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Protecting the Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian mountain range is one of Europe's most closely guarded secrets. It is a region of extraordinary beauty, stretching from Romania in the south-east, through…
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EU expansion - haggling over the smallprint
Last weekend was a time for horse-trading in the small Swedish town of Nykoping. Foreign Ministers from the countries of the European Union started talking in earnest…
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EU ministers approve Czech membership of the European Environment Agency
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An unusual concert in Washington
This Sunday is the 56th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp. To mark the event there will be a special concert in the Kennedy Center of the…
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Chernobyl - fifteen years unpunished
With the safety of Temelin in the headlines, there is a certain irony in the fact that this Thursday is the fifteenth anniversary of the most serious nuclear accident in…
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Young Czechs speak out - in English
If you listen to debates in the Czech parliament, you will probably conclude that public speaking is not a Czech speciality. But things may be changing. A nationwide…
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First ever visit of Albanian President to Prague
For the first time in history an Albanian President is on a state visit to the Czech Republic. After decades of hardline rule in Albania, followed by a period of anarchy…
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Arnost Lustig talks about his newly translated novel
The Prague International Writers's Festival is in full swing. On Wednesday there was a chance to meet and talk to one of the most important living Czech writers, Arnost…
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NATO chief Robertson says next year's Prague summit will be historic
For a few days last September the Czech capital was the focus of international media attention as world financiers gathered for the annual meeting of the IMF and the World…
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New recording of Janacek's "Sarka" released
The legendary mediaeval war between men and women - that is said to have taken place just outside today's Prague - is one of the central myths in the Czech national…