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Czechs in Afghanistan, Pt. XI: On the concrete island that the army calls home

For the last month we have focused on the humanitarian side of Czech activities in war-torn Afghanistan; today we move closer to the war itself. There are more than 500…
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Green Party’s ministers to remain in cabinet The Green Party will not withdraw its ministers from the caretaker cabinet, despite having serious reservations about the…
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Czechs mark seven hundred year old wedding anniversary

A 700-year old wedding is creating quite a stir in the Czech Republic. Exhibitions, lectures and a commemorative silver coin have all been lined up to mark the marriage…
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Welcome to Landek Park – the largest museum of mining in the Czech Republic

Two weeks ago in Spotlight we travelled to the centre of Ostrava, the capital of the Moravian-Silesian region, where a new industrial heritage site is going to open next…
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Exile government leader seeks autonomy, not independence, for Tibet The leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, taking part in the 16th Forum 2000…
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Czeslaw Walek – Prague Pride’s first director and a lawyer by profession

Czeslaw Walek, who studied law with a focus on human rights, has been in the media a lot in recent weeks, due to his role as the director of the Prague Pride festival…
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Zlín - the town that Baťa built

In this edition of Spotlight,we visit the south-east Moravian town of Zlín, a city famous for its footwear and film industries as well as for its rich heritage of folk…
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Nicholas Kirke - the British entrepreneur who came to Prague in search of his father and founded a property empire

Our guest for One on One this week is Nicholas Kirke, a British-born property developer who has been operating in the Czech Republic since the early 1990s and whose La…
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Czech-U.S. relations dominated by visa, missile defense issues

Last week United States President George W. Bush announced plans to modify his nation's visa waiver program to raise the number of countries whose citizens can enter the U…
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US ambassador Richard Graber: "History will be the judge of whether or not American policy is right"

Early in June US President George W. Bush will visit the Czech Republic. The American Head of State will be meeting with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus and other…
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Prague based CEE Bankwatch Network seeks to make EU banking institutions, funds, account for their actions

Tens of billions of euros flow through the European Union’s institutional banks, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment…
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Archa’s mission to spark “unusual encounters” says founder Ondřej Hrab on 20th anniversary of theatre’s opening

In the last two decades, Prague’s Archa Theatre has firmly established itself as the country’s foremost space for alternative drama, dance and music, hosting such…
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English “stands in” for Czech in first translation of Cimrman classic

For the first time ever, non-Czech audiences have the chance to get acquainted with Jára Cimrman, a unique phenomenon of Czech culture. The fictional character has enjoyed…
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The spy who spoke on camera: RINO explores fascinating tale of CIA mole Karel Koecher

One of the hottest tickets at this year’s Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival was main competition film RINO, a fascinating portrait of the only Communist mole…
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Prague considering long-term measures to combat impacts of climate change

The increasingly frequent occurrence of floods, droughts and extreme heatwaves in the past decade have led the Czech government and local administrations to consider long…
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Czech parties subject to stepped up election spending scrutiny

New rules apply to the Czech elections to the lower house of parliament for the first time limiting parties budgets’ and making them declare funding and spending flows…
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Czech Bitcoin community pays close attention to cryptocurrency developments

Prague is undoubtedly a hub for the use of the alternative cryptocurrency Bitcoin. But Bitcoin is now very much at a crossroads as some of its technological flaws start to…
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British violinist stars in Prague world premiere of Niobe concerto

The renowned British violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen is set to make her debut with the Czech Philharmonic in Prague’s Rudolfinum on Saturday. The graduate of the Royal…
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The downside of plastics recycling: toxins in children’s toys

The Czech environmental group Arnika is ringing alarm bells. According to the results of a recent study it conducted, some children’s toys and grooming accessories, such…
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Czech audiovisual sector gets picture of how it is doing

What is believed to be the biggest ever survey of Czech cinema visits and overall audiovisual habits has just been completed by the business body that groups producers of…
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Lucie Ferstová – Czech Mars One candidate wants to be among first astronauts to set foot on Red Planet

In Czech Life, we talk to 25-year-old Lucie Ferstová, the only Czech applicant remaining in a field of one hundred (the list was originally 200,000 names) hoping to be…
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Not banking on anything: central bank surveys emerging risks on Czech market

After the worries and shakiness of the last decade or so in Europe’s banking and financial sector, financial stability is no longer seen as a given but as something that…
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Government approves broadened anti-smoking bill Anti-smoking legislation broadened to include a number of MP proposals from last week has been approved by the government…
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Tasmanian devils to star in Prague Zoo’s new Darwin Crater

The Prague Zoo has gone a long way since being hit by severe floods in 2002 and has become one of the best zoos in the world, according to some international rankings. Its…
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“To see this much blood on the street can be dramatic for a lot of people”, says Canadian celebrating Christmas in Czech Republic

Joy Bellefontaine is Acadian French and proud of it, but having married a Czech husband and living in the Czech Republic for nearly 20 years she admits her family’s…
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