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Fourteen kilos of musical diversity: Ivan Koval loves the accordion

An accordion professor from the Czech Republic is teaching his students to play contemporary music in the same place where the composer Franz List once worked. more...

A Saxon school is building bridges of understanding

A German high school in the city of Pirna in the state of Saxony has made the German-Czech border invisible. Students from both countries learn together here. more...

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A Czech emigrant promotes Germany

Some things come to him more easily in German, such as specialised business terms, but if he had to explain a flower to a child, Josef Hladik could only do so in Czech. more...

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Czech artist finds a home from home in Worpswede

Initially, she didn't take to the flat terrain of northern Germany, but Czech artist Ivanka Svobodova-Rinke now feels at home in an artists' village. more...

German-Czech reconciliation an affair of the heart for Fr Angelus

Father Angelus Waldstein was once driven out of Bohemia. He has since initiated a German-Czech school partnership from the Bavarian monastery of Ettal. more...

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Czech expert advises German universities on harmonizing degrees

A Czech citizen is helping German colleges to bring their academic degrees into line with European norms. more...

Czech bread rolls on German breakfast tables

German bakers in cities near the border with the Czech Republic are facing competition. Confectionary from the neighbouring country is winning customers in Germany. more...

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David Rafaja works to ensure new blood in the sciences

Czech physicist David Rafaja, a professor at the Bergakademie Technical University in East Germany's Freiberg, is the godfather of a school in Dresden where he tries to enthuse the pupils with a passion for the sciences. more...

El escritor checo Jaroslav Rudis escribe historias checo-alemanas

Los personajes de sus novelas son personas que recorren zonas limítes entre Alemania y la República Checa. Y el escritor checo Jaroslav Rudis le encanta el vecino occidental de su patria, no solo por la importancia del mercado. more...

Prague author Jaroslav Rudis delves into darker chapters of Czech-German history

The characters in the novels of Jaroslav Rudis are Czech-German transients. Rudis has taken to his western neighbour, and not only on account of its larger market. more...

From Bohemia to Los Angeles: Horst Burbulla wins technical Oscar

As a boy Horst Burbulla wanted to make films. His first one plunged him into debt, but also set him working on what became an award-winning telescoping camera crane. more...

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More directors choosing Prague, whether for film or television

Hollywood on the Vltava: Filmmakers from all over the world are discovering the rich backdrop that Prague provides, along with its professional filming expertise. more...

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A German psychologist conducts research into using brain waves to control machines

As a child he was headstrong, but as a professor he works patiently with disabled people. Niels Birbaumer uses machines to help the paralysed communicate. more...

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