Society
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Czech pavilion at Shanghai expo getting record attendance
The Czech Republic’s pavilion at the Expo2010 fair in Shanghai is proving an enormous success. Attendance figures have surpassed expectations and on Tuesday the pavilion…
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‘Kajínek’ – gripping story of convicted killer who maintains his innocence
A new film hits the cinema screens next week about the Czech Republic’s most notorious prisoner - Jiří Kajínek. In 1998, Kajínek was sentenced to life in prison for the…
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Fashion Expert: Ministry of Environment’s new dress code merely demands reasonable business attire…
Long-sleeved dress shirts and slacks for men, knee-length skirts and long-sleeved blouses for women, no open-toe shoes or sandals: This is the dress code that newly…
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Authorities okay moving Brno’s main train station out of city centre
The Moravian city of Brno might soon see its main train station move out of city centre. Brno’s central district recently issued a planning permit for the controversial…
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Czech cinemas enjoying record earnings
Looking at the sales for Czech cinemas for the last half year, it seems there’s no business like show business for riding out an economic crisis. This week, the Union of…
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Women get short end of stick in distribution of municipal budgets, survey finds
A fresh survey by the NGO Forum 50%, which strives for equal rights for both genders, suggests that towns and villages in the Czech Republic spend significantly more on…
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Czech scouts, on cycling journey in Lithuania, injured in building collapse
Members of a Czech scout group, on a cycling trip in Lithuania, were injured on Sunday after an old building they took shelter in to get out of a rain storm collapsed. The…
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Constitutional Court rules against automatic loss of voting right in incapacitation cases
The Constitutional Court has ruled that Czechs who were stripped of their legal capacity due to conditions such as mental retardation and dementia will not automatically…
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Authorities block transfer of famous Slav Epic
Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece the Slav Epic will not be moved from its temporary home in Moravský Krumlov to Prague for the time being – not before legal questions over its…
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Hearth and Horizon: cultural identity in a globalised world.
This week’s Czech Books visits the home of the distinguished philosopher and author, Professor Erazim Kohák, to discuss his book, Hearth and Horizon. After exile from…
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The perils of the Pilsen train stop
For a few months from late July until the nights draw in from September and force me to change my weekend timetable, I look out of the window with some suspicion when my…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: heat in Prague, buying Czech produce, the Czech pavilion at World Expo. Listeners quoted: Colin Rose, Chun-Quan Meng, Charles Konecny, Xiu-Ping Qian.
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