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Playwright Tom Stoppard special guest as Czech PEN Club marks 80th anniversary

The PEN is an international organisation which - as well as providing a social forum for writers - fights for the rights of imprisoned authors and promotes free speech…
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Unusual exhibition in southern Hungary illustrates the problem of the illegal trade in endangered species

In Hungary, there's the grim reality of dead animals found in vehicles crossing the Hungarian border. In the most recent case officials found the frozen bodies of 125…
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Adapterra Awards acknowledge projects helping fight climate change

Josefov Meadows, a bird reserve in east Bohemia, is one of the winners of the first Adapterra Awards, presented by the Czech environmental foundation Partnership on Monday…
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Talks on new government underway The three parties in the feuding Czech coalition have raised hopes that they will re-unite and form a new government. A series of top…
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Czech PM Spidla in Brussels for talks on EU constitution The Czech prime minister, Vladimir Spidla, is in Brussels for a summit to decide the shape of the European Union…
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Communists keep minority Gross government in power The Czech prime minister, Stanislav Gross, has survived a vote of no confidence called by the opposition Civic…
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Poles fill the gap in the UK's supply of dentists

Norfolk and part of Suffolk in the UK, which have been competing for the title of "dental desert" among National Health Service patients have decided to remedy the…
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Slovakia caught between business and bureaucracy over greenhouse emissions

The European Commission has told Slovakia it must lower its carbon dioxide emissions by 14 percent. This is required under the Kyoto protocol. But if Slovakia complies it…
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Impoverished Roma take to the streets in Slovakia

In Slovakia hundreds of Roma, have been demonstrating this week against government cuts in welfare benefits. Slovakia's centre-right government introduced the welfare cuts…
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The rebirth of polish Health Spas

European integration is also doing its bit for the rebirth of polish Health Spas. The small southwestern town of Swieradów was a luxurious German upper class spa before…
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Job prospects in the 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 next year - it will cost European…
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The rebirth of polish Health Spas

European integration is doing its bit for cross-cultural experience - this time with rebirth of polish Health Spas. The small southwestern town of Swieradow was a…
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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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