Society
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Czechs hit pools and swimming holes on hottest day of year
The Czech Republic at the weekend saw a sweltering heat wave. With temperatures reaching the mid to high 30s on Saturday and Sunday, many understandably headed to…
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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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Magazine
In Magazine: a runaway truck crashes nine cars, a thief calls the police to resolve an argument with his accomplice, the theft of a steam locomotive from the Jaromeř…
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Offensive pig farm likely to remain on Romany Holocaust memorial site
The UN Human Rights’ Committee has asked the Czech government to close down a pig farm located on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp for Romanies. Built in the…
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Czech population projected to fall by almost third within 90 years
A new demographic projection released on Tuesday makes for bracing reading. It suggests that the population of the Czech Republic will fall from today’s 10.5 million to in…
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Environment activist: protecting green spaces will be more difficult
As of July 1st, a new regulation on the protection of greenery will make it easier for people to chop down trees in their own gardens and backyards. The new regulation has…
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Communist-era Hotel Praha set for demolition
One of Prague’s defining buildings of the late communist era is set for demolition, its new owners, the PPF group, have confirmed. Hotel Praha, a large, curved concrete…
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Making the best cup of Joe possible
In the warmer summer months Praguers have started flocking to cafes, just as much as to beer gardens, enjoying a dark cup of joe, good company, and often pleasant street…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: Floods in the Czech Republic and Central Europe; Prague Zoo during the flood; a replica of a Marian column to be erected in Prague; monthly listeners…
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Czechs discover passion for family history, says genealogy researcher Blanka Lednická
Ever since Czech TV began broadcasting its own version of BBC’s show Who Do You Think You Are, many people have developed an interest in finding more about their own…
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České Budějovice braces for more violence as new anti-Roma demo called
The city of České Budějovice in South Bohemia is bracing for more violent anti-Roma protests this weekend, and police fear they could attract neo-Nazi skinheads from both…
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Farmer shops become part of city dwellers’ lifestyle
The hype over Western supermarkets of the 1990s started fading for Czechs sometime in the early noughties. As healthy eating became more of a priority for some Czech city…
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