Society
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Government makes swine flu vaccine available to broader public
Originally, one million doses of the swine flu vaccine was to have been available only to those at the greatest health risk, including health workers and those suffering…
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Fourth Mene Tekel festival against totalitarianism opens in Prague
Mene Tekel, Prague’s annual international festival against totalitarianism, opens in the Czech capital on Monday afternoon with a concert by Jaroslav Hutka and the Blue…
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Mark Weston – an English hair-stylist working in Prague
My guest on One on One is hair-stylist Mark Weston. When I visited his one-seat Salon Trichomania on Prague’s Anglická Street, he told me what brought him from his native…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: Mobile number portability in the Czech Republic, typewriters in Radio Prague, the preservation of historical monuments, the number of listeners’ letters…
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Metamorphosis
“…OVÁ! ” bellowed the registrar, bringing the entire ceremony to a halt. The scene was Prague’s Old Town Hall, and the occasion my own wedding in September 1997. My wife…
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Magazine
Hundreds of Czech police officers will have to go back to school, the Prague City Transport authority is thinking about scenting Prague trams and buses, and Czech cabinet…
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Transport authority leased more, not less, casino bars in metro, in spite of town hall ban
The Prague transport authority, Dopravní Podnik, has found itself in hot water with the municipal government, after it was discovered that the company has done nothing to…
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Group behind ice statue of Michael Jackson want permanent memorial in Prague
The Czech Republic has been covered in snow and ice for over a month and many people are thoroughly tired of the weather here. But one group of Czech Michael Jackson fans…
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Prague’s answer to falling visitor numbers - teddy bear tourism
Now, ever gone on holiday and been forced to leave your teddy bear at home? Well, fear not, a Czech tour operator is launching what looks like a world first for tourism –…
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Czech charity opens new elementary school in Uganda
The Prague branch of the Christian charity Charita (Caritas) has long been involved in projects in Uganda in East Africa. This month, they embarked on a new project…
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Controversial Czech institute sets new course with new director
The Czech Republic’s controversial institute for studying its Nazi and Communist totalitarian past is to take a new course. Its current director and one of the main forces…
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Rudolf Zeman, dissident, journalist and co-founder of the samizdat paper Lidové Noviny
Lidové noviny, or People’s Newspaper, is a leading Czech paper with a tradition going back more than a century. The liberal daily was first discontinued by the Nazis…
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