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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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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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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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Sudeten Germans to open Prague office amid dispute over post-war expulsion

The dispute over the post-war expulsion of two and a half million ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia was reinvigorated on Sunday, after the head of the Landsmannschaft …
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Recent heat-wave sign of global warming?

Although according to the calendar it was still officially spring, a heat-wave hit the Czech Republic last week with temperatures shooting up to the mid-30s. Every year…
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Czech students develop inexpensive experimental robot, will make it available to anyone

Graduate students at the Czech Technical University in Prague have developed a balancing robot, which can be built in schools or by robotics enthusiasts.
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Letter from Prague

Accession talks with the European Union are continuing successfully, and if everything goes well, the Czech Republic will become an EU member in spring 2004. Although we…
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Sexual harasssment finally enshrined in Czech law

Last week, an amendment to the Czech Labour Code, which includes a precise reference to "sexual harassment" for the first time, finally took legal effect. The amendment…
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Toxins in river fish raise health concerns

With Christmas just around the corner, it may be good that the carp Czechs are so fond of usually don't come from rivers. Scientists and environmentalists have been…
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Trash of the future: how digital waste management is helping Czechs to recycle more

Czechia still has a long way to go to meet the EU's recycling targets – but a few innovative companies and municipalities are leading the way with digital waste solutions.
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National Museum in Prague presents The Miracles of Evolution

One of the must-see exhibitions currently on in Prague is on show at the National Museum called The Miracles of Evolution.
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A Greeting from Castle Hill: an insider’s look into Prague Castle’s forgotten era

Prague Castle is considered one of the symbols of the Czech state. Once the seat of Bohemian kings, it now houses the Office of the Czech President, and its museums and…
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Finance Ministry files suit with arbitration court against CSOB bank The Czech Finance Ministry has filed a lawsuit with a Paris-based arbitration court against the Czech…
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Supreme Audit Office to look into sale of carbon emission rights The Supreme Audit Office is planning to look into the Environment Ministry’s selling of carbon dioxide…
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Polling stations open for general election Some 15,000 polling stations around the country opened at 2 PM on Friday for Czechs to vote in a two-day general election to…
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State, citizens provide first round of flood relief funding The Ministry of Finance has provided 55 million crowns for disaster relief in the three regions most affected…
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More Czechs to get swine flu vaccine than previously planned The Czech government has approved a plan to deal with the swine flu pandemic that will see more people…
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Czech foreign minister: Czechs will send observers to Iraq Speaking in Baghdad at the end of his two-day visit to Iraq, the Czech foreign minister, Jan Kohout, promised…
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Martin Kříž – an expert on China who’s also helping black Czech children with a new NGO

Martin Kříž had the “painful experience” of growing up as a mixed-race child in more or less mono-cultural pre-1989 Prague. Now in his 40s, he is helping today’s black…
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