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Czech government plans to help Afghan interpreters pursued by Taliban
The Defence Ministry has developed a programme to help Afghans who served with Czech troops in Afghanistan, but critics say progress is slow.
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Timothy Snyder: Klaus won the moral contest with Havel
US historian Timothy Snyder, a leading specialist in the history of Central and Eastern Europe and World War II, discusses various Czech-related matters in this interview.
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Questions as children targeted to raise overall vaccination rate
The Czech Ministry of Health wants to vaccinate more children against Covid-19. But some say the jab shouldn’t be given to children to boost overall vaccination numbers.
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Government promising walk-in vaccine centers in all regions as Delta variant gains dominance
The Chief Hygiene Office announced this week that the more contagious Delta variant now accounts for around 80 percent of coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic.
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Czech Equestrian Team back at Olympic games for the first time since 1936
For the first time in 85 years the Czech Olympic team in Tokyo includes an equestrian group. Four Czech riders qualified for the Olympics this year.
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Czechs win their first medals at Tokyo Olympics
The Czech Republic’s first medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games was won on Monday by canoeist Lukáš Rohan in the water slalom category.
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Primeval forest in Jizera Mountains placed on UNESCO World Heritage list
An area of the Jizera Mountains in North Bohemia known as Jizerskohorské bučiny (Jizera Mountain Beechwood) has been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Student Štěpánka Klečanská on green issues: we need more people to do the small things that matter
Student Štepánka Klečanská talks about climate change, the attitude of the public to green issues and the small things that count.
