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First ever woman elected to head parliamentary party

For the first time in the history of the Czech Republic, a woman has been elected to head a parliamentary party. Hana Marvanova, a thirty-eight-year-old lawyer, beat off…

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Fresh attack on Temelin

Former forced labourers to receive first compensation payment

Fifty six years after the end of the Second World War, the German state and German companies have begun making compensation payments to Czechs who were forced to work as…

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Living with mad cow disease

In this week's edition of Talking Point, Nick Carey takes a look at a topic that has been making headline news for the past few weeks in the Czech Republic: the…

Czechs commemorate Heydrich's assassins

A ceremony was held at the St Cyril and Methodius Church in Prague on Monday to mark the fifty ninth anniversary of the deaths of seven Czech paratroopers who carried out…

Third test confirms Czech BSE case

The Czech Agriculture Ministry reported on Thursday morning that a third round of tests on a suspected case of BSE, or mad cow disease, in the Czech Republic have proven…

Prime Minister's 'gaff' sparks war of words

Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman is known for being outspoken and for making controversial statements that create uproar in the media and amongst opposition politicians…