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Czech schools open their doors to thousands of Ukrainian newcomers

Schools around the Czech Republic are now scrambling to welcome thousands of Ukrainian newcomers, many of whom are still shell-shocked from the war in their home country.
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Brno shooting range offering free training for Ukrainians returning home to fight

Employees at the Brno-Řečkovice shooting range have decided to do their bit in helping Ukrainians defend their country by providing free weapons handling courses on AK-47s.
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First Czech female general: In the army you never accomplish anything just by yourself

This February marks 80 years since the Czechoslovak Army started to enlist women in its services. Today, there are two female generals serving in the Czech military.
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Architecture Day highlights successful building transformations

The 11th annual Architecture Day has got underway in more than 100 cities and towns across Czechia and Slovakia.
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Peas will grow there once again: New “Mendel greenhouse” opens in Brno

The newly-restored greenhouse in the Augustinian abbey where the father of modern genetics, Gregor Johann Mendel, cross-bred pea plants, opened to the public on Saturday.
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Prague Pride opens city’s only LGBT+ community centre

A new LGBT+ community centre has just opened on Železná St. in central Prague. The centre, which is open year-round, is run by Prague Pride.
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Petr Pithart: Charter 77 saved the soul of the nation

Charter 77, the most significant protest petition in Czechoslovakia in the Communist period, was published 45 years ago, on January 6, 1977.
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European greenfinch named Bird of the Year

The Czech Society for Ornithology has named the European greenfinch Bird of the Year 2022. The bird is currently facing hard times with population numbers declining.
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International study involving Czech scientists shows bird songs have become quieter and less varied

A new international study, involving Czech scientists, reveals that bird choruses across Europe and North America are becoming quieter and less varied.
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Foreign Minister Lipavský: struggle for succession to Putin regime has begun

As the turbulent events of the past weekend unfolded in Russia, Czech top officials met to debate security issues.
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News

Pharmacists say strike is inevitable The head of the Czech Chamber of Pharmacists, Lubomir Chudoba, has said that the planned strike of pharmacists is becoming inevitable…
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How well would Slovakia cope with aftermath of terrorist attack?

Four days after the first of the recent terrorist attacks in London, one of the polling agencies in Slovakia published a survey in which 52 percent of respondents were…
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Are anti-smoking campaigns in Poland failing to reach teenagers?

More than 3 million Poles are believed to have quit smoking over the past 15 years since first nationwide anti-smoking campaigns were launched in the early 90s. From a…
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Will Green Party grow in next week's election?

The Czech Republic's political parties are busy with last minute campaigning in the lead-up to next week's parliamentary elections. Green party leaders on Wednesday held a…
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Slovenia's Pomurje - where tradition is stronger than official borders

Slovenia's most north-eastern region is known as Pomurje and it shares borders with Austria, Hungary and Croatia. Around 6% of the population live in this mainly…
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Insight Central Europe News

German defence minister backs US missile defence in Central Europe Germany's defense minister says the proposed U.S. anti-missile shield on European territory is in…
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President Klaus: our planet is blue not green

Czech president Vaclav Klaus, an economist by profession, is preparing to do battle with environmentalists. In his latest book called "Our Planet is Blue - Not Green…
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Uranium mining to continue for indefinite period

The Czech government, this week, decided to extend uranium mining for an indefinite term. Production at the Vysocina region's state-owned Dolni Rozinka mine was originally…
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Slovene's are clowning around for public health

Red Nose Day is a day when lots of normal people around the world put on big red noses for charity. In Slovenia Red Noses are being used to raise funds for charity but…
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Change of fortune lands homeless man in psychiatric clinic

It was a story that sells papers – a homeless man finds an abandoned baby boy in a garbage can and saves his life. Miroslav Szamseli, a man who’d been homeless for 15…
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Klaus criticises UN, charges it needs to stay out of economics, science

The outspoken Czech President Václav Klaus raised more than a few eyebrows at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York when he suggested in his address on Saturday what…
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Fighting the slackers

Both the Czech authorities and also many businesses have long expressed concerns that too many employees are taking far too many days off on sick leave. The country has…
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Czech power giant ČEZ lined up for massive environmental windfall

Normally news about massive incentives for energy companies to invest in technology cutting down on polluting greenhouse gases would be applauded as a step in the right…
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Czech Foreign Ministry reviews priority goals and how to achieve them

The Czech Foreign Ministry has launched a far reaching review of what its future priorities should be and how it can achieve them. The review is aimed at adapting policy…
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Helping disadvantaged children to learn English

Under communism Czech society was highly institutionalized and an unhappy legacy from that time is the disproportionately large number of children growing up in children’s…
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