Society
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Beroun pronounced Historic Town of the Year 2009
The Central Bohemian town of Beroun has just earned the title of Historic Town of the Year 2009. The prize, which comes with a million crown award for the city, honors…
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Experts decry 25% “gender pay gap” between Czech women, Czech men
World Equal Pay Day was marked for the first time in the Czech Republic on Thursday, with successful businesswomen among those attending events to draw attention to the…
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New drugs law fuels confusion over cannabis growing and possession
Amid a lot of confusion about what was taking place, Czech law on the possession and growing of drugs changed at the start of the year. The change was more of a far…
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Czech railroads see highest number of deaths in four years
The Rail Safety Inspection Office has revealed a sharp rise in the number of deaths on Czech railroads: in the first three months alone, 68 people died on Czech tracks …
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Czech government declares Saturday and Sunday days of national mourning
The world is still in shock over Saturday’s tragedy, when 96 passengers, including the Polish president Lech Kaczynski, died in a plane crash near Russia’s Smolensk. The…
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Prague finally gets a farmers’ market
There is nothing like buying fresh produce on an open-air farmers’ market – but what may be common in other European cities has been missing in the Czech capital for years…
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Radio Prague reporter on the ground in Afghanistan
The Czech NGO People in Need have provided relief and development assistance to the people of war-stricken Afghanistan since 2001. Radio Prague’s reporter Christian Falvey…
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Czechs mark deep sorrow at Polish loss from aircraft crash
Czech leaders and ordinary people are still in shock at the death of the Polish president Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and many of the country’s elite, when the government…
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A pioneering Czech academic explores how our native tongue influences the way we see the world
What goes on in our mind when we learn a foreign language? Why do we find it so much harder than learning our mother tongue? And what can we do to make the often painful…
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Český Krumlov and its pact with the tourist devil
I have recently come back from a few days in the town of Český Krumlov – and it was an eye opener. I should explain that my last visit to this small south Bohemian jewel…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: Reception of Radio Prague's broadcasts, climate in the Czech Republic, competitions. Listeners quoted: Bob Boundy, David Eldridge, Hidemitsu Miyake.
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Magazine
Celebrity spotters have a field day at Prague Airport. Kutná Hora organizes a public hanging to attract tourists, and the police catch up with the driver responsible for…
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