Society
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: new time slot for Radio Prague on the CBC Overnight in Canada; Orthodox churches in Prague; the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes; we also…
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Pulling teeth
It was a long time coming, my first trip to the dentist in this country. Indeed it had been many years since I had visited a dentist at all. They say that one in six…
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Magazine
A hotel owner in the Šumava mountains has a small replica of the Iron Curtain, a dolphin attacks a Czech tourist in Cuba and Winnie-the-Pooh appears in a field in Moravia…
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Authorities search for clients of prostitute who spread HIV virus
Public health authorities in Cheb, western Bohemia, have started contacting men whose names appeared on a list found with a prostitute who died of AIDS earlier this year…
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Police issue first charges ever over 1950s forced farm collectivatisation
Over half a century later, the Czech police have, for the first time ever, issued charges connected with the forced collectivatisation of farms by the Communist regime in…
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US Czech and Slovak Museum back in operation after floods
One month after falling victim to the worst floods in the Midwest’s recent history, the Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is getting back on its…
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Dogs – Czechs' best friends
One thing you can hardly fail to notice if you visit Prague is the number of dogs in the streets. According to recent statistics, nearly 40 percent of people here in the…
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Replica Avia BH 5 to fly to Brussels in re-enactment of 1923 air race
A replica Czech-made Avia BH 5 aeroplane will next week take to the skies as part of a re-enactment of a 1923 air race between Prague and Brussels. The original race 85…
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Czech PM announces he is going to Beijing – after Olympics opening ceremony
The Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolánek, has just announced that he is going to the Olympics in Beijing next month. However, he is heeding a Czech cabinet recommendation…
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Will Czechs say no to free fruit and veg in schools?
In a bid to tackle child obesity, the European Union wants to subsidise the hand-out of free fruit and vegetables in Czech schools. The system has already been tried in…
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Jaroslav Klenovský, the man in charge of South Moravian Jewish heritage
South Moravia is a region in the Czech Republic known for many things – a sunny climate, interesting folklore and reasonably good wine. Being the most visited region of…
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Ivan Passer: Czech new wave filmmaker at helm of Karlovy Vary jury
My guest for this edition of One on One is Ivan Passer, who this week received a Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary for his lifelong contribution to world cinema. The president…
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