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Meeting Brno celebrates “unity in diversity”
For the second year now the city of Brno has hosted a week-long festival commemorating its rich multicultural past. The Moravian capital, once home to large German and…
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Curtain call on smoking in Czech pubs and restaurants
Tuesday marks the final day in which Czech smokers will be able to light-up in pubs and restaurants. As of Wednesday new anti-smoking legislation signed into law early…
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Czech branch of ADRA helping to create better living conditions in Ethiopia
Africa Day, celebrated both on the African continent and around the world on May 25, is an opportunity to take stock of the continent’s development, achievements and…
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Country’s most notorious criminal released after 23 years
The country’s most notorious prisoner, Jiří Kajínek, is a free man: on Tuesday he was released from prison after receiving a presidential pardon. He served 23 years of his…
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Czech student at Manchester concert: We were afraid there was more to come
The terror attack in Manchester dominated news coverage in the Czech Republic on Tuesday with politicians and ordinary people expressing shock and condolences to the…
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Students at Palacký University of Olomouc aim to make a difference withfirst Free-Shop on academic…
Štepán Vaškevič is a student at the Palacký University of Olomouc who is one of the founders of a student association at the school focussing on the environment and…
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Czech Development Agency head: development aid can help prevent security threats
The Czech Development Agency was set up in 2008, under the Czech Foreign Affairs Ministry, with the aim to help eradicate poverty in the world and contribute to…
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Psychiatric care is Czech Cinderella sector
Psychiatric care in Central and Eastern Europe, including the Czech Republic, is ineffective and heavily underfinanced, suggests an international study, which has just…
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Prague Airport launches random checks for trace elements of explosives
Prague’s Václav Havel Airport on Monday launched new random controls of baggage checked in for the presence of trace elements of explosives. The move, in compliance with…
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Czech Pony Express enthusiasts to hold historic celebration on three continents
An unusual international event is set to kick off in the Czech countryside next weekend. The project will bring together the “tramping” outdoors movement, next year’s…
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Caritas holds conference on how families with dependent children need to be helped to escape…
Every fifth family with dependent children in the Czech Republic is financially poorly off, according to a new survey conducted for the Christian charity Caritas Czech…
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Czech president sparks controversy with pardon for country’s most famous prisoner
Arguably the most famous Czech prisoner ever will soon be free after the head of state announced he would grant a pardon to Jiří Kajínek. The announcement has re-sparked…
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