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Controversial RU 486 abortion pill becomes legally available in the Czech Republic
Last year doctors performed around 23,000 surgical abortions in the Czech Republic, a fifth of them for health reasons. Now women who decide to end their pregnancy in its…
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Commission to probe Prague hospitals who turn away patients
The Czech Minister of Health Svatopluk Němeček and Prague mayor Tomáš Hudeček have announced plans to form a commission to tackle an epidemic of ambulance patients in the…
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Czech Republic and Vietnam to cooperate in fighting drug crime
With Vietnamese gangs getting increasingly involved in the drug crime scene in the Czech Republic, the Czech authorities have requested assistance from Vietnam’s police…
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Czech Republic seeks strategy for social housing as crisis shows no signs of improving
A housing crisis has developed over the last two decades in the Czech Republic with the stock of local council accommodation for the least well off shrinking as flats and…
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Cats at meetings and ‘60s Škoda with diplomatic plates all part of UK ambassador Jan Thompson’s…
The UK’s ambassador to the Czech Republic since the summer, Jan Thompson adopts a relatively informal approach that includes driving what must be the country’s only 1969…
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Government tackles social housing profiteering
The Czech government has moved to curb widespread profiteering from social housing. The draft legislation, which was approved by the cabinet this week, should stop hostel…
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Nest sets cat among pigeons regarding neighbourly relations
Pigeons are not my favourite creatures, but a liquidation demand from the neighbours was not to my liking. It sparked a month long pigeon purgatory to avoid the death…
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Controversial paid informants programme helps curb software piracy, says Czech BSA
Software piracy levels in the Czech Republic decreased slightly in 2013, according to a freshly released study by BSA, an anti-piracy group representing several global…
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To have something up your sleeve
Hello and welcome to another edition of Sound Czech, a programme in which you can learn new Czech idioms with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is a duet by the Czech…
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Unified school-leaving exams yield worst results ever
Nearly 19 percent of students at Czech secondary schools have this year failed their final examinations. That’s the worst fail rate since unified tests were reintroduced…
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Police investigate tragic death of expectant mother after hospital drink mix-up
Police are investigating the shocking death of a pregnant woman shortly after a routine test at a clinic in the eastern town of Orlová on Wednesday. The woman, who was 32…
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Czech scientists develop Lyme disease vaccine
Czech scientists have developed a new vaccine against Lyme disease. Presenting their breakthrough on Tuesday, the researchers said the vaccine against the tick-borne…
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