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Cabinet proposes clampdown on gaming business Tighter rules on the gaming industry were approved Wednesday by the Czech Cabinet. The proposed measures include giving local…
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Director of Moving Cities: my job was to get to dancers to absorb surroundings and just “be”

Last year British film director Jevan Chowdhury launched an exciting new project, entitled Moving Cities, capturing the spirit of modern cities through dance. Prague was…
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Confusion after Zeman announces plans for Czech Army field hospital in Jordan for Syrian refugees The Czech Army is unaware of plans announced by President Miloš Zeman on…
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President offers 100,000 crown reward for finding Peroutka’s article Czech President Miloš Zeman has offered 100,000 crowns as a reward to anybody who finds the article ‘…
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Government commits to minimum six percent pay rise for teachers The country’s teachers should see a pay rise next year of at least six percent (but as high as eight…
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For some students, making money in the sex business seems like an attractive option… at first

The news website iDnes has reported that a percentage of Czech students have chosen work in the sex trade to make more money, fast. That at least is the initial attraction…
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Friends of the Earth striving for more wilderness areas in the Czech Republic

The NGO Friends of the Earth is striving to start a broad debate on expanding wilderness sites outside of the country’s national parks. Earlier this month it released a…
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President Zeman invites new Israeli head of state for official visit Czech President Miloš Zeman has invited the recently elected President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, for…
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The Czech "radioactive" dillema

Czechia has substantial deposits of uranium. Radioactive ore was mined here in the second half of the 20th century. Most of it was sent to the former Soviet Union within a…
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News Wednesday, OCTOBER 11th, 2000

By Daniela Lazarova Schussel accuses Prague of blocking dialogue Amid heightened tension over the activation of the Temelin nuclear power plant, Austrian Chancellor…
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News Thursday, AUGUST 24th, 2000

Hello and welcome to Radio Prague. I'm Kazi Stastna, and we start the programme with a brief news bulletin. First the headlines: Those were the headlines, now the news in…
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News Thursday, SEPTEMBER 02th, 1999

Hello and a very warm welcome to the program. I'm Pauline Newman, first we start with a look at the main headlines of the day: You are tuned to Radio Prague. Those were…
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News of Radio Prague

Czech Republic angry over being on BSE list The Czech Foreign Ministry has protested to the European Commission about the Czech Republic being included in a list of…
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News Friday, MAY 07th, 1999

Those were the headlines and now the news in more detail, read by Libor Kubik. CZECH-G8-YUGOSLAVIA-KLAUS Czech Lower House Speaker Vaclav Klaus has welcomed the decision…
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News Thursday, JANUARY 28th, 1999

Good morning from Radio Prague. I am Libor Kubik in Studio 23 and here's the news. SPYMASTER SACKED Government has fired the boss of the Czech secret service BIS, Karel…
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News Monday, NOVEMBER 02th, 1998

Hello and welcome to the programme. I'm David Vaughan. First the headlines And now the news in more detail. Floods Continuous heavy rain has brought flooding, with several…
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News Tuesday, MAY 19th, 1998

Radio Prague e-news: May 19, 1998 Written/read by: Ray Furlong Hello and welcome to Radio Prague. I'm Ray Furlong, and we start with the news headlines. Now the news in…
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News Wednesday, MARCH 15th, 2000

You are tuned to Radio Prague. Those were the headlines, now let's take a look at the news in full: Zeman calls on Havel for Basta's dismissal Czech Prime Minister Milos…
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News Wednesday, JANUARY 05th, 2000

Hello and a very warm welcome to the program. I'm Pauline Newman with a bulletin of news. First we start with a look at the main headlines of the day: You are tuned to…
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Stealing a railway bridge is not as difficult as it may sound! Pork crackling, tongue in aspic or some chopped liver? Former cabinet ministers enjoy a pig slaughtering…
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"Shipwrecked" Czech foreign minister rolls up his trouser legs and wades to a fishing boat! A town invites professional sniffers to analyze its air. And Czech…
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Czech Siberia

Several areas in the Czech Republic are named after other parts of the world. For instance in the far north of Bohemia you'll find a mountainous area named Czech…
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Who is the new Czech PM? - A look at the man behind the politics

It has been just over a month since Jiri Paroubek was appointed prime minister, the third person to head the Czech government within a year. While Vladimir Spidla stepped…
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An English village revisits its Czech history: The Benes years in Buckinghamshire

During the Second World War, the former Czechoslovak President Edvard Benes and his government were in exile in England. Originally they were based in London, but in late…
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Marek Eben - the Czech Republic's "Mr. Nice"

Coilin O'Connor's guest for One on One this week is Marek Eben. Although Mr Eben is well respected as an actor and musician, he is perhaps best known in the Czech Republic…
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