 190 million from investors, plans expansion into Germany
english.radio.cz
The online food retail store Rohlik Group has raised EUR 190 million from investors.
Americans buy Penta's meat-processing business
spectator.sme.sk
Mecom will fit into their growth plan in Europe, the buyer said.
Volkswagen has received the highest state support
spectator.sme.sk
The state paid out €860 million in total via its main subsidy programme.