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Sokol movement celebrates Memorial Day in honour of Nazi victims
Thursday is Sokol Memorial Day, in honour of members of the patriotic athletics group arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 and sent to Nazi concentration camps. Few survived.
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Prague may put Czech noble, Austrian marshal Josef Radecký back on a pedestal
Prague looks set to return a statue of nobleman Josef Václav Radecký of Radče – arguably the greatest Czech military commander in history – to the Lesser Town square.
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Joan Baez among recipients of 2020 Gratias Agit awards
The Czech Foreign Ministry has announced the recipients of its Gratias Agit awards, handed out to Czech expats and foreigners for promoting Czechia's good name abroad.
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February 4 selected as official Czechs Abroad Day
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the winner of the online survey regarding what date should be celebrated as the Day of Czechs Abroad.
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Czechs readying second-generation nanosatellite for SpaceX launch
Czech engineers hope to launch a second nanosatellite into orbit within weeks. The first has been circling the Earth now for three years – a triumph for a tiny satellite.
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“Plan is to produce remdesivir for 2 million patients this year”, says scientist behind COVID drug
The European Commission has signed a contract with Gilead Sciences, the company behind remdesivir, that will make the drug available to around 500,000 patients.














































