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Teachers and students seek compensation for damages suffered during Communist period
The Christian Democrats, one of the two smaller parties in the ruling coalition, have formulated a new bill which aims to compensate teachers and students who were thrown…
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Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz visits Prague
On a tour of neighbouring Visegrad countries, Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz made a one-day working visit to Prague on Tuesday. At a time when Czech-Polish…
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Czech universities at a crossroads: questions of reform
With university entrance exams around the corner and the general elections only 4 months away, there is growing attention on the Czech Republic's system of higher…
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Czechs will continue to mine uranium
Earlier this week, the Social Democrat government decided to extend uranium mining in the Czech Republic by another two years. In the wake of continued protests over the…
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European Commission report to fulfill Czech expectations?
On Wednesday, the European Commission made public the report which analysts have been speculating about for weeks. So is the Czech Republic any closer to membership in…
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Official Czech and Slovak ties grow closer
On Tuesday, Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman and several members of his Cabinet paid an official visit to the Slovak capital, Bratislava, to hold talks with their…
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USA backs post-WWII Czech actions
On Wednesday the United States confirmed the validity of the post-World War Two actions of Czechoslovakia, the most controversial of which was the expulsion of…
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Roma asylum seekers return to Slovakia
A group of Slovak Roma who entered the Czech Republic two weeks ago are on the move again--back to Slovakia. In recent months, nearly four hundred Slovak citizens have…