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Czech tourist killed by shark in Egypt A Czech tourist in Egypt was attacked and killed by a shark on Friday, the news site Echo 24 reported. The news was confirmed by…
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Moore and Affleck bring star power to opening weekend of Karlovy Vary

The stars have been out at the Karlovy Vary film festival. Hollywood actress Julianne Moore received the cinema showcase’s lifetime achievement award, while actor Casey…
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Number of foreigners in the Czech Republic on the rise

The Czech Republic is not a great example of a multicultural country. While the large ethnic German and Jewish minorities from pre-war Czechoslovakia - have all but…
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Czech Republic posts first November trade surplus in 10 years

For the first time in ten years, the Czech Republic has exported more goods than it imported. Figures released by the Czech Statistics Office show that last November the…
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A unique cubist café reopens in Prague

Like Vienna and Budapest, Prague also was once famous for its café culture. The coffeehouse tradition - which was interrupted by the communist regime that took power after…
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Deloitte survey shows Slovakia has lowest labour costs within EU

A new survey by the accounting and consultancy firm Deloitte has shown up a dramatic difference in pay packets between the old EU member states and the new ones of Central…
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Czech Republic asked to act as mediator The Czech Republic could help mediate a solution to the border disputes between Lebanon, Syria and Israel, according to the UN…
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Germans head to Poland in hope of better job prospects

We've often brought stories on the movement of workers from Eastern Europe to Western Europe but now one that breaks the rule. An increasing number of Germans from the…
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News of Radio Prague

Austria protests Czech plans to build two new reactors at Temelin Austria's Ministry for the Environment has expressed protest at plans by the Czech Ministry for Industry…
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Unique Prague-based laser facility invites scientists from across Europe

Passers-by would never guess what lies inside this inconspicuous two-storey building in a quiet north Prague suburb. The simple concrete construction houses one of the…
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Saudek Brothers Documentary

By Dita Aseidu
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Prague UN Information Center moves after 54 years

The United Nations Information Center is moving to new premises. Czechoslovakia was one of the founding members of the UN and the organisation's centre in Prague was one…
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Press Review

Saturday's anti-IMF demonstrations dominate the headlines in all Czech daily newspapers today. MLADA FRONTA DNES points out that the true sense of the annual meeting…
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Press Review

The lifting of diplomatic sanctions against Austria has naturally received a lot of front-page coverage. Political commentators are highlighting the fact that both sides…
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Press Review

The front pages of all Czech daily newspapers carry photographs of the angry face of one Ed Fagan, an American lawyer representing Austrian anti-nuclear activists who has…
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British Nobel Prize Laureate in Prague

By Nicole Klement
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Offers of aid pour into Czech Republic

As water levels recede, revealing the enormity of the destruction wrought by the devastating floods that swept through the Czech Republic, offers of help have started…
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Press Review

All the papers today continue to cover the severe floods that hit South Bohemia last week. Lidove noviny warns that if the heavy rains continue, Prague might experience…
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News of Radio Prague

Civic Democrats for second referendum on EU constitution The opposition Civic Democrats have said that if Czechs vote to join the European Union in a forthcoming…
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Coalition agrees on distribution of ministries in new cabinet The new Prime Minister and acting head of the Social Democrat party, Stanislav Gross, has announced that the…
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Press Review

No single topic dominates the Czech papers today - although a particularly brutal photo on the cover of Pravo of men shot dead in the assassination attempt on Afghani…
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Will the Czech Republic have a deep storage facility for disposal of radioactive nuclear waste?

For many it may still seem like 'early days' for a plan drafted by the government ten years ago and overseen by the Bureau for the Storage of Radioactive Waste: a plan to…
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UNICEF winds up projects in Czech Republic

Over the past ten years the United Nations Children's Fund has been involved in a number of projects aimed at securing full implementation of child rights in the Czech…
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Bridges and Gaps at Forum 2000

Over forty world opinion formers were in Prague for the weekend, on the invitation of President Vaclav Havel, for the sixth Forum 2000 conference. They were discussing one…
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Letter from Prague

A lot of foreigners complain about the Prague winter, but I have to say - coming from Ireland, a country where it never really gets cold - I've actually come to enjoy true…
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