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In this week's Mailbox: A technical problem on our website, ways to help the flood-stricken areas in North Bohemia, Václav Havel directing his first movie. Listeners…
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Czech wine production getting better but still room for improvement, says leading sommelier
On Thursday evening the Czech Republic’s main awards for wine producers were presented at a ceremony in Prague, with the main prize going to Josef Valihrach, whose winery…
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Newly opened Prague barber’s shop aims to recreate atmosphere of inter-war period
What is being called the first classic barber’s shop in Prague has just opened its doors around five minutes’ walk from Wenceslas Square. Its owner says the aim is to…
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Nuclear materials uncovered in briefcase of ex-director of Czech power plant
The former director of the country’s biggest nuclear plant Temelín, František Hezoučký, is in hot water after it emerged that he attempted to leave the plant carrying…
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Czech government shakes up employment rules for foreign workers
The Czech government has moved to crack down on foreign workers who overstay their welcome in the country. At the same time it has set up a new system for attracting…
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ProtiMysl – a blog dedicated to the latest trends in the Czech Republic
When Barbora Jarešová, the head of marketing at a Prague global real estate services firm, started blogging about cool places, hip design and trendy restaurants in the…
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Police shelve investigation into controversial ‘baby flying’ courses
Police have shelved an investigation into an unusual practice dubbed ‘baby flying’, in which infants – some as young as three weeks old – are swung around by their hands…
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Crime thriller Kajínek breaks box office record
In the first two weeks of its showing, the new Czech film Kajínek has shattered all of the country’s previous box office records. The ambitious home-grown take on the…
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Plans to build camp for Prague’s homeless provokes outcry
Prague councillors on Tuesday approved a controversial plan to create a special camp for the city’s homeless somewhere in the suburbs; a place where they would be given…
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Czechs answer call to help flood stricken Pakistan
Although the Czech Republic has been hit by it own floods, the country responded fast to the much greater inundation in Pakistan. We look at the Czech aid effort so far.
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Tomáš Zilvar – magazine publisher focused on future media
Back in the mid 1990s Tomáš Zilvar quickly moved from putting together DIY fanzines to publishing glossy titles like Tripmag and XMAG, magazines that were focused on…
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Equine war memorial unveiled at Napoleonic battlefield site near Brno
A war memorial with a difference was unveiled this weekend at a famous Napoleonic battlefield near Brno. The life size bronze statue stands out immediately from similar…
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