Foreigners and the Czech Republic
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How I became a Czech citizen
Last October, having lived in the country for just over 25 years, I became a citizen of the Czech Republic.
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Czech government plans major revision of visa schemes, annual quotas for foreign workers
Faced by an acute labour shortage, the Czech government is looking to attract more foreign workers and streamline the processing of issuing work permits. In recent years…
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New foreigners’ law to change conditions for non-EU nationals
An amendment to the law on foreigners, in effect as of the beginning of August, has brought a series of changes concerning mainly foreigners from non-EU countries. Among…
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Czech foreign ministry reports record number of visa applications
The Czech Foreign Ministry has reported record interest in obtaining Czech visas. Between the start of January and the end of June, Czech diplomatic missions received 408…
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Czech Republic least likely EU country to grant asylum, humanitarian protection
Nowhere in the entire European Union was a person fleeing their homeland less likely to be granted safe harbour last year than in the Czech Republic. Fresh data from…
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Police: Cultural gaps and language barrier make uncovering Vietnamese drug gangs hard
The majority of the methamphetamine seized by the Czech police last year was produced by Vietnamese crime gangs. Indeed, almost 70 percent of the illegal drug impounded…
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Youngest chess grandmaster on his biggest victory and the secret to success
His father is a Vietnamese businessman and he was born here in the Czech Republic. Thai Dai Van Nguyen is one of many second-generation Vietnamese who are fluent is Czech…
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Prague tops post-communist capitals in Mercer quality of living survey
For the tenth year in a row, the Austrian capital has topped the global rankings of the “Quality of Living” index compiled by the US consultancy Mercer. For a third year…
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Foreigners make up 11 percent of Czech workforce – and employers are calling out for more
Foreigners now account for nearly 11 percent of the Czech workforce, despite making up just 5 percent of the population. In light of an ongoing labour shortage, business…
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Czechs charge foreign “universities” over scam targeting students from India, Bangladesh, Nepal
The Ministry of Education has fined six foreign “universities” or their branches for offering education in the Czech Republic without obtaining the required permission. In…
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Government agrees “Lex Brexit” extending EU rights to UK nationals until end of 2020
Much uncertainty still remains about the form the UK’s departure from the European Union will take. However, Czech politicians are already preparing for the possibility of…
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“To see this much blood on the street can be dramatic for a lot of people”, says Canadian…
Joy Bellefontaine is Acadian French and proud of it, but having married a Czech husband and living in the Czech Republic for nearly 20 years she admits her family’s…
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