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Decreasing unemployment resulting in lack of skilled labour
In May, the unemployment rate was the lowest in almost three years. Down to 6.4 percent, the number of people looking for jobs dropped by more than 19,000 compared to the…
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Supreme State Prosecutor in hot water for interfering in case against deputy prime minister
The supreme state prosecutor, Renata Vesecka, has strongly rejected accusations that she was politically pressured into interfering in a corruption case against Deputy…
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Details of Czechoslovakia's biggest disinformation operation published on web
Ask any Czech who is old enough to remember the Communist years what comes to mind when they hear the name Cerne Jezero, or the Black Lake. They will tell you that it is…
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Roma media organisations from around Europe meet in Prague
There are some 8-10 million Romany people in the world and most of them are living in eastern and central Europe. It is therefore natural that after the fall of communism…
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Czech Republic enjoying record export growth
The Czech Republic has been enjoying record exports and new figures released this week show that the trend is far from over. In the first four months of this year…
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Musaion exhibition features examples of Roma crafts
An exhibition in Prague has found an unusual way of countering the negative stereotype that members of the Roma community are often unemployed and live off state benefits…
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Charles IV Royal Procession re-enacted to boost tourism in Central Bohemia
This weekend, Central Bohemia was taken back to the fourteenth century as actors and politicians took part in a re-enactment of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV's traditional…
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Shocking child abuse case takes mysterious turn
In the Czech Republic, two weeks after an eight-year-old boy was found bound and naked in a broom cupboard, the case has taken a mysterious turn. The abused boy was…
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Uranium mining to continue for indefinite period
The Czech government, this week, decided to extend uranium mining for an indefinite term. Production at the Vysocina region's state-owned Dolni Rozinka mine was originally…