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Czech NGOs active in Beslan
Following the tragedy in Beslan, where more than 300 people died in a school that had been occupied by terrorists, the Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda met the Russian…
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Foreign Minister considers symbolic compensation to Czech Germans who opposed fascism
Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda is to visit Germany this Thursday. Before leaving he said that he would support the idea of the Czech government breaking a long-held…
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Burma's democratic movement hoping to learn from experience of Czech Republic
Burma's prime minister in exile, Sein Win, is on a visit in Prague, his third trip to the Czech Republic. He was first here a few years ago when his fellow dissident Nobel…
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Despite dissent Czech foreign policy retains broad consensus
It's been a couple of weeks since the new Czech government with prime minister Stanislav Gross survived a vote of confidence in the Czech Parliament. But the result was…
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1930s Avant-garde rediscovered
Shadowplays, Fotoline, Cut - Out Colours: Coloured Paper Collages, Black and White: Prints, Line and Colour: Drawings and Paintings..... All of that and much more is…
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Novelist Michal Viewegh: My popularity is a false image, but I'm not complaining
Michal Viewegh is one of the most popular and most translated Czech authors today. In his best known novel Bajecna leta pod psa " - The Wonderful Years of Lousy Living …
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Czech Republic considering to help UN in Iraq
The United Nations withdrew from Iraq after a devastating attack on its headquarters a year ago. Now they are to come back early next year to help with preparing free…
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Saint Wenceslas: A 'tail' of restoration
If you've been to the Prague's Wenceslas Square recently, you might have noticed that something is missing, namely, the statue of Saint Wenceslas himself, for whom the…
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Premier Gross's government survives vote of confidence
On Tuesday the new government of Stanislav Gross passed its first crucial test, receiving a vote of confidence in the Lower House. The vote followed seven hours of…
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Castolovice - a castle that is living
Castolovice is a little town with a beautiful rennaissance castle situated in flat wooded countryside in East Bohemia about 20km from the town of Hradec Kralove. The…