Society
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Jan Herzmann: surveying the Czech political scene
Jan Herzmann is a managing partner in one of the top Czech polling agencies, Factum Invenio. While most of the work is marketing surveys for companies, the current…
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Parts of Moravia on alert as heavy rain causes flooding
Parts of Moravia have been hit by flooding, with rivers swelling to increasingly dangerous levels. So far flooding has resulted in at least one death and seen hundreds of…
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A Moravian manifesto
A beautiful land of great wine, mediocre beer, long vowels and good-hearted if slow people – that’s Moravia, the eastern part of the Czech Republic. The Czechs are so…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: The Czech Republic’s parliament, response to Letter from Prague, “Leaving” by Václav Havel. Listeners quoted: Rana Dewan Rafiqul, Steven Bell, Lynda…
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Magazine
Gararufa pedicures – is the latest fashion fad a cruel luxury? A man falls asleep on a window ledge on the third floor and - what do Czechs spend 800 million crowns on…
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2010 Czech Beer Festival answers visitor demand with wider variety of interesting brews
The Czech Beer Festival Prague 2010 has just got underway in the capital. Between now and May 30, visitors will be able to sample scores of brews in several large tents at…
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CzechTourism launches biggest ever campaign encouraging Czechs to holiday at home
CzechTourism has launched its biggest ever advertising campaign aimed at encouraging Czechs to spend their holidays in their own country. The state tourism body’s project…
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Left wing parties fare miserably in mock election held in Czech schools
Two weeks before general elections, the NGO People in Need has just released the results of a mock election held in Czech schools last month. The results suggest that if…
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Czechs in Afghanistan, Pt. VII: The river gives and the river takes away
Emergency aid is the first step in humanitarian work in Afghanistan, but much of the north of the country is beyond that now – what the people there currently need is…
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Prague Zoo launches new fund-raising project to protect gorillas in the wild
Prague Zoo recently launched a new project to raise money for the protection of gorillas in Africa. It is raising money by collecting old mobile phones from visitors and…
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“Havel’s children” likely to shun lower house elections
If the imminent Czech lower house elections have failed to enthuse a large part of the population so far then that appears doubly true for many young people. Figures…
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Fair trade week underway in Prague
This week marks fair trade week in the Czech Republic and the main focus is on coffee. Consumers can sample various brands and speak with coffee producers from Mexico and…
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