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Compulsory Covid tests begin at large Czech companies
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Hospitals in Benešov, Mladá Boleslav declare state of mass disability
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Ex-vaccination chief says politics governing PM’s allotment of vaccines
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STEM: 40 pct of Czech internet users believe false info about Covid-19
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Japanese conductor Chuhei Iwasaki to lead Pilsen Philharmonic
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Coronavirus: stricter facemask rules coming as Czech legislators rush to adopt special Pandemic Law
As of Thursday new facemasks rules go into effect, while parliament rushes to adopt a Pandemic Law. The government also plans on the partial return of children to schools.
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“Up to 80 percent of infected may have ‘British’ coronavirus mutation”, says mathematician
The Czech Republic has lost the battle with the British mutation of the coronavirus, says BISOP mathematician René Levínský.
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Foreign policy
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Amb. Cliona Manahan: If I don’t sound authentic, nobody’s going to listen
Cliona Manahan, Ireland’s ambassador to the Czech Republic, says that her approach is based on reaching out – and that she see her embassy as aninformal “Ireland House”.
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Czech Republic opens embassy office in Jerusalem
The Czech Republic has confirmed its friendly relations with Israel, becoming only the second EU country to open a branch of its embassy in Jerusalem.
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History
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No Night So Dark: Part 1
We explore a family’s search for its own past that was all but lost in the storm of 20th century history. We map 150 years in the life of a remarkable Czech family.
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“I love to approach a story from several different angles” - David Vaughan on his new radio series
No Night So Dark is a new radio series that explores the true story of a Jewish family living in 1930s Prague. We discussed it with its creator David Vaughan.
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Foreigners and the Czech Republic
Science and technology
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Czech researchers develop unique method for early detection of pancreatic cancer
Czech researchers have developed a unique method to detect pancreatic and other cancers in the early stages.
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Prague theatre to stage play written by AI, on 100th anniversary of Čapek’s R.U.R.
To mark the centenary of the premiere of Karel Čapek’s famous play R.U.R., which first used the word “robot”, Prague’s Švanda Theatre is rehearsing a play written by AI.
