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Social Democrat government fights conflict of interests allegations
When the ruling Social Democrats came to power in the summer of 1998, it was amid a climate of public disgust with politicians their shady links with big business. The…
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Former Czechoslovak RAF pilots remember fallen colleagues
There was a minute's silence on Friday at the military airbase in the eastern town of Namest nad Oslavou to remember Czech and Slovak airmen who died serving in the Royal…
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Cook visits Prague to boost Czech EU hopes
The British foreign secretary, Robin Cook, was in Prague on Wednesday to give a much-needed boost to the Czech Republic as it strives to join the European Union. While…
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Robin Cook in Prague
The British Foreign Minister, Robin Cook, arrived in Prague on Tuesday evening for a brief working visit. It began on Wednesday morning with the presentation of…
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Sotheby's to auction off Lenin statue
Now the following story is certain to have Vladimir Ilych Lenin turning revolutions in his mausoleum in Red Square. The leader of the Great October Revolution is be the…
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NATO braced for European war with Soviets after 1968 invasion
Newly-declassified documents released by Britain's Public Record Office on Thursday contained some fascinating revelations. According to a letter dated March 19, 1969…
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Republican youth wing neo-Nazis?
Things aren't going too well these days for the extreme-right Republican Party. In fact they've been going steadily downhill since the 1998 elections, when they lost all…
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Sometimes 'sorry' is the hardest word, for Milos Zeman anyway...
Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman was fined 20,000 crowns on Monday for failing to apologise to a former party colleague. Mr Zeman was fined for contempt of court after…
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Spielberg commissions Czech Holocaust documentary
The Oscar-winning film Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is probably the most powerful account of the Holocaust ever produced. Some criticised the film for…