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Mother, aunt, mysterious woman-girl-boy sentenced in Brno child abuse case
A court in the city of Brno has sentenced six people to prison for their role in a child abuse case that has shocked and mystified the country. Two young boys were…
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Unlikely ally Havel comes to Kundera’s defence
The Czech Republic is still abuzz with allegations that Czech-born writer Milan Kundera informed on a suspected spy in 1950, and on Monday an unlikely ally came to Mr…
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Left wing of Výstaviště's Industrial Palace devoured by flames
Prague witnessed its biggest fire since 1974 on Thursday evening when the art deco Industrial Palace at the 19th century Výstaviště Exhibition Grounds burst into flames…
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New witness comes forward to cast doubt on Kundera “informer” claims
Allegations that the Czech writer Milan Kundera informed on a suspected western agent in 1950 have dominated the news all this week, and on Wednesday there was a new twist…
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Wallachian Kingdom – reporting from a land that doesn’t exist
A rather strange court case made the news recently when the deposed king of the make-believe Wallachian Kingdom lost a seven year legal battle with his former ‘foreign…
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Milan Kundera denies “informer” allegations in first interview in 25 years
It’s a story that has rocked the Czech literary world to its foundations, and now the man at the centre of it has spoken to the media for the first time in 25 years. Milan…
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Legendary “Sandokan” star of this year’s Prague Bollywood Festival
All this week Prague has been playing host to the sixth annual Bollywood festival of Indian film. The festival has grown from an informal gathering of film students into a…
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New details emerge about StB bugging of Havel apartment
New details have come to light on how Czechoslovakia’s communist era secret police, the StB, spied on the regime’s opponents, including the future president Václav Havel…
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Police raid headquarters of alleged money-laundering operation
Police in Prague say they’ve uncovered a huge money-laundering operation located in the city centre. According to the police anti-corruption unit, a firm based on Prague’s…
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BIS - Russian spy activity reaches fever pitch over U.S. radar base
The Czech counter-intelligence service has said Russian spies are trying to stir up public opposition to a planned U.S. radar base to be built on Czech soil. In its annual…
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