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Glenn Spicker: the American who brought bagels to the Czech Republic

Glenn Spicker is a successful businessman who was drawn to the Czech capital through an avid interest in the history and politics of this region. Once the fall of the Iron…
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Visegrad Group makes case for easier US shale gas imports

Four central European countries have made a renewed effort to secure imports of natural gas from the United States. Amidst the ongoing Crimea crisis, the Visegrad Group…
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Projected Russian gas pipeline opens rifts in Central Europe

The fate of a projected new gas pipeline link last week sparked a rift between the Czech Republic on one side and Slovakia and a series of Prague’s Central European…
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Jan Hubík: Why I became one of Czech Republic’s first cyborgs

Last month Jan Hubík became one of the first people in the Czech Republic to have a microchip inserted in his body, specifically his left hand. Indeed the 20-something…
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CEO and co-founder of Heaven Labs on how MANA nutritional product went from hobby to successful business

Jakub Krejčík is the head and co-founder of Heaven Labs, the producer of the MANA nutritional product, which went from being a hobby to a major business. MANA is specially…
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Czech tourism sector seeks room and directions for greater success

The Czech tourism sector has something to celebrate following the announcement last week of record incoming visitors for 2016. But all is not rosy in the sector with some…
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It’s a car, it’s a plane… no, it’s an autogyro in the middle of Prague!

Nirvana Systems is a company based in Přerov, the Czech Republic, which for years has been building paramotors and kits and other gear for the sport of PPG – powered…
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Bianca Bellová: Books still have power

Bianca Bellová is a Prague-based translator, interpreter and author. Following her 2009 debut, "Sentimentální román" (Sentimental Novel), she has published three other…
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Czech research centre warms to prospects of small modular nuclear reactors

A small nuclear power plant outside every city providing heat and power. Alternatively, a safe and reliable power supply for large parts of the undeveloped world or…
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Prague stands out for cluster of European brain business jobs

A study has perhaps surprisingly put the Czech capital Prague and its Slovak counterpart, Bratislava, out there as some of the top locations for the concentrations of so…
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Czechs scrutinise disinformation during presidential campaign

Disinformation and its role was one of the themes of the latest Czech presidential elections. Re-elected head of state Miloš Zeman was cast as pro-Russian and so it was a…
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Czech, Central European equity funds grabbing worldwide notice

NN Investment Partners is an international fund management company that has been operating in the Czech Republic for more than 20 years. In 2016 it had over 111 billion…
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Economic differences underpinned Czechoslovak divorce

"It’s the economy stupid." That phrase underlying US president Bill Clinton’s first election campaign sums up one of the major fault lines in Czech-Slovak relations in the…
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Red hot success story for Brno businessmen

Jan Jašek and Richard Belžík are two friends and chilli fans from the city of Brno. A few years ago, they turned their chilli growing hobby into a business and started…
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NoFit State Circus' visually-stunning Bianco kicks off Letní Letná

Prague's Letná Park this Sunday saw the return of the Letní Letná festival of contemporary circus - now in its 12th year. Over more than two weeks, visitors will be…
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Prague Quadrennial offers bold mix of culture and politics

The Prague Quadrennial, the largest exhibition of performance design and theatre architecture in the world, gets under way in Prague on Wednesday. Hundreds of exhibitions…
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Prague cemeteries seek funerals revamp

There are some thirty cemeteries in Prague and at this time of year, they turn into pleasant islands of greenery offering a peaceful oasis amidst the hustle and bustle of…
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Dvůr Králové Zoo celebrates birth of two rare baby rhinos

Last week the Dvůr Králové Zoo announced the birth of two black rhinos – the latest success in its rhino breeding programme. The zoo which has devoted close to four…
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Czech competitiveness under the spotlight

Competitiveness is one of those vogue terms that appears to be employing a lot of grey matter around the world. And the Czech Republic is no exception with the government…
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Swopping views on how to deal with sharing economy

The sharing economy is one of those vogue terms that can perhaps best be explained by some of the concepts which have been made possible by the Internet, digital…
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Czech photographer in Cambodia: I aim to tell a story through my photographs

Jakub Žák is a photographer who spent more than five years in South-East Asia documenting the work of the Czech Development Agency and other NGOs active in the region. On…
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Daily news summary

Annual meeting of Czech Ambassadors underway in Prague Throughout this week, Czech ambassadors posted around the world are meeting in Prague for their annual meeting at…
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National Museum searching for early Czech sound recordings in US

Few people in the Czech Republic know that a significant chapter in the history of early Czech sound recordings was written by Czech immigrants in the United States. For…
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Is English threatening the Czech language?

Take a walk down most streets in the centre of Prague, and you'll notice one very curious thing. The universal, almost over-riding presence of the English language; be it…
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The fortress town of Terezin

Today we visit a small town in North Bohemia that many of you are already familiar with. Some 30,000 tourists visit Terezin every year. The town is mainly associated with…
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