Society
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Czech meat industry denounces UN report on cancer risks
Czechs have a reputation as some of the biggest meat eaters in Europe but their carnivorous habits could be taking a hit after a United Nations agency suggested that…
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Czech PM promises increased aid to Jordan during visit
Czech prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka has just completed his first foreign visit to a Middle East country. And in his meetings with top officials in Jordan and King…
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Magazine
In Magazine: a young actress pays the price for giving an officer a hefty kick in the butt, Czechs biggest fashion sin on the runway in Paris, a Slovak nun puts the Skoda…
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Where have Prague’s Romanies gone?
Prague has of course changed in a host of ways during my 20-odd years living here. One of the most striking developments has been the dramatic fall in the number of…
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Majority of Czech politicians close ranks behind government in wake of UN criticism
The UN Human Rights Commissioner has accused the Czech authorities of systematically violating the human rights of migrants. In a statement released on Thursday the UN…
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Czechs top European ladder in underage drinking
The Czech Republic currently has the worst record in Europe in underage drinking. In the past twenty years the number of teenagers who drink alcohol has doubled and…
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Construction of new shopping and office complex in Prague 7 appears set to resume
Construction workers this week returned to a plot of land in Prague 7 where a new shopping mall and office complex could stand in as little as 18 months. The question is…
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Living conditions in detention centre for migrants under close scrutiny
Interior Minister Milan Chovanec and Ombudswoman Anna Šabatová met on Tuesday to discuss ways of improving conditions for migrants in the detention centre in Bělá-Jezová…
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Number of socially excluded localities doubles in last decade
Social exclusion is becoming an increasingly serious problem in some parts of the country. According to statistics the number of excluded localities has doubled in the…
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Police charge governor of Olomouc region and high-ranking police officers in latest corruption…
Forty-eight hours after the country’s anti-organized crime squad conducted raids in several parts of the country detectives have filed charges against four people, the…
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Ombudswoman: Conditions in detention centre for refugees unacceptable
Czech Ombudswoman, Anna Šabatová, has severely criticized conditions in the country’s asylum facility for refugees in Bělá-Jezová, north of Prague. After paying a visit to…
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Chess players match wits on five-day train journey
For the fifth year in a row, the Prague Czech Chess Association, in cooperation with Czech Railways, is organising a rather unusual international chess tournament. It…
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