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“We’re in the dark”: Questions surround Roma street death case

“We’re in the dark”: Questions surround Roma street death case

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Jiří Trnka: Zahrada, photo: Barbora Němcová

Masters of Czech animated film

The Czech Republic has a long history of animation, dating back to cinema’s silent era.

New Cubist-inspired bridge to connect Vltava embankments in Prague

Prague councillors have approved the construction of a new bridge across the Vltava River connecting the districts of Prague 4 and 5.
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Era ends with removal of Czech Republic’s last phone box

An era spanning over a century came to a close in the Czech Republic on Thursday with the removal of the country’s last telephone booth still containing a phone.
Survey: people working from home more stressed than other employees

Czechs working from home are experiencing more stress than other employees, suggests a survey by Grafton Recruitment agency.

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Anniversary of the Week

Antonín Panenka and the most famous penalty shootout in history

45 years ago, Antonín Panenka made football history, scoring the decisive goal for Czechoslovakia in a penalty shoot-out in a game against West Germany.

Culture

History

Sport

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Double threat: Barbora Krejčíková’s stunning French Open sweep

Barbora Krejčíková is the first to sweep the French Open women’s singles-doubles since 2000, and the first Czech to win solo since 1981.

Travel

Nearly 80 percent of Czechs plan to holiday at home this summer

Nearly 80 percent of Czechs plan to spend their holidays in the Czech Republic this year, suggests a survey conducted by the state agency CzechTourism.

Foreigners and the Czech Republic

Nature

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PM Boris Johnson awards Czech-British couple for cleaning Cornish coastline

Czech Monika Hertlová and her partner Steve Green from the NGO Clean Ocean Sailing have been awarded by PM Boris Johnson for cleaning Cornwall’s coastline.

Science and technology

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Czech scientists working on 3D printed joint replacements

Czech scientists are working on the development of small joint replacements using 3D printing, which could help patients suffering from arthritis in fingers and toes.

Picture of the week

Prasův run: fun ski event in a tropical heatwave

Close to fifty skiers defied the scorching heat and joined the 21st traditional fun summer cross-country ski event in Jablonec nad Nisou at the weekend.

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Cham|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Mauthausen|Photo: Pieter Bosman
St.Wolfganag |Photo: Pieter Bosman
Cimeny|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Altenberg|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Crikvenica|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Mittenwald Obermarkt|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Oberammergau|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Hopferstadt|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Schweigerrs|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Gleink|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Hirsching|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Bad Ischl |Photo: Pieter Bosman
Passau|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Lauda
Ardager Stift
Gescher Pankratius
Linz|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Geisa|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Altenberg|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Poznan
Rossenau
Gmunden
Aub
Schwetzingen
Wertbach
Linz Postlingberg
Grosspertholz
Neunburg
Sonntagberg
Würzburg|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Obříství|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Lenešice|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Nižbor|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Ostrov|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Břvany|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
São João Nepomuceno, Brazil|Photo: David Koubek, Radio Prague International
Prague Smíchov|Photo: Lenka Žižková, Radio Prague International
Prague Pohořelec|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
Prague, Nerudova Street|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
Český Brod|Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
Ostrava|Photo: Libor Kukal, Radio Prague International
Kololeč|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
Choteč|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
Prague, Břevnov|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
Budyně nad Ohří|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
Strmilov|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
Rech|Photo: Pieter Bosman
Třebenice|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
Kardašova Řečice|Photo: Markéta Kachlíková, Radio Prague International
San Anthonis |Photo: Pieter Bosman
Sedlec-Prčice|Photo: Daniela Podařilová, Radio Prague International

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Video of 10 Unforgettable PANENKA Penalty in Football

Antonín Panenka and the most famous penalty shootout in history

Jakub Gemrot | Photo: MgA. Ondřej Javora

EP12: Games creator Jakub Gemrot

Jakub Gemrot heads Charles Games, the studio that produced Attentat 1942, a “WWII game through the eyes of survivors” that won many admirers around the world.

No Night So Dark: Part Seven

Ida, Rudolf and Martin Wels are deported to the Terezín ghetto. Nearly eighty years later, Colin Wels reads through their last correspondence.

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