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Three parties hammer out coalition agreement

Less than three weeks after the Czech Republic's parliamentary elections the victorious Social Democrats have hammered out an agreement to form a new coalition government…
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Viktor Kozeny launches webpage masking a less than glittering reputation

These days almost everyone in public life has a webpage - and even highly controversial businessman Viktor Kozeny - the so-called Pirate of Prague - has proven no…
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Entomologist Kateřina Sam on the disappearance of birds and insects and their crucial role in the eco-system

Entomologist Kateřina Sam has been mapping the interdependence of birds and insects and how their disappearance may affect the whole eco-system.
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Previously unseen photos from Terezín shed new light on everyday life in the ghetto

A unique collection of newly discovered photographs depicting everyday life in Terezín are currently on display at the Memorial of Silence at Prague's Bubny train station.
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Czech branch of Doctors without Borders: five years of rewarding work

The Czech branch of Doctors without Borders was established in 2006 and has grown rapidly in the five years of its existence. In 2011 it sent volunteers to 48 missions in…
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Magdalena Souček – one of the most influential women in Czech business

As managing partner for the central and southeast Europe region for the global accounting giant Ernst & Young, Magdalena Souček has frequently topped lists of the most…
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Czechs in Afghanistan, Pt. I: Four outsiders making changes from within

Outside of political and military circles, there is only a handful of Czechs living and working in Afghanistan. They are for the most part the workers of People in Need…
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Magdalena Souček – one of the most influential women in Czech business

As managing partner for the central and southeast Europe region for the global accounting giant Ernst & Young, Magdalena Souček has frequently topped lists of the most…
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Otto Jelinek, Part 2: Success in business and politics and return to Prague

Prague-born Otto Jelinek became Canada’s ambassador to the Czech Republic in 2013, six and a half decades after his family moved to the North American state from communist…
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Wine, cars, and..machine tools… Moldova seeks stepped up Czech cooperation to develop economy

Czechs are doing their bit to support economic and political development in the small and relatively poor Republic of Moldova, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine. The…
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AFO festival of science documentary films shows we are all in this together- the question is where are we headed?

Academia Film Olomouc is one of the longest running film festivals in the Czech Republic. What is unique is that this festival, now in its 52nd year, focusses largely on…
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Last Northern White Rhino male recovering from life-threatening infection, as scientists push ahead with efforts to save breed

When Josef Vágner, head of the Dvůr Kralové Zoo, brought six Northern White Rhinos back from a trip to Sudan in the early 1970s he was criticized by the public for taking…
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Daily news summary

President sends condolences to Queen of Denmark President Miloš Zeman has sent condolences to the Queen of Denmark Margrethe II in connection with terrorist attacks in…
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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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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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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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