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Remembering the victims - including infants - of 1950s Stalinist terror
A ceremony was held on Wednesday at Prague's Ďáblice Cemetery to remember those killed or incarcerated by Czechoslovakia's communist regime. Organised by the Confederation…
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Stark choice for mankind - move off floodplain or get used to floods
The severe flooding in the Czech Republic has reinvigorated the debate as to what causes flooding and how we can protect ourselves from it. There’s been much talk of…
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California man wanted over Brno murders detained after fleeing to US
Police in Brno have said an American man wanted in connection with the murder of a Czech family in Brno had been arrested after stepping off a flight from Vienna to…
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‘Neo-Nazi‘ fighter pulled from martial arts show as media, sponsors protest
The organisers of a martial arts show in Prague have bowed to pressure from the media and sponsors and cancelled an appearance by a Hungarian fighter who’s covered from…
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End in sight for ‘bearer shares’ – common currency for corrupt businessmen, officials
The Czech Republic has been heavily criticised in recent years for allowing corruption to flourish – particularly for refusing to abolish anonymous stock certificates…
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Iconic Slavia cafe reopens three days after powerful blast
Prague’s iconic Café Slavia reopened this morning, as life in the area around the National Theatre slowly gets back to normal following Monday’s devastating gas explosion…
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Nečas urges caution, referendum on euro in wake of Zeman comments
The rather moribund debate over when to join the single European currency has been revived in recent days, with the Czech president Miloš Zeman telling a German newspaper…
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Many dead as fertiliser explosion devastates ‘Czech’ farming town in Texas
The fire and massive explosion at a fertiliser plant in the small Texas town of West has flattened dozens of homes and left untold numbers of people dead – casualty…
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More turmoil for body overseeing secret police archives as director sacked
Since it was established six years ago the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has provided unprecedented public access to secret files once held by the…
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No let up in Zeman-Schwarzenberg spat over embassy posts
The dispute between President Miloš Zeman and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg over who should fill a number of vacant ambassadorial posts shows no sign of abating. On…
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