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New Czech government finalises policy statement

After much debate and discussion, the new Czech coalition government of the Social Democrats, Christian Democrats and the Freedom Union finalised its policy statement over…
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Press Review

The top story in today's papers is still the Czech ice hockey team's triumphant return home, after winning the world championship for the third time in a row. Photos of…
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South Bohemia faces growing wave of illegal moldavite miners

Police in South Bohemia are increasingly struggling with illegal miners of moldavites, bottle-green gemstones found almost exclusively on the territory of Czechia.
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Press Review

All the Czech newspapers today carry reports from Brussels, where the European Union's 15 foreign ministers are discussing the final agreements in accession talks with 10…
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Czech scientists’ “knight in iron armour” wins Nature science journal award

A video created by a team of scientists from the BIOCEV centre on the outskirts of Prague has won the “Science in Shorts” competition, organised by the journal Nature.
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Anti-corruption police conduct search at Lesy ČR The anti-corruption police on Monday conducted a search of the offices of the state-owned forestry enterprise Lesy ČR in…
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Svejnar confirms presidential bid Czech-American economist Jan Svejnar has confirmed that he will run in the Czech Republic’s upcoming presidential election, to be held…
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Special schools could face high fines for including non-handicapped children in programmes The Czech School Inspection has found that a high number of children from…
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Interim PM presents new cabinet Interim Prime Minister Jan Fischer announced his cabinet on Tuesday. He presented his list of ministers to President Václav Klaus on…
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Langer says Czech Republic does not want to take in Guantanamo prisoners Czech Minister of the Interior Ivan Langer has declared that the country is not looking to take…
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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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Chinese and Korean firms eying future Temelín nuclear deal

Plans to expand the Czech nuclear power plant in Temelín have been put on hold, with a previous tender cancelled over the project’s dubious viability. A Russian-led bid…
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Top end jeweller evolves from beads to Czech crown jewels

An exhibition at Prague City Gallery highlights the history of a famous Prague-based family-owned jewellery brand. The Belda Company, which was founded exactly 100 years…
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Visegrad foreign ministers mark 25th anniversary of group's founding

The foreign ministers of the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary) met in Prague last week to mark the 25th anniversary of the group’s founding. The…
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Visitors invisible through treetops: the poetry of Katerina Rudcenkova

Katerina Rudcenkova is one of the two Czech poets featured in a new book published by Arc publications, called "A Fine Line: New Poetry from Eastern and Central Europe…
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Architecture... Jirí Seifert... and Burma

Ten Centuries of Architecture Prague Castle is one of the Czech Republic's finest and most popular tourist attraction, and it is here that one of the country's biggest…
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Protecting the Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian mountain range is one of Europe's most closely guarded secrets. It is a region of extraordinary beauty, stretching from Romania in the south-east, through…
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“I love to approach a story from several different angles” - David Vaughan on his new series No Night So Dark

No Night So Dark is a new radio series that explores the true story of a Jewish family living in 1930s Prague. We discussed it with its creator David Vaughan.
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Karolína Křížová: People in Czechia are starting to take the problem of sexual violence seriously

When the #MeToo campaign resonated in the Western world, many Czechs were openly skeptical, but two cases of rape involving public figures are changing peoples attitudes.
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“One word – hope”: Name supporters embrace Pavel victory

Hundreds of supporters thronged Petr Pavel’s HQ in Prague on Saturday. Among them were well-known personalities, who gave their reactions to his election as presdident.
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Czech project offers imperfect Christmas trees

A new initiative, called Zachraň stromek or Save a Tree, offers locally grown trees that would never make it to the market due to their imperfections.
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“Czechia has changed” – Fiala hosts special dinner for former PMs to mark Velvet Divorce anniversary

Monday saw no fewer than nine former Czech prime ministers attend a special dinner hosted by the country’s current head of government.
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Poet, artist and translator Bohuslav Reynek born 130 years ago

Reynek did not receive full recognition until after the fall of Communism. Until then, his work was mostly published abroad, while he remained relatively unknown at home.
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Don’t bin it: Campaign highlights households’ role in food waste

Who would you guess is the biggest producer of food waste – supermarkets? Restaurants? Farms? In fact, according to data from 2021, it’s not any of those – it’s households.
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“We hope it will be a warm celebration of cinema”: East of West head on first KVIFF in two years

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which begins Friday, prides itself on bringing titles from the ex-Eastern bloc to audiences via its East of the West competition.
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