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Remembering the Soviet invasion - 36 years later
Over a hundred people gathered in front of the Czech Radio building on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968…
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Czech police officers train Iraqi cadets in Jordan
Czech police officers are involved in a number of missions around the world where they are helping to stabilize volatile situations or to train cadets for the local forces…
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Vojtech Jasny - a filmmaker in different eras
One of the symbols of the success of Czech cinema in the sixties is the film director Vojtech Jasny. His best known work from that time is called "All My Good Countrymen…
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Looking back: The floods and their impact on the Czech cultural heritage
What you're hearing is the sound of water from the Vltava River, as it flooded through the rooms of the old castle in Roztoky near Prague exactly two years ago. Roztoky…
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Czech athletes settling in Olympic Athens
With just a few hours to go before the Olympic Games in Athens officially begin, the majority of the 140 athletes in the biggest Czech team ever are already in place and…
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Water under the bridge: Pisek native remembers the heavy floods
Even though this year's August weather has been hot and sunny so far, things could not have been more different exactly two years ago, when many towns in the Czech…
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Recent bombing in Prague city centre provokes calls for clamp-down on casinos
Police are still searching for the man who carried out an assassination attempt on an Israeli casino owner in the centre of Prague, just over a week ago. Their…
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A series of Czech mountaineering tragedies points to dangers
Mountain-climbing is an extremely popular sport in the Czech Republic, but it brings plenty of dangers, as a number of gruesome headlines have shown in the last few days…
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Czech rock star Petr Janda considering run for the Senate
Musician Petr Janda, who leads the legendary (and long-running) Czech rock band Olympic, has announced he is going to run for the Senate. He is by no means the first Czech…
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Ameropa - not only American and European musicians meet in Prague
Ameropa is the name of a unique music project which takes place here in Prague every year. A classical music festival and summer school in one, Ameropa offers music…