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Czech authorities tackle noise pollution

Noise pollution plagues millions of people across Europe. An effort to address the problem on European scale has now brought action here in the Czech Republic where an…
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Lakes and rivers burst their banks across Central Europe

Rescue and clean-up operations continue across Europe for thousands of civilians affected by devastating floods. Switzerland, Southern Germany and Austria were badly hit…
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My address? The town hall.

Some houses have a very mixed bunch of inhabitants - but none more so than Czech town halls. Many of them are home to a vast number of people who want to stay invisible.
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Czech cabinet hoping to push through "two-way transfer of power" in EU constitution negotiations

Mirek Topolanek's Civic Democrat-led government has been one of the biggest critics of the proposed European Constitution treaty. The government claims that smaller…
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Czech dog to play key role in combating ivory trade

Thousands of elephants in Central Africa fall prey to ivory poachers every year. The Czech Republic is now making a small contribution to the fight against illegal trade…
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Prague gets its first female mayor

The city of Prague has a new leadership and, for the first time ever, a female mayor. Adriana Krnáčová from the ANO party chaired her first session of the Prague Assembly…
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Czech composer Srnka reaches career milestone with Munich premiere

The Bavarian State Opera in Munich, one of the world’s leading opera houses, will this weekend stage the world premiere of a new piece by the Czech composer Miroslav Srnka…
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Brdy readies for opening as nature reserve

On January 1st, the Brdy military training area, a vast more than 35,000 hectare stretch of land between Prague and Plzeň, is to formally become a nature reserve after…
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OKD to lay-off half of its employees in next two years

Czech hard coal miner New World Resources’ OKD unit wants to lay off half of its employees within the next two years. Although the move is not unexpected and the Czech…
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Unipetrol Group posts net profit of almost 8 billion crowns for 2016

Czech petrochemical giant Unipetrol Group announced its financial results on Thursday confirming a net profit of just under 8 billion crowns while the group's total…
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Cell phone picture wins Czech Press Photo competition

The annual Czech Press Photo competition, which evaluates both professional and amateur journalistic photographs from around the world, has selected the winners of the…
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EU leaders set to strengthen Eastern Partnership with 20-point programme

A new boost to the so-called Eastern Partnership was due to be given by EU leaders meeting in Brussels on November 24.
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Prague’s University of Life Sciences unveils lab studying human reactions using VR technology

How would you react if you were on a boat that suddenly began to sink or if someone suddenly jumped in front of your car? Such scenarios and peoples’ reactions are the…
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Kellner’s Home Credit records losses as Russian economy tanks

Home Credit BV, a consumer-loan and banking unit of Czech billionaire Petr Kellner’s PPF Group, last year saw a marked decline in its fortunes stemming from an economic…
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Czech police thwart plan by left wing radicals to blow up a train

It has emerged that Czech police last week thwarted a planned attack on a train carrying military equipment from Prague to west Bohemia. The plot to blow up the train, one…
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Rich Czechs seek safety in underground bunkers

A growing number of rich Czechs appear to be building private underground shelters for protection in an ever more uncertain world. The rush to build shelters, which could…
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Czech woman arrested in Cambodia for involvement in alleged drug gang

Cambodian police have confirmed the arrest of a Czech woman on suspicion of dealing in the drug ecstasy. The woman, who is understood to have pled guilty to the charges…
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Nine Gates festival highlights Shanghai’s role in Jewish history

This week, Prague is hosting the seventeenth edition of the annual Nine Gates festival of Czech-German-Jewish culture. The event, which got underway on Wednesday, takes…
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E-Košík and Mattoni testing public interest in recycling PET bottles via deposit system

The e-shop Košík.cz and Mattoni have started testing a deposit system on PET bottles, available on the online sales platform. Customers will be able to choose whether to…
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News Thursday, AUGUST 06th, 1998

Radio Prague E news Date: August 6, 1998 Written / read by: Alena Skodova Cabinet's policy statement The Czech cabinet has approved its policy statement, which it intends…
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News Sunday, AUGUST 30th, 1998

Hello and welcome to the programme. I'm AS and we start with a bulletin of domestic news: President Vaclav Havel supports the intention of Radio Free Europe to broadcast…
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Czech app matches repairmen with customers – and seeks to boost durability

Opravárna is a new Czech app, which matches handymen to repair requests sent from across the country. The app has been quick to catch on and currently has nearly a…
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New website documents communist-era anti-Semitism

Whether it was in the show trials of the 1950s or reporting from the Middle East, an undercurrent of anti-Semitism was present in the communist propaganda apparatus in…
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Academy of Sciences expresses support for embryonic stem cell research

Stem cells have the ability to become many kinds of tissue, and scientists believe stem cell research holds a great promise for treating a range of diseases in the future…
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Kostelka assures Gross he would not resign Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Stanislav Gross has rejected claims that Defence Minister Miroslav Kostelka plans…
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