Society
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Publisher Martin Reiner on books, business and Brno
As well as being a poet and novelist, Martin Reiner is one of this country’s most successful publishers. He has been in the business since 1991, first at Brno’s…
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Countdown to Karlovy Vary Film Festival begins
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the highlights on the Czech cultural calendar. In this, its 43rd year, the festival promises to be bigger than ever…
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Minister slams judge in Kuřim abuse case
Few cases have been more shocking or sickening than the Kuřim child abuse case which went to trial last week. Since it began new headlines and explicit details have…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: Fathers’ Day in the Czech Republic, trees blossoming in May and June, singers Karel Kryl and Věra Bílá. Listeners quoted: Ashraful Islam, Hidemitsu…
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The year I gave up on professional sports
Some may say 2008 has been a good year for sport and all in all I’d have to agree all except for one thing, one small niggling detail, one small unfortunate item: every…
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Magazine
Thousands of Czechs are offering their couches to travelers within the international CouchSurfing Project. Is that a puffball or a truffle? And, the logo of the Czech…
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Prague Food Festival celebrates diversity of food now on offer in Czech capital
The second Prague Food Festival gets underway on Friday. This event aims to give Prague residents a chance to sample the best food on offer in their city for reasonable…
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Diabetes on the rise in the Czech Republic
Newly released figures suggest that 800,000 Czechs are suffering from diabetes. Recently, the Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek revealed that he too suffers from the…
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Traditional Czech beer garden in Astoria drawing huge crowds from all over NYC
Astoria in the borough of Queens is where you will find the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden, a Czech pub and social centre which first opened its doors in 1919. Today it…
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Police come under fire for giving alcohol-free beer to motorists
Drunk driving in the Czech Republic, like other countries, remains a serious problem, so when police announced a clampdown in the Czech capital this week, most probably…
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US astronaut of Czechoslovak descent recalls moon landings and pioneering spacewalk
Retired US astronaut Eugene Cernan is one of only three people to have travelled to the moon on two different occasions. In fact, he is the last human being to have walked…
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Educational centre to open at former Roma concentration camp
A former Roma concentration camp in South Moravia was turned into a holiday resort in the 1960s. Now the site is set to become a documentation and educational centre with…
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