Society
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Siberian snap thrills Czech frost hunter
The Czech Republic has been gripped by a bout of severe cold. On Tuesday night, temperatures in some parts of the country dropped to a record low of -30 degrees Celsius…
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Charter 77 signatories want Nobel nomination for Chinese contemporaries
Some of the original signatories of the human rights appeal Charter 77 have called on Czech politicians and academics to nominate the Chinese human rights initiative…
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The National Theatre - the "golden chapel" of Czech culture
No visit to Prague is complete without paying homage to one of the most important buildings in the country in terms of history, symbolism and function: the National…
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Environment Ministry calls in international experts to sidestep pressure over controversial power…
Modernisation plans for the Czech Republic’s biggest coal-fired power plant have become a very hot topic indeed. So much so, that the Ministry of Environment has…
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StB lookout, once used to spy on US Embassy, to be opened to public
Later this year, ABL FM services, a company in charge of a number of Prague’s historic sites, will re-open the bell tower on St Nicholas’ Church, where 20 years ago the…
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Quo vadis, Praha? The heated debate over the future of the Czech capital
One of the most important documents concerning the future of Prague is the rather unimaginatively named “Development Plan”. Since 1999, the plan has been the key public…
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Endangered Golden Takin born in Liberec Zoo
The Czech Republic’s oldest zoo, in Liberec, is now host to its sixth new Golden Takin, an endangered goat-antelope from China. The new family of Takins is the first ever…
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Dear Mom,
I had to think of you the other day, not just because your birthday is coming up. After work, I was walking down Londýnská Street, near the radio station, and passed the…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: the future of shortwave broadcasting, discussion about full body X-ray scanners. Listeners quoted: Ed Reid, Christopher Lewis, Stuart Severin…
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Magazine
A Czech couple weds in a freezing cold river! The Semily divers’ club plays a game of football underwater and sculptors build a snow kingdom in the Beskydy Mountains! Find…
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Award-winning Czech hand-held device holds up to 40,000 photos
The Czech-made electronic device Album2 won an Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering award earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the world’s…
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Officials outline Czech participation in European Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion
The year 2010 has been declared European Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion. On Friday, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs launched a campaign against…
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