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GoodAI’s Marek Rosa Part 1 - Solving general AI would change everything

Prague-based video game designer Marek Rosa, founder of Keen Software House, recently established a firm focussing on artificial intelligence. Last July, Rosa launched…
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Dvůr Králové Zoo spearheading international efforts to restore black rhinos to Rwanda

Dvůr Králové Zoo is at the centre of an international effort to restore black rhinos to Rwanda, where the entire rhino population was wiped out in the aftermath of the…
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Supporting independent media and driving social change: The Prague Civil Society Centre

The Prague Civil Society Centre, located in the heart of the city, works with stakeholders across 18 different countries helping civic groups and independent journalists.
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My work day is never the same, says Czech polar ecologist Marie Šabacká

The young Czech scientist Marie Šabacká has spent a considerable part of her working life in the Arctic, Antarctic and other remote areas, studying ecology of polar…
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Czech officials say IOC recommendation “mockery of Olympics spirit”

Czechia says IOC’s recommendation to allow individual athletes from Russia and Belarus take part in sports competitions is a mockery of the Olympics spirit.
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Worms, crickets and grasshoppers – Czech Railways offer new snack selection

Most Westerners are grossed out by the idea of eating insects. But start-up Grig wants to convince them otherwise – and their products are now on sale on Czech trains.
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Young Czechs may be allowed to start driving at 17, but are they in a hurry to get behind the wheel?

Young Czechs may be allowed to start driving at the age of 17 under supervision, but are teenagers really in a rush to get behind the wheel?
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New podcast series EUNICAST, led by Czech Centre in London, among top 20 podcasts in UK

EUNICAST a new podcast series produced under the leadership of the Czech Centre in London, is among the top 20 podcasts in the UK.
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Striking art project on prominent Letná wall highlights stigmatisation of sex workers

Until June 6, the spaces in the wall below Letná running parallel to the Vltava river are being occupied by Markéta Garai’s exhibition With(out) Care.
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Dozens take part in traditional scythe mowing event in Stromovka

Several dozen people gathered in Prague’s Stromovka Park at sunrise on Friday morning to take part in the annual scythe mowing event.
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Warsaw Jewish Festival brings former Jewish district back to life

Before the Second World War, Warsaw was the biggest Jewish city in the world, with a third of its population Jewish. For the past couple of years, the Polish capital has…
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New school year starts with budget cuts

As students and teachers start the new school year this Monday, parents of Czech elementary school students may have more concerns than in previous years. With the general…
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News

Environmentalists slam government for failing to provide guarantees against abolition of mining limits Environmental activists have criticized the government for failing…
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New study shows more Czech women have an alcohol abuse problem

Czech doctors are ringing the alarm: the number of women alcoholics has doubled over the past ten years. In 2005 close to 3,000 women entered Czech clinics with an alcohol…
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Leaders of emerging coalition agree on programme, ministerial posts The leaders of a proposed centre-right government of the Civic Democrats, the Christian Democrats, and…
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Initiator: I was extremely surprised we got permission to erect Marian column

The most divisive construction of the year in Prague is surely a Marian column that recently appeared on Old Town Square. We speak to an initiator of the replica.
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Business News

In this week’s Business News: pace of price rises forecast to speed up; central bank fights independence slur; the Czech Republic climbs competitiveness ladder; phone…
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Home births on trial after boy left with brain damage in botched delivery

Home births are currently under the spotlight in the Czech Republic; a trial began in Prague last week involving the chairwoman of the country’s Union of Midwives. Ivana…
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Business News

In this week’s Business News: the government wants to keep electricity hikes at less than 10%; the IEA warns the Czech Republic to focus more on efficient energy use; one…
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Business News

In this week's Business News: Škoda cuts production as the economic slowdown bites; local police offer jobs to laid off Škoda employees; despite woes, confidence in Czech…
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Bison return to Czech forests after 200-year absence

Half a dozen European bison have been returned to the wild at the Ralsko nature reserve, a former Red Army military training ground about an hour’s drive from Prague. It’s…
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President, dignitaries mark Czech Statehood Day A ceremony has taken place in the town of Stará Boleslav to mark the feast day of the Czech patron saint Wenceslas…
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Daily news summary

Lower house to vote on controversial bill on care for nature reserves The lower house is due to vote on a controversial bill on care for the country’s nature reserves…
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Daily news summary

IS and aid on agenda as Sobotka meets Iraqi PM in Baghdad The Czech prime minister, Bohuslav Sobotka, held talks with his Iraqi counterpart, Haider Al-Abadi, on a visit to…
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Visegrad leaders call for action against double standards in quality of food products sold in EU The leaders of the Visegrad Four have issued a joint statement calling on…
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