Society
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Study maps makeup of Czech household waste
Last month students from Vienna’s University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences sank their gloved hands into piles of Czech garbage – specifically from the town of…
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From the For Toys fair to Deskohraní 2012
Last weekend saw the third annual For Toys fair held at Prague’s Letňany featuring children’s products. One of the focuses was highlighting creative and safe toys, from…
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Domestic violence costs state budget 1.3 billion crowns, new study finds
A new study by the Prague-based NGO proFem looks at the costs of domestic violence to the state budget. The authors of the survey took into account the costs of health…
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End of the line for methadone bus
The Czech NGO Drop-In, which helps drug addicts fighting addiction, has cancelled a facility which had provided methadone for heroin users. The substance acts as a…
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President Klaus in shooting scare
It was to have been a routine bridge opening ceremony in the town of Chrastava, north of Prague with President Vaclav Klaus guest of honour at the event. As it turned out…
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Jakub Polák, doyen of the Czech anarchist scene, dies aged 60
The death has been announced of the veteran anarchist Jakub Polák, regarded as the leading light of the Czechoslovak and later Czech anarchist movement. The founder of…
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Czech cartoon characters conquer the cyber world
Famous cartoon characters from Czech Television’s bedtime stories for children called Večerníček have ventured into the cyber world. Thanks to a husband-and-wife IT team…
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Police charge two top distributors of methanol-laced liquor
The police have made a breakthrough in the investigation of methanol poisonings that have claimed 25 lives in the Czech Republic over the past few weeks. Detectives have…
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La Ngonpo project - connecting students worlds apart
When is the last time you wrote to a pen pal? Fifteen or twenty years ago, getting letters from peers from the other side of the globe seemed so exciting and almost…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: response to Radio Prague’s programmes, From the Archives tune, regular listeners’ competition question. Listeners quoted: Andrew Dral, Ian Morrison, Chun…
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Hated and admired, Brno’s Orloj lays a claim to fame
It was meant to be the pride of Brno - the town’s own astronomical clock to rival Prague’s famous Orloj and attract tourists to the Moravian metropolis. Located on the…
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Campaign allows drivers to choose between monetary fine and crash test
Organisers from the Transport Ministry’s Road Safety department (BESIP), in cooperation with Czech and German police, launched a one-day campaign in North Bohemia on…
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