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Pivο: Brewing it Czech style in divided Nicosia
Sunday’s parliamentary elections, ongoing negotiations over a reunification of the divided island – and maybe football: these are some of the main topics discussed in the…
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EU says Czech “arousal” test for gay asylum seekers could violate human rights convention
The European Union’s top human rights agency has criticised the Czech Republic over a procedure aimed at ascertaining whether men who seek asylum on the grounds that they…
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Should the Czech Republic stop surgically castrating sex offenders?
The Czech Republic has recently been criticized by the Council of Europe for surgically castrating sex offenders. Last year, the European Committee for the Prevention of…
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Top French chef Veyrat to open restaurant in Czech woods
French chef Marc Veyrat has earned numerous Michelin stars for his molecular cuisine, and reviews of his restaurant in Annecy, France, run in the New York Times. Now, the…
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Gastric balloon treatment drawing overweight from overseas to Czech Republic
In recent years medical tourism has become a real growth industry, with many travelling to former communist bloc states to take advantage of relatively affordable health…
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Czech state honours for foreign dissidents who protested against 1968 invasion
Soviet propaganda described the invasion of Czechoslovakia as “brotherly help” to a nation threatened by “counter-revolutionary forces”, and the Warsaw Pact forces that…
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Fastest train ever built undergoing trials in Czech Republic
The world’s fastest train is currently undergoing trials here in the Czech Republic. The AGV has been developed in France, but testing the train out there would cause too…
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Grandson of Alphonse Mucha hoping Slav Epic will finally find permanent home in Prague
Alphonse Mucha’s Art Nouveau paintings are among the most instantly recognisable works in Czech art. He himself considered the Slav Epic, a series of huge paintings…
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Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra hails Czech-US agreement as a big success
The United States and the Czech Republic announced at a NATO summit in Bucharest on Thursday they had reached an agreement on building a missile-defense radar on Czech…
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Women from around world coming to Czech Republic for IVF treatment
Thanks to relatively low costs – and liberal legislation – the Czech Republic has in recent years become an increasingly attractive destination for what could be called…