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Park life
As commutes go, mine could hardly be better. The quickest way I can get to work from where I live is to walk through the Riegerovy sady park. It is about 15 minutes door…
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Magazine
A Czech jeweller has created a replica of the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, a team of enthusiasts is building a miniaturized model of a town which was razed to…
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Without effective government action, future bleak for Czech Roma minority
The Romanies, or Roma, are the Czech Republic’s biggest minority. The relations between Roma and the majority population have long been troubled but recently took a turn…
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Radim Jančura – founder and head of Student Agency, the Czech Republic’s most popular transport…
If you happen to have travelled between Prague and Brno on the D1 motorway in recent years, you might have wondered why those large yellow buses running between the two…
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Government moves to stamp out homophobia in schools
Research conducted by the Czech charity People in Need two years ago suggested that nearly three-quarters of school-age boys in this country had a ‘negative attitude’…
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Art show draws attention to high percentage of Czech children placed in institutional care
In the Czech Republic an incredibly high number of children – over 20,000 – are living in institutional care. Very often they are from poor families, with an extremely…
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Czechs increasingly concerned about threat of swine flu pandemic
Just hours after the Czech health authorities ruled out the presence of the swine flu virus in the first three suspected cases, five more were reported. Press agencies…
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Czechs and sex: a comprehensive survey
Last week saw the release of new data in an extensive on-going study of Czech sexual behavior, everything from how much time Czechs spend between the sheets to how good…
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Prague airport offers check-ups to stop spread of swine flu
As news emerges that the swine flu virus has hit Europe, with cases confirmed in both Britain and Spain, three Czechs remain under surveillance after displaying symptoms…
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Former KKK leader arrested, ordered to leave Czech Republic
A visit to the Czech Republic by David Duke - former leader of the white supremacist organisation the Ku Klux Klan – set off alarm bells last Friday among human rights…
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Hysterics on the hillsides of east Bohemia
After several years in this country I finally, finally had my first proper Czech chata (country cottage) experience a couple of weeks ago. The whole thing was a bit like a…
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Magazine
The demand for Portuguese water dogs has gone through the roof, the town of Trutnov is preparing for its annual Dragon Celebrations and a Czech woodcarver opens a gallery…
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