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Magazine
In this week’s Magazine: Prague officials respond to The Times calling Wenceslas Square one of the sleaziest tourist streets in Europe; the authorities in a small Czech…
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New National Technical Library opens in Prague
A “hi-tech living room” for students is how the director of the National Technical Library described the institution’s new building, which was officially opened in Prague…
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Czech sculptors throw punches in row over new Wilson statue
As Radio Prague reported earlier this year plans are well underway to restore a statue of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson in front of Prague’s main station that was torn…
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Czech publishers opposed to Google’s plans to digitise millions of books
The Google Books Library is a huge project under which the internet giant aims to scan millions of books and make them available on-line. In the US a court is considering…
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Number of foreigners staying legally in Czech Republic jumps 10 percent in one year
On Monday, the Ministry of the Interior released its report on migration for the year 2008, which showed that there are currently 438,000 foreigners residing legally in…
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Czechs saved by Nicholas Winton remember their journey 70 years on
The usual station announcements boom out of the loudspeakers at London’s Liverpool Street Station on Friday but, if you listen hard enough, you can hear some of the tens…
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Prague restaurants improved but standards need to match prices, says food critic Laura Baranik
Laura Baranik is one of the Czech Republic’s best known restaurant reviewers, writing a regular column in the Saturday edition of the newspaper Lidové noviny, as well as…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox we find out the name of the Bohemian-born glass cutter as well as the names of the four lucky winners who will receive Radio Prague goodies for their…
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A poignant meeting between past and present
I made a special trip to a local church near Mariánské Lázně recently. The occasion was an annual mass to commemorate the church’s patron saint. Such things are not my…
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Magazine
Why are some six-year-olds prone to calling their teacher “comrade” ? Synthetic animal scents prove invaluable in reducing road accidents and the Canadian Maple Leaf coin…
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“Golden Barb” award highlights failures in integration of foreigners
The Golden Barb is the name of an award that the Prague-based NGO Centre for Integration of Foreigners hands out for the worst contribution to the field of integration of…
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Winton Train arrives in London for emotional reunion after 70 years
Around 20 of the 669 mostly Jewish children saved from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia by Nicholas Winton recreated their 1939 journey by steam train across Europe this week…
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