Society
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Part of Blanka Tunnel collapses, again
Two parts of the 6-kilometre tunnel being dug near Prague Castle collapsed on Tuesday, burying a worker for six hours and leaving a gaping hole in a garden of the Ministry…
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When ownership is an eye opener
Ownership is an eye opener in the Czech Republic. I refer here not to the general possessions and shackles that accumulate with time but to my ownership of a flat in a…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: Radio Prague’s website, differences between broadcasts, The Dictionary of Communist Totalitarianism, reception in New Zealand, the renovation of the…
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Magazine
The Rumburk football team take it all off to honour a bet. A young woman driver fights traffic police tooth and nail – and should Michael Jackson get a place in Prague’s…
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Czechs win stinky cheese war after six-year struggle with Germany, Austria
The Czech Republic scored a major diplomatic victory over neighbouring Germany and Austria this week after the European Union granted the cherished protected geographical…
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Addressing segregation of Romany children: cost-cutting measures may succeed where good intentions…
Ever since the fall of communism governments have struggled to deal with the segregation of Romany children, a vast number of whom end up in special schools which severely…
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Reflecting on baby boxes five years on
Five years ago the first “baby box” - a place where mothers can give up their unwanted babies anonymously for adoption, was opened in the Czech Republic. The event was…
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Central Bohemian region takes unusual step to improve poor state of roads
Authorities in Central Bohemia have come up with an unconventional remedy to improve the state of local roads. They’ve put the names and cell phone numbers of staff…
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Czech researchers find childhood stress results in more accidents and illness
The first results are starting to be released from an exhaustive 20 year study of thousands of Czech children. One of the main findings is that stress related incidents in…
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Prague councillor wants to push homeless people from city centre
A Prague City councillor, Jiří Janeček of the Civic Democrats, has come forward with a controversial plan which – if implemented – would push long-term homeless people…
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Suspected arsonist caught on tape praising ‘dudes’ who shot Hungarian Roma
New evidence emerged on Monday at the trial of four neo-Nazis accused of racially-motivated attempted murder after throwing petrol bombs through the windows of the home of…
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Hana Wilson: messing about on boats after two decades on the airwaves
When she lost her job after twenty years in the Czech section of the BBC, Hana Wilson was far from despondent. She simply allowed her hobby to take over her life. Hana…
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