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Charles Bridge in Prague celebrating 650 years
Prague's famous Charles Bridge celebrates its 650th anniversary on Sunday. One of the oldest and certainly one of the most beautiful bridges in Europe, this ancient artery…
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Philanthropist Charles Merrill says ties to Czech Republic stretch back almost seven decades
Charles Merrill is an American philanthropist who has devoted his life to education, and one project close to his heart is a programme of scholarships for Czech students…
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Hammer and sickle dispute acquires international dimension
An ongoing dispute over whether the communist hammer and sickle symbols belong on a wartime memorial to Russian soldiers who died during the liberation of Brno at the end…
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Vast renovations come to a close at Schwarzenberg Palace
The National Gallery has just announced that 260 million crown renovation work, started at Prague's Schwarzenberg Palace in 2002, has come to an end. The palace, which…
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Ostrava-born Israeli man thanked for life-long dedication to furthering mutual relations
Chanan Rozen, who is in his late 80s, was the oldest person honoured last week at the Czech Foreign Ministry's annual Gratias Agit awards for promoting the good name of…
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Prague court overturns 1947 verdict against "shoe king" Jan Antonin Bata
Prague's Municipal Court reopened a controversial post-war court case on Monday when it overturned a 60-year-old verdict against one of the founders of the Bata shoe…
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Antonin Panenka - the footballer Pele described as "either a genius or a madman"
On this day (20/6/1976) thirty one years ago, Czech footballer Antonin Panenka wrote himself into football history books by scoring the decisive goal for Czechoslovakia in…
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Hana Greenfield: the danger of forgetting
The Terezin Memorial was established in the former ghetto where Jewish people from various European countries were interned during WWII. Among its activities is an annual…
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Newly uncovered microfiche confirms StB spied on Vaclav Klaus
It has long been taken as a given that in the 1980s President Vaclav Klaus - then employed as an economist at the Czechoslovak National Bank - was monitored by the StB…
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Prostejov
The picturesque town of Prostejov lies in Moravia's Hana region, near the town of Olomouc. Sitting on a key trade route connecting Europe's south with Europe's north…
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The Lidice massacre after 65 years
On the morning of Wednesday, 10 June, 1942, the village of Lidice, about 20 km North-West of Prague, was destroyed in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard…
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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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