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Are Czechs playing role in saving foreign medics in Libya from death penalty?
As this programme was being recorded the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor held in Libya were still waiting to hear whether their death sentences would be…
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Council of Europe expresses concern at Czech castration of sex offenders
The Council of Europe has raised serious concerns about the use of castration for sex offenders in the Czech Republic, following a visit by the Council's experts to a…
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Film producers call for tax incentives to win back Hollywood
Eagle-eyed film-goers will have noticed the medieval streets and facades of Prague and other Czech towns cropping up in Hollywood blockbusters such as Mission Impossible…
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Czech senator fights racist allegations
A member of the Czech Senate has been fighting allegations of racism recently, following the release of a recording made at a local authority meeting. Senator Liana…
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Soldiers begin culling 71,000 birds after latest bird flu outbreak
Soldiers and fire-fighters have begun destroying thousands of chickens at two poultry farms in East Bohemia, after tests confirmed the presence of the H5N1 type of bird…
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Senator in hot water after secret recording captures racist remarks
A popular senator and local mayor from the north Moravian city of Ostrava is fighting accusations of racism, following the release on Tuesday of a recording of a local…
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Czech police to fight officer shortfall by relaxing strict physical tests
The new head of the Czech police force has unveiled measures to tackle the severe shortage of officers, changing the admission requirements to place less emphasis on the…
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Prague court re-opens Bata family case
The Bata shoe company is one of the best known international symbols of the Czech Republic, while its founding family are highly respected by people in the country. But…
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Valuable Czech documents added to UNESCO Memory of the World list
What do the following have in common? An Australian film from 1906 called "The Story of the Kelly Gang". The South African court papers from case No. 253/1963 against …
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Prague court overturns 1947 verdict against "shoe king" Jan Antonin Bata
Prague's Municipal Court reopened a controversial post-war court case on Monday when it overturned a 60-year-old verdict against one of the founders of the Bata shoe…
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