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Government prepares to ease restrictions as epidemic slows down
With the intensity of the coronavirus epidemic slowing down in the country, the Czech government has decided to ease restrictions.
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Country mourns first Czech female soldier killed in a foreign mission
A Czech member of the U.S.-led multinational peacekeeping force in Sinai was one of the seven peacekeepers killed in a helicopter crash in Sinai on Thursday.
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Culture
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Maker of miner retraining doc: We had to learn Baník songs to blend in with fans
Director Jindřich Andrš discusses A New Shift, a captivating new documentary about a laid-off Czech miner who, approaching 50, attempts to retrain as an IT specialist.
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Leoš Janáček: Pilky from the Lachian Dances
Janáček’s Lachian Dances take listeners to the composer’s home region of northern Moravia. Pilky is probably the best-loved composition from the collection.
History
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Nature
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Czechs breathe cleanest air in years, suggest a report
According to an annual report issued by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute, the Czech Republic had the cleanest air in the past eleven years in 2019.
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Thousands of Europeans support Save Bees and Farmers campaign
With the alarming decline in insect populations thousands of people are coming together from across the European Union to call for a bee-friendly agriculture.
Science and technology
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Humanoid robot helping out at Czech hospital
Faced with a lack of staff during the coronavirus crisis, a hospital in the town of Hořovice, west of Prague, is being ably assisted by a humanoid robot.
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Czech scientists develop peptide with potential to treat obesity
Czech scientists have developed a synthetic peptide that could help treat obesity as well as several diseases.
