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Liba Taylor exhibition in Prague

Liba Taylor is a Czech photographer living in London who specializes in documentary projects for international humanitarian organizations such as UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the…
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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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Bohemian Switzerland National Park ravaged by devastating forest fire

Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle an extensive forest fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park, which has now ravaged more than 30 hectares of forestland.
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Ondřej Krutílek: We need more space for businesses to open their potential

Ondřej Krutílek is a member of the ruling Civic Democratic Party and is running in the European elections within the coalition SPOLU. He is an expert on EU legislation.
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Czech steering towards increased car dependence

Nowadays more and more Czechs are jumping into their cars instead of taking public transport, walking or cycling. A study conducted by the Environmental Research Centre at…
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Jeremy Rifkin: Czechs can help build the new 'European Dream'

Jeremy Rifkin is one of the most controversial American academics. The economist, philosopher, university professor and writer has published 17 books on the impact of…
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Czech scientists searching for ways to remove toxins from drinking water

Detergents, painkillers and contraceptives are things we use daily. What most of us don’t realize is that all of them contribute to the presence of toxins in our rivers…
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Outgoing government approves law for early elections The lower house has approved a constitutional law which cuts short its term and opens the way to early elections in…
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New government to raise teachers’ salaries Senior members of the three parties forming the next government have said they will raise salaries for teachers, providing an…
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Prime Minister Petr Nečas visits Slovakia Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas travelled to the Slovak capital of Bratislava on Monday for his first official visit since…
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Meet Eberhardt von Leipziger Hauptbahnhof: Prague Zoo presents its celebrities

Prague’s Troya zoo is rated as one of the best zoological gardens in Europe with huge open spaces for animals and exciting trails for visitors. The zoo celebrated its 80th…
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Czech scientists uncover reason behind high incidence of abortions in mares

In this month’s edition of Science Journal: A team of Czech researchers may have found the answer to a question that has puzzled veterinarians, horse breeders and…
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Blaze engulfs buildings in industrial zone Fire fighters have estimated that a blaze which broke out in an industrial zone in Otrokovice, near Zlin in southern Moravia on…
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Havel throws support behind Greens Former president Václav Havel has publicly endorsed the Green Party for parliamentary elections in May. In a letter entitled “We Choose…
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Nascent government parties meet to divide posts In view of the need to economize, the three parties in talks on setting up a centre-right coalition government - the Civic…
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Teaching in a changing society

For Panorama this week we go back to school, visiting a class of 12- and 13-year-olds at the grammar school in the old town of Havlíčkův Brod, about a hundred kilometres…
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Teenager drowns at Kladno Aqua Park A teenage boy from Zimbabwe has drowned at an aqua park in the town of Kladno, near Prague. The boy's lifeless body was pulled out of…
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Czech scientists searching for ways to remove toxins from drinking water

Detergents, painkillers and contraceptives are things we use daily. What most of us don’t realize is that all of them contribute to the presence of toxins in our rivers…
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Battle looms over Elbe as government seeks to push water transport

The Czech Republic is dissected by some major rivers but water transport is now very much a Cinderella sector compared with road, rail, and air transport. But there are…
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Sobotka in agreement with foreign minister over Night Wolves’ journey A planned journey across Europe by Russia's Night Wolves (a motorcycle gang with close ties to the…
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What it's like to be a Slovak in Prague

"A Slovak woman would like to talk to you." I have heard this kind of sentence many times - when I've tried to set up an interview on the phone, and have spoken in my…
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Child rights' situation in the 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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Writer Jana Prikryl on how her parents’ escape from Czechoslovakia shaped her life – and language

Jana Prikryl was five when her parents fled communist Czechoslovakia and the poet and literary editor says it was "incredible luck" that she became an English speaker.
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New game aims to make Kafka’s work more accessible to young people

To mark the centenary of Franza Kafka's death, Charles Games studio along with Prague’s Goethe Institute developed a 3D game set in the world of Kafka’s novels.
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Jitka Pánek Jurková: Czechia’s cultural credit is really strong – we just need to be smart about it

We talk to the head of the Czech Centres, Jitka Pánek Jurková, about what more the network can do to boost Czechia's image, how decisions are made on new branches and more.
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