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Katerina Hellstrom - a Czech economics lecturer in Stockholm

Katerina Hellstrom is a young Czech woman who works as an economics lecturer in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. When we met at a busy café a short walk from the city…
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An interview with 'Czech Business Weekly' editor Chris Johnstone

A new English-language publication devoted to business news has appeared on the Czech scene. The 'Czech Business Weekly,' a 36-page glossy format publication, is the third…
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Jazz singer Martina Fišerová: I love people, I love the diversity

At a time when concert halls have fallen silent, and society is struggling to deal with the coronavirus crisis, music is becoming even more important and many singers and…
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Czech teenage pranksters have devised a new game: nicking a policeman's cap and running off with it. Is it just high spirits or plain theft? The former US Secretary of…
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Czech Republic needs qualified foreign workers

As you may already have heard on Radio Prague, the Czech Republic needs an influx of qualified foreign workers. A country with an aging population and a declining birth…
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Business News

Stock Market Expected to Gain in 2001 Czech stock brokers expect a profitable year in 2001. A survey among Czech brokerage companies conducted by the CTK news agency has…
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Today's topics include: Oil deposits in the CR, Charles University was founded 655 years ago, Prague's parks, Czechs on sick leave. Quotes from: John Miller, Maria…
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Viktor Janis - a translator on the watch

Viktor Janis is a young and successful literary translator. Among his translations are works by such renowned authors as Graham Greene, Isaac Asimov, Iain Banks, Hanif…
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Czech have a law fighting light pollution

I'm standing in front of Stefanikova Observatory on Petrin Hill in Prague. On a clear night like this I should be able to see hundreds and hundreds of stars. As it is I…
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm sixty-four?

According to the results of a national census carried out in 2001, the population of the Czech Republic is ageing. People live longer and fewer babies are born. Improved…
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Hana Rambouskova - on the Fulbright Program in the Czech Republic

In 1991 Czechoslovakia first signed an agreement with Washington establishing a Fulbright Commission in Prague - guaranteeing the possibility for Czech lecturers and…
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A century of Czech independence - according to Pavel Kosatík

As the end of 2018 draws near, Czechs are reflecting on the century of their independent state. All years ending in “8” have a special meaning for this nation – 1918, 1938…
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Diana Šmídová on how Czechia is helping its 130,000 Ukrainian child refugees

We spoke to Diana Šmídová, the secretary of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the Office of Government, about how Czechia is helping its Ukrainian child refugees.
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A visit to Prague’s first cat café

Situated in Prague’s Žižkov district, the Kočičí Kavárna Freya (or Kočkafé) is a cat café, which opened back in 2014, and was the first of its kind in Prague. The…
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Czech Development Agency head: development aid can help prevent security threats

The Czech Development Agency was set up in 2008, under the Czech Foreign Affairs Ministry, with the aim to help eradicate poverty in the world and contribute to…
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Prague back in spotlight for film shoots but big features still likely going elsewhere

Prague was a big hitter in the film world for around a decade until 2008, becoming a venue to shoot high cost feature films. But the shoots started going elsewhere when…
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Jan Kasl: In ‘89 people hoped for hundreds of unique new buildings in Prague

Prague has obviously changed enormously over the last 30 years. But what have been the city’s most, and least, impressive construction projects since the Velvet Revolution…
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Pianist Thomas Zaruba on his best-selling album Slow Down and the need to reach out to his audience

Thomas Zaruba, author of the best-selling jazz album Slow Down, is a pianist of Australian-Canadian-Czech origin living in France. Although he was born into a cosmopolitan…
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Enough rubbish: Prague waste prevention conference tackles growing global waste problem

RPI went along to the Waste Prevention 2023 conference that took place in Prague to find out what Czech companies are doing to reduce their environmental impact.
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New podcast focuses on how culture can be used as an instrument of positive diplomacy

A new podcast expores the uses and value of cultural diplomacy.
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Brno Expat City Days help bring together local foreign community

The upcoming Brno Expat City Days bring together the English-speaking foreign profesionals and their family members living in the Moravian capital.
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News

Czech Foreign Minister urges EU to consider sanctions on Ukraine Addressing a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek said the…
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Rusnok cabinet begins to take shape The new government led by Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok has begun to take shape. Martin Pecina will take the helm at the Ministry of the…
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Zeman says he wants a list of supporting MPs before he gives old coalition another chance In an interview for the Czech Press Agency, President Miloš Zeman said on…
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Czech PM: Ukraine’s decision based on economic, political situation Ukraine’s refusal to sign a trade deal with the EU stems from the country’s present political and…
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