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New video emerges of Czech backpackers kidnapped in Pakistan
The Czech Foreign Ministry has released a new video showing two Czech women kidnapped in southwest Pakistan. The two, looking pale and exhausted, said they feared they…
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Activist: ‘patriarchal’ government has emasculated human rights agenda
The government’s human rights commissioner Monika Šimůnková resigned on Thursday, claiming the cabinet had marginalised the position to the point where it was becoming…
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Canada confirms lifting of visas for Czechs 'imminent'
The Canadian Embassy has confirmed media reports that the government in Ottawa is on the verge of lifting visas for Czechs. Visas for Czechs wishing to visit Canada were…
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Swiss court sentences five Czechs over massive 'wild privatisation' fraud
A court in Switzerland has handed down prison sentences to five Czech businessmen after finding them guilty of fraud and money-laundering. The five were sentenced after a…
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TOP 09, Pirates, far-right dominate in mock ‘secondary school elections’
It’s just three weeks now until ballot boxes open across the country, with Czechs going to the polls in early elections to the lower house of parliament. For the past four…
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Ex-president Klaus calls on Czechs to leave EU
Václav Klaus is known for his eurosceptic views. But now the former Czech president has made perhaps his strongest statement yet. In a new book due to hit the bookshelves…
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Fighting fear of science key to stopping sci-tech brain drain
For the first time Prague has just played host to the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS), a prestigious science fair and competition that takes place each…
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Students launch campaign to end dubbing of foreign TV programmes
Switch on your TV here in the Czech Republic and you’ll see numerous familiar shows – Dr House, Bones, Downton Abbey – but they’re invariably dubbed into Czech; rarely are…
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Zeman: Barroso promises EU help in resolving Canada visa issue
President Miloš Zeman says the European Union will put pressure on Canada to lift visas for Czech citizens, reintroduced in 2009 following a rise in the number of Roma…
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Web of intrigue – confusion over Šlouf nomination as SPOZ candidate in Prague
When Miloš Zeman was chosen as the Czech Republic’s first directly elected president earlier this year, much of the credit for his victory went to Miroslav Šlouf, his long…