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Spidla rules out state's involvement in bugging of Hojdar Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla has ruled out the possibility that any state body was involved in the bugging or…
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New book highlights lack of transparency during 1990s' privatisation process

Anyone living in the Czech Republic in the 1990s will remember how the business world seemed to reel from one financial scandal to another, as the country grappled with…
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Czech spas - attracting visitors from around the world

Karlovy Vary - the biggest and most elegant Czech spa town - is hosting an annual balneology fair this week. For the uninitiated, that means a fair looking at issues…
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Cow Parade brightens up Prague's streets.

Everywhere you go these days you run across cows: cows grazing, cows resting or cows just standing there. The Cow Parade, which originated in Zurich in 1998 and which has…
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Czech doctors perform first heart in a box transplant

A 65-year-old man from Prague became the first patient in the Czech Republic to successfully undergo a so-called heart in a box transplant. The surgery was performed by…
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Press Review

While today's Czech newspapers lead with a wide variety of stories, almost all the front pages feature photographs of the British pop singer Robbie Williams, who played in…
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Attack on Czech model described as an isolated incident

With many well known supermodels such as Eva Herzigova and Karolina Kurkova, the Czech Republic has more than its fair share of high-profile figures in the fashion…
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Emila Medkova exhibition

The newly reconstructed Stone Bell House on Prague's Old Town Square, is currently hosting an exhibition of photographs made by one of the most important Czech woman…
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Press Review

"The Temelin nuclear power plant will be launched in just a few days," reads the title of an article on the front page of today's LIDOVE NOVINY . The paper reports on…
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Press Review

Today's MLADA FRONTA DNES comments on new legislation making it compulsory for manufacturers to label foodstuffs containing genetically modified food. The newspaper sees…
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Temelin back in news as Freedom Party threatens to bring down govt

The controversial Temelin nuclear power station is back in the news again - the parliamentary leader of Austria's junior coalition Freedom Party, Peter Westenthaler, said…
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Catholic priest will not go to court

The case of the Catholic priest who was charged with defamation of race, nation and belief after he publicly criticized the communist party will never get to court…
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An exhibition of works by Robert Horvitz opened in Prague's Jewish Museum

An exhibition of an American artist Robert Horvitz opened last week in Prague's Jewish museum. It is conceived as the first show within a whole cycle of exhibitions in…
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Migration as a solution to some of Europe's problems

Across the enlarging EU People are asking: Just how many migrants will cross Europe's new borders, how many will want to stay, and for what reasons? In Europe the very…
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Press Review

The government session where ministers approved the state budget for next year finished shortly before today's daily newspapers went to print, so there is little…
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Press Review

All the Czech newspapers today ponder the upcoming parliamentary debate on the state budget for next year, and feature a photo of Hana Marvanova, the 'enfant terrible' of…
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EU information centre works to alleviate fears relating to admission

As expected the Czech Republic's admission to the EU has become an important election issue. What came as a surprise is the fact that the planned "pro-EU strategy" of the…
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Spidla dominant as Social Democrats top the polls

Well it's just five days to go before the general elections, and the parties are making a final push before the polls open on Friday. Undecided voters will be a key factor…
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Conference highlights the problems with car dependence

Traffic and congestion are major problems that face any large city in the world, and Prague is no exception. The city centre was built centuries before the car was…
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President Klaus to call EU referendum President Vaclav Klaus will call a referendum on the country's EU entry next week. Parliament has recommended a June 13th and 14th…
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Will the Czech Republic be ready for EU membership?

The 15 European Union member states have at last set a target date for EU expansion. Candidate countries are to finish negotiations by the end of 2002, the year 2003 will…
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Corruption Still on the Increase in the Czech Republic

According to an annual survey carried out by Transparency International, corruption in the Czech Republic has risen again this year. Out of 91 countries surveyed, the…
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Job prospects in Europe Tower of Babel

The 11 official languages of the European Union already make for quite a mouthful, but when a fresh batch of members states joins the EU next year - it will cost European…
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Government launches fresh attempt to ban tobacco advertising

On Monday, the government approved a proposal banning virtually all tobacco advertising and sponsorship of events by tobacco firms in the Czech Republic. Earlier this year…
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Greenpeace protests chemical plant's reluctance to move dangerous waste

On Monday activists from the environmental group Greenpeace staged a dramatic protest at the Spolana chemical works in Neratovice on the river Labe or Elbe, north of…
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