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Pope Benedict leaves the Czech Republic after final ceremony Pope Benedict XVI left the Czech Republic Monday evening after a final ceremony with President Václav Klaus…
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Czech scientists present HemaGel: an effective cure for acute and chronic wounds

One hears a great deal about the importance of fighting free radicals, but it is not often that one sees the benefits of this in practice. Czech researchers from the…
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European Commission to cut billions in subsidies for Czech programmes The European Commission is planning to cut 12.5 billion crowns in subsidies for two Czech…
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Poll: Zeman narrowing gap with Fischer According to a poll conducted by PPM Factum Research, Czech presidential hopeful Miloš Zeman is trailing Jan Fischer by only 1.4…
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Military intelligence confirms Russian spies were most interested in Czech economy The core of Russian intelligence services' interest in the Czech Republic in 2011…
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President Klaus backs his aide’s anti-gay comments Czech President Václav Klaus on Friday backed anti-gay comments made by his deputy chief of staff, Petr Hájek who said…
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New pan-European nuclear waste disposal standards EU ministers on Tuesday agreed on pan-European waste disposal standards according to which waste from Europe’s 143…
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Children’s rights committee criticises Czech Republic on several points The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has criticised the Czech Republic for its high number…
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Minorities and public broadcasting: are they being presented properly?

Under Czech law, public service broadcasters are obliged to devote programming time to minorities living in this country such as Slovaks and Roma. In this week's Talking…
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It's been dubbed the little Czech Pisa, but its days are numbered. Are women in Jihlava just too sexy? And, a 15th century Prague Bible has unexpectedly come to light…
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Famufest showcases emerging talent in Czech cinema

Famufest, which was held in Prague last week, is the annual showcase of films made by students of the Film and TV School of Prague's Academy of Performing Arts, or FAMU as…
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Eastern Partnership summit urges Russia to pull troops from Ukrainian border Participants in a two-day Eastern Partnership summit in Prague have urged Russia to pull its…
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President’s chancellor unlikely to get security clearing The appeals committee at the National Security Office has recommended rejecting an appeal from the president’s…
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Artists collect impressions of scarred North Bohemia landscape

Artists from the Czech Republic, Iceland and Norway have got together in the industrial landscape in North Bohemia for a project called Frontiers of Solitude, examining…
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Czech and Slovak prime ministers say EU must hold common line in Brexit talks The Czech and Slovak prime ministers have stressed the need for the EU to show unity in the…
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News Friday, AUGUST 11th, 2000

Hello and welcome to Radio Prague. I'm Kazi Stastna and we start the programme with a brief news bulletin. First, the headlines: Those were the headlines, now for the news…
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Proposed reform of Czech justice system

If you ask any Czech to describe the country's court system in one word, most people would probably say "slow". Although the Czech Republic has the largest number of…
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An ostrich in the Czech Republic has just laid the biggest ostrich egg in the world! The woman who murdered a man because he criticized her hairdo and, the former Czech…
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From the Weeklies

The Czech Republic does not have money to burn. Yet millions have been squandered due to the lack of a consistent national energy policy. How much would you be prepared to…
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Klara Skrivankova: fighting trade in human lives

My guest on One on One today is Klara Skrivankova, who works for the La Strada organisation, a body set up several years ago to tackle the problem of human trafficking…
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Czechs walk tall into the new century

It might be the case in your community, too: children are taller than their parents, who themselves outgrew their parents in terms of physical height. During the last…
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Czech workers are better at foreign languages than other nations

Over the past few years, the Czech Republic has attracted record volumes of foreign investment, becoming a leader in central and Eastern Europe in this respect. The main…
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Climate change

According to the astronomical calendar, summer officially started on June 21, but days before that date a heat wave had already hit the Czech Republic. Was that recent…
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Helping the stray and unwanted cats of Prague

The Prague Animal Protection Association is an NGO which helps abandoned, injured, sick and abused animals, mainly in and around Prague. One of their projects is the…
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Vodafone, Škoda among Czech firms signing open letter to PM pushing for marriage equality

Vodafone CEO Petr Dvořák presented an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Petr Fiala urging the government to introduce marriage equality.
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