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Beidou navigation satellite system comprehensively completes on-orbit upgrade

According to the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office, the Beidou satellite navigation system has completed its in-orbit upgrade.

The system will continue to ensure stable operation while enriching and developing new navigation technologies, in order to provide more stable and reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services to users worldwide, and strive to achieve the goal of building a more ubiquitous, integrated, and intelligent comprehensive space-time system by 2035.

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Navigační satelitní systém Beidou všestranně dokončil modernizaci na oběžné dráze

Navigační satelitní systém Beidou všestranně dokončil modernizaci na oběžné dráze

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České děti zazpívaly Dvořákovu Píseň. Čínští mladíci odpověděli hrou na ceng a ukázkou pekingské opery, aneb setkání po sto letech --- I don't see any HTML content to translate in your message — only a plain text title. Please provide the full HTML you'd like translated from Czech to English.

Jožka Uprka – painter of Moravian Slovakia. He became famous for folk costumes, which he painted his entire life <figure class="image" style="width:100%"><img alt="Malíř Jožka Uprka" height="427" src="https://gnews.cz/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jozka-Uprka.jpg" width="640" /><figcaption>Jožka Uprka - painter</figcaption></figure> <p>Jožka Uprka (1861–1940) was a significant Czech painter who became famous mainly for his depictions of Moravian Slovakia folk life. He was born on January 24, 1861, in Kněžduby near Hodonín and died on March 12, 1940, in Hroznová Lhota.</p> <h2>Jožka Uprka – a painter devoted to his homeland</h2> <p>He came from a family with artistic traditions – his brother <strong>František Uprka</strong> was a renowned sculptor. Jožka studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and later continued his studies in Munich and Paris. Despite these international experiences, he remained deeply connected to his Moravian homeland.</p> <figure class="image" style="width:100%"><img alt="Jožka Uprka - obraz" height="493" src="https://gnews.cz/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jozka-Uprka-obraz.jpg" width="640" /><figcaption>Jožka Uprka - painting</figcaption></figure> <h2>Folk costumes as a lifelong theme</h2> <p>The central theme of his work was the life of the people of Moravian Slovakia – their <strong>customs, celebrations, pilgrimages, and especially folk costumes</strong>. He painted them with extraordinary precision and love, capturing every detail of embroidery, color combinations, and the way the costumes were worn. His paintings thus became not only artworks but also valuable <strong>ethnographic documents</strong>.</p> <p>Among his most famous works belong depictions of <strong>rides of kings, Shrovetide processions, harvest festivals</strong>, and other folk celebrations. He worked mainly in oil technique, but also created watercolors and drawings.</p> <figure class="image" style="width:100%"><img alt="Jožka Uprka - malba" height="516" src="https://gnews.cz/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jozka-Uprka-malba.jpg" width="640" /><figcaption>Jožka Uprka - painting</figcaption></figure> <h2>Legacy and significance</h2> <p>Uprka's work is an important part of Czech art at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He helped establish interest in folk culture at a time when it was gradually disappearing under the influence of modernization. His paintings can be found in many Czech museums and galleries, including the <strong>Moravian Gallery in Brno</strong> and the <strong>Municipal House in Hodonín</strong>.</p> <p>Jožka Uprka remains a symbol of love for Moravian folk traditions and an irreplaceable chronicler of the life that once characterized the villages of Slovácko.</p>

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