Society
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Trial begins of driver accused of forcing other car off Czech motorway
The trial has begun in Prague of a man accused of deliberately forcing another driver off a busy Czech motorway. The car of the alleged victim, which had been travelling…
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Toasting three decades in brewing: beer and malt association director Jan Veselý
One man who probably more than anyone else can claim to represent one of the Czech Republic’s biggest success stories ― beer ― is Jan Veselý, general director of the Czech…
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Fresh, please
It’s something that happens every once in a while to all of us: you’re waiting to pay for items at the supermarket or grocery store and at the very last second you notice…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: solar boom in the Czech Republic, Czech Christmas carols, customs concerning baking. Listeners quoted: Sanusi Isah Dankaba, Godelieve Boone, Sobota.
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Magazine
A sixty-year-old pensioner is in hot water after some left-over bird-seed he reportedly threw out in his back-yard sprouted producing a number of fine marihuana plants. A…
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Experts call for more funding for prevention as report finds rise in hard drug use
A new report by the Czech government’s drug monitoring agency shows an increase in the number of long-term users of intravenous drugs and puts young Czechs at the top of…
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U Salvátora, the tiny Prague spice shop where time seems to have stood still
Hidden away on a narrow street in the Old Town, between Betlémské náměstí and the river, you will find a Prague institution. U Salvátora, a tiny kořenářství (spice shop…
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Moldavite fever in south Bohemia
In addition to garnets, the Czech Republic can offer the world one other semi-precious stone found almost exclusively on its territory – a bottle-green gemstone going by…
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Lower house passes wide-ranging amendment to law on foreigners
In response to directives from the European Commission, the lower house of Parliament has passed new legislation regarding the employment and residence of foreigners in…
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Czech Catholics arrive in the Vatican for a three-day pilgrimage
More than a thousand Czech Roman Catholics are currently converging on the Vatican to give thanks for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Czech Republic one year ago…
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Czech human rights groups say no action taken to end schools discrimination against Roma three…
The Czech Republic has been accused by a number of non-governmental human rights watchdogs and education groups of taking no steps to stop discrimination against Romany…
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Tickled black
A Czech, and American and a Russian are stuck on a desert island, lost to the world, and one day they catch a golden fish. “Put me back in the water,” says the fish, “and…
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