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Czechs return close to 8,000 unlicensed weapons in third gun amnesty

Czechs have handed in close to 8,000 unlicensed weapons within the third gun amnesty in the country’s modern history, the head of the weapons’ department of the police…
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New legislation could see higher number of police equipped with stun guns

If passed, legislation currently being debated in Parliament could allow Czech police to be far more broadly equipped with electronic stun guns than at present. Currently…
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EC to sue Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary over migrants The European Commission has announced it will sue the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary in the bloc's top court…
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Czech Republic has two nominations in the Oscars The Czech Republic has two nominations in this year’s Academy Awards. The puppet stop-motion movie Dcera (Daughter…
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Family tried to block new gun license received just month before man kills eight

The family of the gunman who shot eight people dead in an apparent random attack on a pub in Uherský Brod on Tuesday tried to prevent him getting a new gun license, Czech…
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Czech Cabinet backs proposed new gun law A proposed new law on gun ownership was approved by the Czech Cabinet on Wednesday. The proposal aims to fit in with new European…
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Foreign Minister: freeing of Czech national seen as restart of Czech-Sudanese relations Renewal of Czech - Sudanese relations in economic and security fields were part of…
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EU nominee Věra Jourová: rule-of-law, values portfolios not ‘weak’, and neither am I

The Czech Republic’s Věra Jourová, responsible for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality in the outgoing European Commission, is likely to return to Brussels in a new…
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Letter from Prague

To teach us how rotten capitalism was, the Communist authorities never failed to inform us about all shooting accidents in the west in which a madman shot dead a whole…
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Free films on show at Prague's Police Museum

Most people who visit Prague's Police Museum are interested in uniforms, guns, old handcuffs - that kind of thing. This week however, the Police Museum is attracting film…
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2004 firearms statistics show rise in ownership but decrease in licences

According to a newly released study, last year 308,308 people in the Czech Republic were licensed gun-owners. That's about 3 percent of the population. The Czech Interior…
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Marathon Czech international legal battle takes new turn with billion dollar claim

One of the longest running legal battles in Czech history has just taken a new turn with the possible bill for the state escalating substantially. The company Diag Human…
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Václav Klaus promises “conservative” use of presidential power in second term

President Václav Klaus was inaugurated for a second five-year term at Prague Castle on Friday morning, in a ceremony that included the national anthem and a 21-gun salute…
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Freshly digitised recordings bring T.G. Masaryk’s funeral to life

Newly digitised recordings from Radio Prague International broadcasts of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk's 1937 Prague funeral recreate the atmosphere of the time.
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Czech soldier on life in Iraq

Two years after the invasion of Iraq the main emphasis of the allied forces is on bringing about law and order. The Czech force in Iraq's main role has been to train local…
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The Czech Republic: a hunters' paradise

In recent years the Czech Republic is said to have become a hunters' paradise. The country's pine forests filled with elk, deer and wild boar keep the nation's 100,000…
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Man kills four in birthday party shooting

The Czech Republic saw one of the worst incidents of family-related violence in decades when a 41-year-old man shot four people dead in a bar in Petřvald, north Moravia…
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Anthropoid: Czechoslovakia’s greatest resistance story

Operation Anthropoid was the only successful government-organized assassination of a top Nazi official. On its 80th anniversary, we look back at how it unfolded.
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Battle of Britain: Remembering the Czech aces among 'The Few'

This week marks the 65th anniversary of the turning point in the "Battle of Britain," when Royal Air Force pilots gunned down 185 German planes in a single day. Ahead of…
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Low key commemorations as Czechs hope to have learnt lessons from shooting spree

Wednesday marks the first anniversary of a shooting spree in a small Czech town which left eight dead and one seriously injured before the gunman turned his weapon on…
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Czech government approves legislation banning paramilitary groups

The government has approved new legislation which would ban armed paramilitaries and vigilante groups pursuing a religious, nationalist or similar agenda. Those who break…
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ÚOHS fines Interior Ministry for purchasing weapons for Police without holding tender

The Office for the Protection of Economic Competition (ÚOHS) has fined the Ministry of the Interior 800,000 crowns for concluding a contract to purchase rifles and…
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Police stop illegal arms shipments

A police spokeswoman has confirmed that last month the Czech police stopped a number of illegal arms and ammunition shipments to Iraq and several Asian and African…
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Czech Senate approves ban on armed paramilitary groups

The Senate has approved a bill to outlaw the establishment, organization and participation in armed paramilitary groups to promote political or ideological goals. Proposed…
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Czech Republic takes legal action over EU firearms directive

The Czech Republic has filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Justice against a new European Union directive restricting possession of firearms. The stated aim of the…
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