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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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Austrian law to worsen animal welfare- according to animal rights groups

Unlike many countries in the European Union, Austria currently has no single, nationwide law that protects the rights of animals. At the moment it is up to each province…
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Czech Hydrometeorological Institute celebrates 50th birthday

Weather forecasts are something that most people take for granted these days. If you want to know whether to put on that extra jumper, you can turn on the TV, the radio…
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Czech firm turning household waste into alternative fuel

As the world's natural resources dwindle, and humans consume more and more energy, and pile up more and more waste, many people are beginning to look for alternatives…
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Freedom Union threatens to leave government if ministers fail to resign The smallest party in the ruling coalition, the Freedom Union, has said it would leave the…
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Small Moravian town issues pioneering ban on smoking

What do Ireland, Italy, Cuba, and the Czech town of Bystrice nad Pernstejnem have in common? Well, they've all decided to crack down on smoking in public places. Bystrice…
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Former dissidents protest against President Klaus' criticism of non-governmental organizations

Last week at a Council of Europe meeting in Warsaw, the Czech President Vaclav Klaus warned of what he called the dangerous influence of non-governmental organizations…
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Slovakia and Hungary renew talks over the Gabcikovo Dam

The giant Gabcikovo dam on the Danube River has been a source of dispute between Hungary and Slovakia for over a decade. The Project was begun by Hungary and the former…
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Press Review

Tony Blair's exoneration by the Hutton inquiry makes front pages on all the Czech dailies today - "Blair triumphs" reads the headline in Mlada Fronta Dnes. Also making…
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Waiting for the blanket of grey to lift from over Prague

If you have been to Prague then you will be familiar with the magistrala, the motorway which cuts through the top of Wenceslas Square, just in front of the National Museum…
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Prague congested as ever on European Day without Cars

Monday, September 22nd, is European Day without Cars. Several towns and cities around the Czech Republic have officially joined the event but the capital Prague so far has…
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Parliament session turns stormy over November 17th anniversary

Fifteen years after the fall of communism the Czech Republic still has problems coming to terms with the past and many important issues remain highly controversial. Should…
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The new Constitutional Court judges to be elected

As of Wednesday, the 15-member Czech Constitutional Court will be temporarily reduced in number when the term of eight of its judges expires. New candidates have been…
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Experts meet to discuss state of PPP in the Czech Republic

Public Private Partnership - or PPP for short - meaning cooperation with the private sector in realising public projects - has recently become quite a catch-phrase here in…
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Press Review

The bovine foot-and-mouth disease dominates the top stories in all the Czech newspapers today. The headlines read "Epidemic strikes the continent", "Foot-and-mouth a step…
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National Library Week in the Czech Republic

This week is National Library Week in the Czech Republic. Olga Szantova looks at the current situation in Czech libraries.
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