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The Lidice Memorial is the main organizer of the 48th year of the “International Child Art Exhibition Lidice 2019”. Despite the social situation which has complicated life not only in schools but in all spheres of our lives, this year included 22,216 works of art from more than 70 countries aroun…

The University of Pardubice will be represented by its own team in this year’s university ice hockey league. A new team that will play in the University Ice Hockey League has been presented today during a memorandum signing ceremony; the memorandum will govern the cooperation between the Universi…

Milena Lenderová is a prominent Czech historian. Her main focus lies in the history of everyday life and history of gender in the 19th century. When I wanted to learn more about the beginnings of female emancipation, I did not hesitate a moment to decide who I would approach. For centuries…

The role of rail transport has undergone a major transformation over the past few years. It is undergoing a number of processes, which may be referred to as liberalization and digitalization, entailing both risks and opportunities. Therefore, the rail transport is at an important crossroads as to…

“All things are poison and nothing is without poison. Solely the dose determines that a thing is not a poison,” says Miloslav Pouzar, a toxicologist, with reference to the famous quote of Paracelsus. He hastens to add, however, that the fear of toxins and poisons around us is often exaggerated. W…

Some are five hundred years old. They are old and damaged. Yet beautiful. Their new life starts at the Faculty of Restoration. We are talking about books. Ivan Kopáčik, Head of the Studio of Restoration and Conservation of Paper, Bookbinding and Documents takes one such book and describes in deta…