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01/21/2021
Czechia in 30 minutes (21.1.2021)
MPs seek mandatory quota on Czech food sales in big stores; Prague’s Podolí swimming pool declared a national monument; researchers track mis/disinformation about Covid-19
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01/21/2021
Passenger numbers at Prague Airport drop by nearly 80 percent
The number of passengers going through Prague’s Václav Havel Airport dropped by nearly 80 percent last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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01/21/2021
Going viral: Czech researchers map local spread of Covid-19 dis/misinformation
Researchers from Palacký University have conducted an extensive study of how misinformation, disinformation and fake news about Covid-19 have spread throughout the country.
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01/21/2021
Swimming stadium in Podolí declared national cultural monument
The swimming stadium in Prague’s Podolí, one of the iconic examples of Czechoslovakia’s 1960s architecture, was recently declared a national cultural monument.
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01/21/2021
Lower house approves mandatory quotas on local food in supermarkets despite EU warning
The lower house of Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill that would impose a mandatory quota on local food sold in retail stores larger than 400 square metres.
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01/20/2021
CZECH MADE - The Sugar Cube
The sugar cube was invented by Jakub Krystof Rad in 1843 in the town of Dačice, Moravia. Find out more in the first part of our Czech Made series.
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01/20/2021
Czechia in 30 Minutes
Czech chess champion Koválek dies at 77; Heritage sites hiring guides for upcoming season; Czech Made, episode 1: Sugar Cube
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01/20/2021
Heritage sites in Pardubice Region begin hiring guides for upcoming tourist season
Although there is little clarity on what the upcoming tourist season in the Czechia will look like, several monuments in the Pardubice region are searching for guides.
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01/20/2021
In memoriam: Lubomír Kaválek, Czech chess grandmaster who helped win ‘Match of the Century’ vs. Soviet champ
Lubomír Kaválek, won Czechoslovak and US national championships once ranked no. 10 in the world, penned a Washington Post chess column for a over quarter century.
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01/20/2021
Car production down nearly 20% but industry feared even greater fall
The production of cars in the Czech Republic – one of the country’s most important industries – declined by no less than 19.2 percent last year, a record.
