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Rakušan: Czechia will never accept compulsory migrant quotas
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PM to address nation on December 26, president on New Year’s Day
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This autumn warmest since records began at Prague weather station
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Court rejects appeal of ex-MP who made ivermectin claim during Covid crisis
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Public have week to vote for Czech Eurovision entrant
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Domestic affairs
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Czech hospitals brace for crisis-care mode as thousands of doctors refuse overtime hours
Hospitals are bracing for a staff crisis in December after the Health Ministry refused to meet doctors’ demands for higher pay and less overtime.
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Schools strike but do protests spell real danger for Czech government?
Most schools in Czechia were closed on Monday, with 7,000-plus taking part in a strike demanding better funding for education. But can this action impact the coalition?
Business
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Mendel University tests symbiosis of solar panels and vineyards
Installing solar panels in agricultural fields could help both the crops and electricity production. A team from Mendel University is testing out the idea in a vineyard.
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“We need change of the whole space”: Prague Main Station for major overhaul
Prague’s Main Train Station is in for a quite stunning transformation, including a huge wooden, canopy-like structure at the front of the check-in building.
Foreign policy
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Czech Centres get new leader with “bold vision”
The Czech Centres, which promote the country's culture around the globe, have a new director general, Jitka Pánek Jurková, former chief of the Czech Centre in Brussels.
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People in Need: Public support for Ukraine eroded by war fatigue and conflicts elsewhere
A survey by the Kantar agency indicates that Czechs’ support for Ukraine in the war with Russia is slowly waning. Petr Drbohlav from the NGO People in Need, explains why.
Society
Anniversary of the Week
Culture
History
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The sounds of 1968 and 1969: Jan Palach and the abnormality of normalization
Through the sound archives we tell the tragic story of Jan Palach, we look at his legacy, and trace the beginnings of the process that came to be known as “normalization”.
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Bringing to life the hopes and fears of 1968 through sound
Through the alchemy of the radio sound archives we travel in time to 1968. We experience the great hopes and bitter disappointments of a dramatic year.
Sport
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Antonín Panenka: Legend behind famous penalty style turns 75
Antonín Panenka turns 75 on Saturday. With a famous penalty kick in 1976 the Czech created a new soccer term – “the panenka” – that is still used all around the world.
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Czech football legend Petr Čech debuts in net with ice hockey club Belfast Giants
Petr Čech, the 41 year old former goalkeeper for Chelsea and Arsenal, had his debut with ice hockey club the Belfast Giants. František Kuna, sports reporter told me more.