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Yugoslavia, its popular revolution, and the apparent end of the Milosevic era figure prominently on all the front pages today. Libor Kubik has just joined me in the studio…
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Crossover cuisine - dining on the Slovene-Croat border

One of the leftover disputes from the collapse of the former Yugoslavia is the precise location of the border between Slovenia and Croatia. Talks on resolving that dispute…
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Czech scientists: health effects of air pollution in humans can show after decades

Pioneering research by Czech scientists suggests that the quality of the air we breathe may affect our health for decades to come. In the early 1980s the most serious…
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Giant hogweed, American mink - two invaders in Czech nature

So-called "invasive" species include plants and animals that have been brought from other parts of the world and harm native species, sometimes to the point of extinction…
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President dismisses EU ambassador President Vaclav Klaus has dismissed the Czech Republic's ambassador to the European Union Jan Kohout. A spokesman for Mr Klaus told the…
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Nicole Louden – an inner city girl who’s “got handle” on Prague

Czech women’s basketball is on the rise. The national team, currently ranking 10th in the world, won the European Championship in 2005. Two teams from the Trocal Women’s…
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Jiří Dienstbier remembered by fellow politicians, presidents Czech politicians have paid tribute to Senator Jiří Dienstbier, who died in on Saturday at the age of 73. The…
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Czech National Bank approves 1.5 billion euro loan to IMF The board of the Czech National Bank on Thursday approved a 1.5 billion-euro loan to the IMF as part of the EU’s…
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New dean of NATO Defense College: Our perception of what presents a threat sometimes differs

Brigadier General František Mičánek, head of the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies at the University of Defense in Brno, was recently elected Dean of NATO…
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Business prodigy brings US-style schools to Czech Republic

At the age of just 23, Ondřej Kania has already established a successful agency that sends Czechs students to prestigious boarding schools in the United States and Canada…
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Czech family companies in the spotlight

No less than three government ministers attended an international conference about the role and status of Czech family firms this week. As well as the conference itself…
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Comic book tells tale of post-1948 Czech emigrés

Historians rarely publish comic books, but Martin Nekola is an exception. In cooperation with illustrator Jakub Dušek he has just published a comic book about the fate of…
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Daily news summary

Coalition partners ANO, ČSSD remain at odds over culture minister candidate Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) and Social Democrat (ČSSD) chairman Jan Hamáček failed to…
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Jakub Cigler: Demolition of Brutalist building makes me wonder if my own designs will last

Jakub Cigler is perhaps THE architect of post-1989 Prague. His office is behind the remodeling of Wenceslas Sq. and is involved in the project to overhaul Masaryk Station.
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Czech ambassador: The best things about living in London? Oysters and football!

Libor Sečka is a seasoned Czech diplomat who has served as ambassador in countries such as Italy, Spain, Malta and China. At the start of 2016 he took office as Czech…
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Havel’s philosophy was far more important than that of many academic thinkers, says Aviezer Tucker

Struck as a PhD student by the philosophical language used by Václav Havel in his famous 1990 speech to the US Congress, Aviezer Tucker went on to write The Philosophy and…
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David Vaughan’s Hear My Voice explores the “shifting sense of reality” in the run-up to WW2

Earlier this year the Czech Republic marked the 80th anniversary of the Munich Agreement, signed in September 1938 by the leaders of Germany, France, Great Britain, and…
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My Prague – Jan Kasl

Former Prague mayor Jan Kasl takes us to his Bubeneč ‘hood and Malá Strana, where he lived at an exciting time.
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“This place reflects who we are as human beings”: New natural wine bar opens in Prague

Farah Abou Kharroub has a personality that draws you in the moment you meet her. That hospitality is something she is trying to translate into her new venture, Aleb.
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From Czechia, to Toronto and Japan, the Brady family leaves a legacy

The Brady family, originally from Nové Město na Moravě, has an inspiring story that spans generations and continents.
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Despite pandemic number of foreign students studying full-time in Czechia grew in 2020

New data from the Ministry of Education shows that the number of foreign students studying full-time degrees grew by more than 8 percent last year.
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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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Beethoven Spa House pampers guests with composer's favourite dishes, his suite and his music

In the Beethoven Spa House in Teplice guests can book the luxury suite he occupied, eat the food that he loved and listen to the music he composed.
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Scientists announce major breakthrough in efforts to save endangered white rhino

An international team of scientists working to save the northern white rhino from extinction has announced a major breakthrough.
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NGOs launch campaign to improve quality of life for the elderly

October 1st has been designated as International Day of Older Persons by the UN General Assembly. This year Czech NGOs are using the occasion to raise awareness of the…
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