Sarah Borufka
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Czech Republic to start vaccinating against swine flu next week
With a sharp increase in swine flu cases in recent days, hospitals across the country are bracing for an epidemic. The first batch of 95,000 swine flu vaccines arrived…
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March that sparked Velvet Revolution re-created in Prague
The people of the Czech Republic have been marking the 20th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution, which led to the collapse of the country’s Communist…
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Czechs remember St. Agnes on 20 year anniversary of canonization
Agnes of Bohemia was a princess of royal blood yet she refused a politically arranged marriage – as was the order of the day – and went into a nunnery, devoting her life…
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Father and Son, 20 years after the Velvet Revolution
The fall of communism turned around the lives of millions of people. In a special edition of Czechs Today we talk to a father and son of the same name about how this…
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Czechs celebrate the arrival of new St. Martin's vintage
One of the better-known saints of the Catholic church, St. Martin is honored on November 11th in the Czech Republic with the Feast of St. Martin, a meal of duck, dumplings…
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Czech emigre shares emotional memories of fall of Berlin Wall
World leaders past and present on Monday gathered in Berlin for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The celebrations, which are expected to culminate with…
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Beavers destroy anti-flood wall
A flood-wall that protects some 4000 residents of the South Moravian town of Břeclav is in a hazardous condition, after beavers damaged an important part of the city’s…
