Society
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Mailbox
In Mailbox this week: response to developments at Radio Prague, strike over pay cuts on December 8th, 2011 QSL cards. Listeners quoted: Mark F. Tattenbaum, Ed Reid…
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Magazine
A bid to make road junctions in the Czech Republic safer by pitching cardboard cut-outs of female officers has backfired. With their miniskirts and high heels the cut-outs…
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Czech heritage preservation officials launch new website to assess the changing face of Prague
Czech heritage preservation officials have launched a new website in the hope of sparking a broad debate on the changing face of Prague. The project’s initiator, art…
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Czech “Sexist Piggy” awards highlight most sexist advertisements
The second annual “Sexist Piggy” awards were handed out this week for the most sexist ads of the year. The contest, organized by the Brno-based NGO Nesehnutí, wants to…
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Social services head: tent city to help Prague’s homeless could go up in ten days
Unusually cold weather has claimed 13 lives in Prague since October – 11 of them in December alone. A combination of hypothermia and alcohol played a role. With severe…
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Association warns ATM card users to be extra vigilant in light of new theft cases
The Czech Bank Card Association has warned ATM card users that fraudsters in Prague have come up with a new method of ripping-off bank accounts: it has come to the light…
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Poll reveals “shocking” levels of financial illiteracy among Czechs
A new poll commissioned by the Czech Finance Ministry and the central bank showed that most Czechs lack basic financial knowledge, and do not understand some of the…
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A new position on the Czech media market
In this week’s One on One we talk to Brian Kenety, the editor of the English language edition of a newly launched website which is seeking to carve out a niche in the…
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Middle-aged Czech couple believed to be wanted German robbers
A Czech married couple from a sleepy town in south Bohemia have turned out to be a pair of wanted bank robbers in neighbouring Germany. The pair are suspected of having…
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Gothic winter tale
Winter came early this year, with piles of snow yet again taking Bohemia and Moravia by surprise. The guidebook Lonely Planet has even placed Prague’s Christmas market in…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: changes affecting Radio Prague as of January 31, Czech centres abroad, the legendary Czech band Olympic. Listeners quoted: Bob Boundy, Lynda-Marie…
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Magazine
The animated film Kuky Returns is back – this time in English, a copper five haler coin minted in 1924 sells for half a million crowns and, Czech tattoo artists hold an…
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