Society
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New research center maps connection between cancer and environmental pollution
Medical statistics indicate that the Czech Republic’s Plzeň region, in western Bohemia, has the highest rate of colon and kidney cancer in the world. A new research center…
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Amnesty International: discrimination of Romany children persists in Czech schools
Romany children in the Czech Republic still face unequal access to education, says Amnesty International in a report which has just been released. Two years after the…
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Heavy snow creates problems around the country
Four days of heavy snow have disrupted life in the Czech Republic. The country’s international airports and Czech Railways reported long delays and people who set out by…
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Mike Ostler: the Bata reminiscence and resource centre in East Tilbury
East Tilbury on the Thames estuary in Essex is a piece of the old Czechoslovakia planted in England. It was here in 1933 that the Zlín-based shoe empire Bata opened its…
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Vítkov National Memorial – Prague’s “new” top class attraction
Prague has a new top class attraction. Well, it’s not actually new new, but it is a mere two months since the Vítkov National Memorial was opened to the public for the…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: greetings from Illinois and New Zealand, Czech Radio’s new English web pages, a brief look at the history of Prague’s fortification system. Listeners…
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Magazine
A young woman is attacked on the street and her hair is hacked off. Who would do such a thing? Her hairdresser! Perfumed stationary sets off a terrorist alarm, and a…
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Czech firm played key role in construction of world’s tallest building
The completion of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Dubai, made scores of international headlines this week. Among those who took part in the huge project in the…
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“Liberal” new guidelines don’t go far enough, says head of Prague drug counselling service
Under guidelines introduced on January 1, the Czech Republic has some of the most liberal legislation in Europe when it comes to drug use. Whereas previously having “an…
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Court confirms – and increases - historic first compensation for sterilization victims
On Thursday, the High Court in Prague awarded compensation to two women, one of them a Romany sterilized without her knowledge in 2003, the other a non-Romany whose…
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Bikram Yoga is becoming more and more popular in Prague
Bikram Yoga, practised in a room heated to 42 degrees Celsius, is one of the most intensive forms of exercise. Sure to make you sweat, this form of physical yoga is not…
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Czech schools face lack of qualified English teachers
An overwhelming majority of Czech school children choose English as their first foreign language but there is often no one to teach them. A recent report by the Czech…
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