Society
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Czech Republic’s breweries charted on first beer map in 15 years
Beer is one of the Czech Republic’s best-known products and a reason why thousands of tourists flock to this country each year. Now, parched holidaymakers can navigate…
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Czech Republic steps up swine flu preparations amid fears of autumn pandemic
The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the Czech Republic has almost doubled in the last few days with the total climbing to over 70. The Ministry of Health is…
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Prague hospital becomes focus for Romanian Roma vigil
Prague has become the focus of attention for hundreds of Romanians as they follow the fight for life of a 17-year old boy. Many have travelled to the Czech capital to be…
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Why did so many Czech Roma apply for asylum in Canada?
Two weeks ago Ottawa imposed visa restrictions on Czechs after more than 1,700 Czech Roma, or Gypsies, sought refugee status in Canada in the first six months of this year…
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New emergency system to help save injured horses
Specialists in Brno have presented a new emergency transport system aimed at saving horses that suffer tendon injuries or fractures. In the past, rescuers had to improvise…
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Mailbox
Today in the programme: The oldest airports in the country, response to Radio Prague broadcasts. Listeners quoted: Rassem Ben Brahim, Michael Binz, Stuart Hathaway, Ted…
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The joys of collecting mushrooms and ticks
Every cloud has a silver lining, so they say. But the many clouds that have constituted the Czech summer so far have a sort of golden-yellow hue for me. That is the colour…
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Magazine
Former prime minister Jiří Paroubek’s wife writes an online “Ode to a Husband”; a young Czech designer creates a rocking chair that produces electricity; how many knedlíky…
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Debut album by Lesní zveř: nu-jazz adventures for your feet and head
The band Lesní zvěř has been around for some eight years, touring clubs and festival in the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, and beyond. In June, the Brno-based group…
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Czechs pick billions worth of forest mushrooms, berries annually
Mushroom and berry-picking are common in the Czech Republic – so much so that they pick several billion crowns worth each year. This week the Agriculture Ministry released…
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Czechs clarify smoking legislation but total ban still long way off
The Czech Republic clarified – rather than tightened – its smoking legislation on Friday, when the Senate passed an amendment to the law on smoking in public places. The…
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People in Need at work in the Congo, part II
Writers often call just about any country a “land of striking contrasts”. In the Eastern Congo the main, inescapable contrast is that of joy and grief. As we arrived in…
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