Society
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Study suggests 30 percent of Czech men, 9 percent of women, are hazardous drinkers
A new study has suggested that some 30 percent of Czech men and nine percent of Czech women are problem drinkers, risking a negative impact on their health. The study also…
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Environmental groups focus on local damage caused by controversial ČEZ power plant
Headlines around the world have been made by a small Pacific island state’s challenge to plans for a large Czech coal-fired power plant. But Czech environmental groups are…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: Radio Prague is to stay on shortwave! Listeners quoted: Mogire Machuki, Yvonne and Gerwyn Roberts, Dmitry Mezin, Dibyendu Madhab Das.
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A journey without maps
I must admit I am somewhat in two minds about my girlfriend’s Christmas present to herself: a global positioning system device. It is not that I can find too much fault…
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Magazine
Payback time for all the red tape: Prague bureaucrats get a ribbing as they take to the streets with shovels. Huskies come to the rescue where an ambulance fears to go and…
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Legendary Prague deli chef, Jan Paukert, dies at 91
On Thursday the Czech Republic lost one of its oldest culinary personalities, heir to the First-Republic delicatessen that bares his name: Jan Paukert. Credited with the “…
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Study finds high levels of sexual harassment at Czech universities
A study by a Charles University research team suggests that over three quarters of Czech university students have at some point been the victims of sexual harassment…
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Head of nuclear authority opposed to full body x-ray scanners at Czech airports
The Czech government is currently deciding whether to introduce full body scanners at the country’s airports, a move backed by the interior minister. But not everybody is…
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A book of oral history reflects the views of ordinary Czechs on life under communism
A new book of oral history, published by Academia, takes a look at the bygone communist era in the Czech Republic from the perspective of ordinary people, that is, those…
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Environmentalists warn over damage to wildlife from salt on roads
Thousands of tonnes of salt have been spread on roads in the Czech Republic and the rest of Europe during recent heavy snowfall. So much so, that stocks threaten to run…
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Czechs most active users of social platform Facebook
A Czech language version of Facebook only became available a year ago. The social platform allows users to design a profile, add friends, or share personal news. In the…
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Czech aid to quake-stricken Haiti underway
The magnitude-seven earthquake that struck the Caribbean state of Haiti on Tuesday is threatening to become one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory, with death…
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