Society
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Romanies call for nation-wide rallies to condemn racist attacks on their community
The Czech Republic’s Romany community is outraged by the recent arson attack on one of its members which left a two-year-old girl fighting for her life and rendered eight…
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Czech army special units set for shake-up following Afghan investigation
A Czech Ministry of Defence investigation into a special unit serving in Afghanistan has revealed startling rifts within it and over its role. The findings have come out…
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Will the government’s proposals to stamp out extremism work?
In light of this weekend’s march in Ústí nad Labem, and Saturday's violent attack on a Roma family in Vítkov, the government has pledged to do more to stamp out extremism…
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Romanies calling on government for protection in the wake of vicious arson attack
Saturday’s vicious attack on a Romany family in Vitkov, north Moravia, remains at the centre of public and media attention. Although a racial motif has not been officially…
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Vaclav Havel Library moves to new location in Prague’s Old Town
The Vaclav Havel Library was established two years ago, as an attempt to build an institution similar to presidential libraries in the United States, and is essentially a…
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Police hunt for attackers as two-year-old Roma girl severely burned in alleged arson
A two-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital after a petrol bomb was apparently thrown through the window of her family home in Vítkov, north Moravia. The…
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Mailbox
In Mailbox this week: translations of Czech place names in Radio Prague reports, the theme music of Magic Carpet and the name of the duo featured in the April 6 edition…
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Easter Monday or, The Day They Beat Jana
Another Easter has come and gone, and like every year I have to remember the day I learned about the odd tradition that is the favourite of many Czechs – male and female…
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Magazine
Anti-crisis measures have gone through the ceiling. Plastic surgeons are offering a scrap incentive for old body parts! A visit to the hospital turns nasty, and sharing a…
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Ústí shop windows boarded up for first time since 1938 as neo-Nazis plan march
The northern city of Ústí nad Labem is bracing itself for a march by neo-Nazis on Saturday that has the potential to end in violence. The march is going ahead after the…
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Remembering Czech Expo success at the Brussels Atomium
Expo 1958 was the first global event of its kind after the Second World War. Nearly 50 countries brought their latest scientific breakthroughs and their most prized…
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Social Watch report highlights gender issues and treatment of the poor
A new report on poverty and gender equality in the Czech Republic for 2008, put out by the international network Social Watch, has criticised the country for…
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