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Impact of EU emissions cut target on Czech carmakers ‘mitigated’ by incentives

EU lawmakers have hammered out a deal to cut vehicle emissions 35 percent by 2030 in a bid to fight climate change and pollution. The Czech Republic, whose auto industry…
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Czech PM defiant in face of growing opposition

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš remains defiant in the midst of a storm following the leaking of a preliminary EU audit which states that he has a conflict of interests…
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Study: Climate change replaces terror attacks as Czechs’ biggest fear

Czechs are increasingly concerned about threats related to climate change, suggests a freshly published survey. According to the study by the Median agency, they are…
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Cassini spacecraft carries measuring instrument co-designed by Czech scientist

Last Friday's successful touchdown of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan made world headlines. The European-built probe was to explore conditions on Titan which are…
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Czech government mulls new anti-terror law in wake of Madrid bombings

Countries across the region have been reviewing their security procedures in the wake of the Madrid attacks, and some, which don't have specific anti-terrorism laws, are…
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Europe's future is debated in Slovakia.

Experts and human rights advocates have been gathering in Slovakia this week to consider Europe's future - and what the continent's next objective might be, after the…
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Jewish cemeteries attacked by vandals in Slovakia

In Slovakia, the recent vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in the east of the country has stirred anger among members of its tiny Jewish community. Since October, two other…
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News of Radio Prague

Czech delegation returns to Prague after EU constitution summit collapses Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla, Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda and other senior officials have…
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Why are Czech courts so slow?

A meeting at the Prague Municipal court took place on Tuesday to thrash out the ongoing issue in the Czech Republic, "Why are the courts so slow?" Existing efforts to…
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Day of mourning for murdered teacher

Schools across the country have held a day of mourning for the teacher who was stabbed to death by one of his own students in the east Bohemian town of Svitavy last week…
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Varied group of young people discuss cultural heritage, tolerance at unusual 'camp'

Cultural heritage and tolerance: those were the issues discussed by a varied group of 32 young people, who have just spent two weeks at a disused mill in a village called…
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Milovice commemorates departure of Red Army

As you may have heard in a Spotlight programme that I did a couple of weeks back, the North Bohemian town of Milovice is this year commemorating 10 years since the…
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Press Review

Are taxes good for your health? Is your favourite supermarket ripping you off? And will Temelin go off with a bang? These are the questions posed by some of today's papers…
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Judge defies Supreme Court and sets suspected race attackers free

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Constitutional changes rejected

A joint effort by the two strongest political parties to push through controversial constitutional amendments, which would have curbed the President's powers and increase…
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Conference urges racial tolerance in Czech Republic

A conference entitled Tolerance, Respect and Human Rights 2001 got underway in Prague on Thursday. Peter Smith was at the opening and is here to tell us more.
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The Scala – Škoda’s new hatchback seeks to impress with emotive design and hi-tech interior

The famous automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto presented its newest model at a special unveiling in Tel Aviv on Thursday. The hatchback, which is called Scala, is expected…
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News of Radio Prague

Ostrava Romanies planning to apply for asylum in Britain A group of around 30 Romanies from the north Moravian city of Ostrava have left the Czech Republic for Great…
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Press Review

Government cutbacks dominate most of Tuesday's front pages, with trade unions in several sectors threatening protests. On its front page, MLADA FRONTA DNES also reports on…
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What will EU membership mean for Slovenia's economy?

Only a few weeks ahead of Slovenia's EU accession, debates on the consequences for Slovenia's economy have started again. What will change and what are the expectations of…
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Business News

E-commerce and e-business in the Czech Republic E-commerce and e-business, two new expressions that have aggressively made their way to the vocabulary of many languages…
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Business News

Temelin nuclear power plant activated On Monday night the Czech prime minister launched the country's second nuclear power plant, Temelin. The plant is located just 50…
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Havel appoints youngest cabinet in Czech history

President Havel appointed a new centre-left cabinet on Monday, exactly a month after the Social Democrats won the elections. The Social Democrats will occupy 11 of the 17…
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Press Review

It's time now on Radio Prague for Press Review and as Vladimir Tax has discovered, the headlines in the Czech daily newspapers are dominated by the election of Hana…
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Sokol's 140th birthday

By Alena Skodova Today's Czechs in History focuses on the Sokol physical training and patriotic organization, and its two founders, Miroslav Tyrs and Jindrich Fugner…
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