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News Saturday, FEBRUARY 28th, 1998

President Vaclav Havel has sworn in the new Environment Minister, Martin Bursik. Havel said the 38-year-old new minister's views on the environment were close to those of…
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Czech PM faces storm at home over child migrants

As Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš defended his government’s decision not to accept even a single migrant at the EU summit in Salzburg, trouble was brewing for him at…
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Czech cultural journal celebrates 80 eventful years

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Czech cultural journal Pritomnost, which published its first issue in January 1924. Down through the years, the publication has…
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Greenpeace rejects Melk environmental impact assessment on Temelin

Late last year the prime ministers of the Czech Republic and Austria met in the Austrian town of Melk to resolve a bitter dispute over the Czech Republic's Temelin nuclear…
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Temelin to go online by end of week

By the end of this week, trials will have begun on the number one reactor at the Temelin nuclear power station in South Bohemia. Block A has been closed for three months…
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Press Review

No matter which paper Czechs chose to skim over their morning coffee today two stories are unlikely to have escaped their attention - the beating which the Czech national…
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Germany ready to oppose Temelin, says Austrian MP

Three months after it was shut down for vital maintenance work, reactor 1 at the Temelin nuclear power station finally came back on-line at 7:50 on Sunday morning. The…
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Czech sole entrepreneurs might soon give up their businesses

The new financial reform that came into force in January makes it impossible for small entrepreneurs to avoid taxes, even when they have no revenue or a loss. Some of them…
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New nature documentary shows ‘wild’ side of Prague

A new documentary showcases the wildlife living right in Czechia’s capital city.
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Government wins confidence vote but faces tough tasks ahead

Seven months after the country's inconclusive general elections, the Czech Republic finally has a legitimate government. Prime Minister Topolanek's centre right coalition…
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United States to give Czech Republic six million dollars of military equipment The United States is set to donate over 6 million USD worth of military equipment to the…
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Topolánek resists pressure and hangs on as leader of Civic Democrats Mirek Topolánek has resisted pressure from within the Civic Democrats to step down as party chairman…
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Czech companies make slow progress taking on board LGBT diversity

Business through diversity was the theme of a day long seminar accompanying the recent Prague Pride events. Basically, speakers argued that companies and institutions…
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Lower-house votes to cancel electronic cash register system

The Chamber of Deputies voted on Friday to completely cancel the electronic cash register system, known as EET, at the end of 2022. Under EET, which was introduced in late…
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Czech-Polish talks reported to have made progress in resolving Turow mine dispute

The Czech Republic and Poland are reported to have made “significant progress” toward resolving a dispute over the Turow lignite mine during talks on Friday. Czech…
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Green Party gives Bursik clear mandate to negotiate

At a meeting over the weekend, the Green Party gave its leader, Martin Bursik, and his negotiating team a clear mandate to take part in coalition-building talks with all…
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“Writing was an island of freedom”: Brenda Flanagan and Hana Waisserová on women’s artistic dissent in Czechoslovakia

We speak with Brenda Flanagan and Hana Waisserová about their book, which explores how women in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia used art to resistppression.
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“Other places and languages become possible”: Oxford scholar Rajendra Chitnis on the value of studying Czech literature

Dr Rajendra Chitnis is the University of Oxford’s champion of Czech, each year enthusing new cohorts of students with his love for the language and its literature.
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Czechs helping to protect lions at Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania

A group of Czech specialists are tracking the movement of lions in Tanzania. I spoke with Michal Šťastný from Dvůr Králové Safari Park about the initiative.
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Grebenicek signals reversal in Communist position on no-confidence vote after two-hour meeting with Gross

The embattled Czech Prime Minister, Stanislav Gross, will face a parliamentary vote of no-confidence on Friday. The announcement comes as the leadership of the Christian…
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A team of US experts to come to radar site next week

The US Embassy has confirmed that a team of American experts will come to the Czech Republic on Monday to examine the conditions for stationing a possible US radar base at…
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More than 18% of university students on Czech campuses are internationals

New data from the Czech Statistics Office show that one fifth of students on Czech campuses are internationals.
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Self-employed welcome new EU services directive with mixed feelings

After some three years of lengthy negotiations, an important EU directive liberalising Europe's vast services sector has finally been approved by the European Parliament…
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Czech business incubator created in Bangalore

The Czech state business promotion agency CzechTrade and the Association of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses and Self Employed have teamed up to create a incubator to help…
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Insight Central Europe News

Polish ruling party's popularity at new low -poll Polish opposition parties have called on the Prime Minister Leszek Miller to resign after support for his party dropped…
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