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Super Špek Me – man loses six kilos after month of Czech pub food
You might remember the 2004 documentary Super Size Me, where filmmaker Morgan Spurlock spent a month eating nothing but McDonalds; the film documents the drastic effects…
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Police: ‘catalogue of negligence and failure’ led to 2008 Studénka rail crash
A special commission investigating the causes of the 2008 Studénka rail crash has delivered its long-awaited report, with police investigators speaking of a ‘catalogue of…
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Alarm as anti-cronyism party says will replace police chief with ‘one of our own people’
The centre-right government hasn’t even been appointed yet but already trouble seems to be brewing over personnel changes at the head of the Czech police force. Radek John…
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Coalition agrees final chapters in cost-cutting government programme
Negotiating teams from the three parties who will form the next government finally closed the final chapters of their coalition agreement on Wednesday, paving the way for…
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Alcohol, heat, stupidity result in deadly weekend on Czech roads
It was a long weekend for the Czech Republic this weekend, with the country closing early on Friday afternoon and public holidays on both Monday and Tuesday. But while…
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Czechs win stinky cheese war after six-year struggle with Germany, Austria
The Czech Republic scored a major diplomatic victory over neighbouring Germany and Austria this week after the European Union granted the cherished protected geographical…
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Havel fulfills 'lifelong dream', begins directing film version of stage play Leaving
The former president Václav Havel has begun directing a film adaptation of his latest play, Leaving. The play, which premiered in 2008, deals with a politician's painful…
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Gender equality campaigners mortified as Nečas unveils all-male cabinet
Tortuous negotiations on who will fill key posts in the new centre-right cabinet appear to have ended in agreement, with the final pieces of the jigsaw falling into place…
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Suspected arsonist caught on tape praising ‘dudes’ who shot Hungarian Roma
New evidence emerged on Monday at the trial of four neo-Nazis accused of racially-motivated attempted murder after throwing petrol bombs through the windows of the home of…
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Nečas appointed new prime minister, promises 'hard work, not politicking'
The Czech Republic has a new prime minister and is on track for a new government, after more than a year of political limbo caused by the downfall of Mirek Topolánek’s…
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