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Prague public transport plans revolution - price hikes, chip cards, metro turnstiles
Prague's public transport system is frequently described by foreign visitors as one of the best in Europe, even though the natives often seem bemused at all the praise…
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Observer says hundreds of neo-Nazis could answer call to march
Saturday is the Sabbath, the day of rest for the Jewish people, but this Saturday looks like being anything but quiet, as dozens, possibly hundreds of far-right extremists…
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Mock prison camp on Wenceslas Square to jog memories of communist past
It's eighteen years since the Velvet Revolution that toppled communism in Czechoslovakia, so if you're walking through the centre of Prague in the next ten days you might…
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Michal Prochazka - lightening Kundera's unbearable burden of history
Last week the best-known living Czech author, Milan Kundera, was awarded the State Prize for Literature. The award sparked plenty of debate about the 78-year-old writer…
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Kundera to receive state prize, but ties with homeland remain strained
Possibly the best-known living Czech writer, Milan Kundera, will receive the State Prize for Literature on Thursday for his famous work "The Unbearable Lightness of Being…
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U.S. Defence Secretary hints at "delay" in implementing missile defence
The United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in Prague on Tuesday that the U.S. might consider delaying the activation of its proposed missile defence shield in…
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Czechs to withdraw most Iraq troops, but boost presence in Afghanistan
The Defence Ministry announced on Monday that the Czech Republic would withdraw most of its troops from Iraq next year, and at the same time the country's presence in…
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Trial begins of former prosecutor who helped send female Czech politician to gallows
On Tuesday a court in Prague began hearing the case against Ludmila Brozova-Polednova, the last living participant in one of the most notorious show trials of communist…
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Communist chief under fire over official meetings during 'private' Belarus trip
The chairman of the opposition Communist Party, Vojtech Filip, is under fire from his political opponents after meeting senior Belarussian officials during a private visit…
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"Octopus" skewered on political harpoon as Kaplicky, Bem square up for TV clash
What started as a revolutionary architectural design has now become a full-blown political dispute...or should that be farce? Jan Kaplicky's design for a new National…
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