Society
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Czechs seek action over food waste
Every year, some 700 tonnes of food in the Czech Republic end up in waste bins, which means that every single Czech annually wastes around 70 kilograms of food. The Food…
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Spirits producers see slow recovery and mark changes in drinking habits two years on from methanol…
This Sunday, marked two years since prohibition was temporarily introduced in the Czech Republic in reaction to widespread methanol poisoning which eventually claimed…
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Very local radio
On the way down the hill from the Roman Catholic graveyard in the small town of Třešť in the Vysočina I was surprised by a short burst of music. It came from a rather…
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Amanita Design founder Jakub Dvorský on successful artistic point-and-click games Machinarium and…
Amanita Design is the independent Czech game design studio behind the point-and-click adventure games Machinarium and Botanicula. With beautifully hand-drawn or painted…
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School hand-book on Islamic history and culture hits the rocks
A project aimed at presenting the history and culture of Islam to Czech students in view of building a multicultural, tolerant society has hit the rocks. The Czech…
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Doctors Without Borders appeals for help as Ebola crisis escalates
The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières or Doctors Without Borders this week denounced international inaction in Ebola-stricken African countries, saying developed states must…
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Czech court clears publishers of Hitler speeches
The publishers of Adolf Hitler’s speeches have been cleared of charges of propagating Nazism. A court in Brno said the collection of the Nazi dictator’s speeches was…
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Czech Medical Chamber wants doctors to have greater freedom when it comes to problem patients
Anyone wishing to change doctors in the Czech Republic can do so with relative ease; the opposite, however, is not true for doctors. Doctors with ‘problem’ patients, who…
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Ombudsman issues sobering report on ad-hoc procedures at Czech “drunk tanks”
The Czech ombudsman has criticized the country’s system of “drunk tanks” where people under the influence of alcohol or drugs can be taken to sober up. The ombudsman says…
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Five-year-old British cancer patient Ashya King to undergo proton beam therapy in Prague
Cancer specialists at Prague’s Motol hospital have given the go-ahead for British cancer patient Ashya King to receive what may be life-saving treatment at Prague’s Proton…
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Lukáš Houdek, a photographer, writer and curator tackling prejudices head-on
Lukáš Houdek is a man of varied interests. As well as being a photographer who has explored the post-war massacres of Czechoslovakia’s ethnic Germans, he is co-curator of…
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Urban gardening takes root in Prague
Three years after the opening of the first community garden in Prague, the idea of growing plants in the city seems to have put down firm roots and is quickly spreading…
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