Society
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First theatre to stage Václav Havel's plays turns 50
This month marks exactly 50 years since the first performance at Divadlo Na Zábradlí, a theatre which has become famous mainly for staging former President Václav Havel’s…
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Prague council claims success in drive to shut down city’s gambling bars
Visitors to Prague often take away a couple of words of Czech, and ‘herna’ is very often one of them. The word, meaning ‘gaming bar’ is written all over the city, with…
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Sampras wows fans in Prague exhibition match
Fans in the capital on Monday were treated to some exciting tennis between Czech Davis Cup representative Radek Štepánek and the world’s former No. 1, retired legend Pete…
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Vítkovice steelworks gets a place on the European Culture Heritage List
The north Moravian city of Ostrava, once known as the steel heart of Czechoslovakia, has now become the first Czech site to be included on an EU list of European Culture…
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Court compensates woman who became pregnant after sterilisation
A court in Prague handed down an unusual verdict on Monday in the case of a woman who became pregnant despite having been sterilised. The Central Bohemia Regional court…
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Dalai Lama visits Prague on first leg of European tour
The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is currently in Prague on the first leg of a European tour. After a meeting with the Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolánek, he…
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Ondřej Matějka on the uncomfortable issue of the Sudetenland
In this week’s One on One, Dominik Jůn talks with Ondřej Matějka, a young man with a passion for a historically significant region of the Czech Republic.
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: Czech paratroopers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš and the presence of Czechoslovak troops in exile in Leamington Spa, UK, during WW2; the mysterious belly…
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Dr Strossmayer and health care reform
Czechs, doctors and patients alike, seem to be really worried about their health care and the government’s plans to reform it. These plans which, among other things…
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Broker-free property website scoops top internet award
The online property website bezrealitky.cz has come top of this year’s Czech internet awards, the Křišt´álové Lupy (‘Crystal Magnifying Glasses’). The website, which…
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Prague show something of homecoming for Tindersticks keyboardist David Boulter
The rock band Tindersticks are currently promoting their latest album The Hungry Saw on a European tour that takes them to Prague’s Archa theatre next Wednesday. For the…
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Czechs to launch Agent Orange clean-up operation in Vietnam
A team of Czech experts are currently in Vietnam to plan one of the biggest clean-up operations in the Southeast Asian country’s history. The Czech Development Agency has…
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