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  Ultra-conservative organization calls on mayor, ambassador to cease supporting Prague Pride An ultra-conservative citizen’s initiative, D.O.S.T., has delivered an open…

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• Egon Hostovský, "a European among the sprinklers"

  For Czechs, the 20th century was a turbulent time. Independent Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918 only to later fall victim to the two great tyrannies of modern history –…

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  Shadow foreign minister criticizes prime minister’s visit to Israel Shadow Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has criticized Prime Minister Petr Nečas’s visit to Israel…

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• Council of Europe urges Czech Republic to improve the lot of people with mental disabilities

  The Council of Europe last week released a report criticizing the Czech Republic for the way it treats people with mental disabilities. The criticism targeting the living…

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  British prime minister meets with Czech counterpart ahead of EU summit British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Prague for an official visit on Thursday. He met…

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• Egon Erwin Kisch – the Raging Reporter

  One of Prague’s best known German-language authors was Egon Erwin Kisch, who was born in the Czech capital 125 years ago this Thursday. His excellent style and original…

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• The Mánes Exhibition Hall – an icon of functionalist architecture

  The functionalist Mánes Exhibition Hall, located on the right bank of the Vltava river between the bridges Jiraskův most and Most Legií, is one of only two buildings in…

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  Putin, in talks with Rice, Gates, again comes out against missile defense Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the US "not to force" deployment of its missile…

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• Ludvik Vaculik: a Czechoslovak man of letters

  Ludvik Vaculik, one of the Czech Republic's greatest living writers turned 80 on July 23. Born in Brumov, a small corner of southeast Moravia, in 1926, Ludvik Vaculik…

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• Norman Davies: revealing the many layers of a great Central European city

  Norman Davies is one of the most influential contemporary historians of Central Europe. His writings on Poland have had a significant impact on our perceptions of the…

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• Humanist Jan Tamas - world should be run by people power, not politicians

  Rob Cameron's guest in this week's One on One is Jan Tamas, a member of the Czech humanist movement, and also the spokesman of "No to Bases", an initiative against the…

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• New road tolls in CR: Do the drawbacks outweigh the benefits?

  Given the Czech Republic's location in the heart of Europe, it has always been a major transit point for business. Naturally, the volume of traffic going through the Czech…

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  Czech Muslims stage prayers outside Interior Ministry Some 300 Muslims staged a prayer in Prague’s Letná Park outside the Czech Interior Ministry on Friday, in protest…

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• Shockproof film festival gives star billing to B-movie schlock and gore

  The Shockproof Festival is on at Prague’s arthouse cinema Aero. The festival, known for its focus on B-movie action films, gore, exploitation horror and more, this year is…

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• Czech castles and chateaus celebrating Renaissance Nobility Year

  With the start of the tourist season in April hundreds of castles and chateaus around the Czech Republic open their doors to visitors. The National Heritage Institute…

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• Czech scientists develop unique hydrogel that promises faster healing of fractures

  Prof. Josef Jančář and his team at CEITEC (Central European Institute of Technology) in Brno have developed a unique degradable hydrogel that should in due time make it…

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  In Magazine: an old Czechoslovak banknote, long out of circulation, is voted fourth best in the world; careful, frog on the road! Czech roads will soon get new animal…

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• Changes in teaching and writing history in the past two decades

  Last time in Czech History, Michal Pullmann discussed his research into Czechoslovak society in the 1980s. In this second in a two-part special, he reflects upon the…

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• Exhibition marks 40 years in the life of Prague’s biggest housing estate

  It is exactly forty years since the first inhabitants started moving into the Czech Republic’s biggest housing estate, Jižní Město in the south of Prague. The local…

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• Pitting robots against robots in competitions from Bear Rescue to Ketchup House

  This weekend saw the return of Robotic Day in Prague, organised for the 13th time by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University. Teams, largely of…

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• GoodAI’s Marek Rosa Part 2: An emerging artificial intelligence would have to understand our world without being motivated by human emotions

  In the last edition of Czech Life, Marek Rosa - the founder and CEO of the Prague-based company GoodAI – discussed the means by which he and colleagues are working to…

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  Today in Mailbox: Response to Radio Prague's programme dedicated to Czechoslovak Independence Day, monthly listeners' quiz. Listeners/readers quoted: Miles Hookey, Vlodek…

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  German Chancellor highlights common goals in Prague German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is in Prague within her post Brexit European tour, on Thursday met with Czech…

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• Czech water management expert reflects on over three decades in Africa

  Czech hydrogeologist Jiří Šíma is a leading expert in the field of water management. Since the mid-1980s, he has been involved in various water management and…

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  Czech PM welcomes von der Leyen’s election, Czech MEPs divided Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has welcomed the election of Ursula von der Leyen as the new president of…

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