Society
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Intelligence service report: corruption and economic problems are fuelling extremism
In its report for 2012, released on Thursday, the Czech intelligence service BIS warns that corruption remains a serious problem in the country, with increasingly tighter…
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Czech Republic sees steep rise in whooping cough cases
The Czech Republic is seeing a steep rise in cases of whooping cough. This year, doctors have registered 880 cases of the highly contagious disease, and expect that by the…
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Police stage mass raid on shops suspected of promoting cannabis
The Czech police have begun a mass raid on so-called grow shops, which sell equipment for indoor gardening, and often for growing marijuana plants. Authorities have…
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Counsellor Gail Whitmore – even some gay Americans come to Prague for its tolerance
New York native Gail Whitmore, a classically trained opera singer, “came to Prague for four days in 2001 and just never went home.” Since then she has involved herself in…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: 95th anniversary of independent Czechoslovakia, Czech dolls in Japan, Radio Prague QSL card from 1971, monthly mystery person quiz. Listeners/readers…
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New video emerges of Czech backpackers kidnapped in Pakistan
The Czech Foreign Ministry has released a new video showing two Czech women kidnapped in southwest Pakistan. The two, looking pale and exhausted, said they feared they…
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Czech mayor gets Council of Europe prize for assisting Romany integration
The Czech Republic is often criticized for failing to address the problems of its Romany minority and give the Roma equal access to education, work and housing. While the…
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Student charity helps those who can’t, run the extra mile
One of this year’s prestigious Via Bona awards for philanthropy, from the Via Foundation, went to the charity called Run with Those That Can’t. Started five years ago by a…
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Paternity leave viewed positively by most Czechs, poll suggests
In the Czech Republic, mothers or fathers have the generous option of taking parental leave of up to three years to raise their child. In the overwhelming number of cases…
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Czech Republic ranked as Europe’s third worst slavery haven
The Czech Republic is said to have one of the highest levels of slavery in Europe. According to the first edition of the Global Slavery Index, compiled by Australia’s Walk…
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Speculation about this year’s awarding of state honours stirs controversy
Traditionally on Czechoslovak Independence Day, October 28, the Czech president hands out state honours to war veterans, human rights activists and distinguished…
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Castle row puts divisive church restitution back in news
A row over whether the Roman Catholic Church has the right to the return of buildings and land at Prague Castle has put the issue of church restitution back in the news…
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