Society
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Czech Doctors’ Chamber issues guidelines on treatment of terminally ill patients
Deciding when to stop treating terminally ill patients is an extremely sensitive issue and until now, doctors have had to make this decision alone and justify it to the…
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Chinese prison camp victim and human rights activist Harry Wu
In this week’s One on One I talk to Chinese Human rights activist Harry Wu. He survived 19 years in Chinese prison camps. Released during a thaw in 1979, he was later…
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The appeal of officialdom at a distance
Some people might have great expectations when they get those slips from the post office saying that a recommended letter awaits them at the counter. Perhaps a gift from a…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: The Vancouver Olympics, the Baťa canal in South Moravia, the fourteen regions of the Czech Republic. Listeners quoted: Nobuya Kato, Alastair Pamphilon…
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Magazine
A Czech invents the tea-lock. What’s it for and, do you need one? Czechs are crowding to see a castle that will not be around for long. And what will Czech firms bring to…
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Future of Prague’s Congress Centre uncertain
Built at the end of the 1980s to host communist party gatherings, Prague’s Congress Centre was the pride of the communist leadership. However, within years of building it…
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Former Albanian political prisoner Tomor Aliko among guests at Mene Tekel festival
This week, Prague is hosting the fourth international Mene Tekel festival which highlights the crimes of communism and presents the testimonies of those persecuted by…
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Almost 10 percent of Czech agricultural land now given over to organic farming
Nearly 10 percent of all agricultural land in the Czech Republic is now given over to organic farming, according to new data from the Ministry of Agriculture. The number…
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Public transport to grind to a halt on Monday as trade unions go on strike
Public transport around the Czech Republic will grind to a halt in the early hours of Monday as the country’s trade unions go on strike. They will protest against higher…
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Amended labour law comes too late for former RFE/RL employees
Two former foreign employees of the Prague-based, US broadcaster RFE/RL are fighting a legal battle against their former employer, accusing the radio station of…
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Uniform color for cabs in Prague not likely to become reality
Everyone knows what the ubiquitous New York yellow cabs look like. Prague Town Hall, too, is pushing for the bright shade to be the color of taxi cabs operating in the…
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New school comic book tells story of Chechen refugee in Czech Republic
Pupils at primary and secondary schools around the country will receive a new comic book soon; it’s called My World and it’s all about a Chechen refugee struggling to…
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