Society
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Gastric balloon treatment drawing overweight from overseas to Czech Republic
In recent years medical tourism has become a real growth industry, with many travelling to former communist bloc states to take advantage of relatively affordable health…
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Social Democrat aim to “abolish” health fees in regional hospitals raises practitioners’ ire
Health care fees of 30, 60 and 90 crowns introduced earlier this year at Czech surgeries, hospitals, and emergency wards have remained a major issue among many Czechs and…
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Unlikely ally Havel comes to Kundera’s defence
The Czech Republic is still abuzz with allegations that Czech-born writer Milan Kundera informed on a suspected spy in 1950, and on Monday an unlikely ally came to Mr…
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Czechs leaders in plastics recycling but ineffective on bio-waste
“Any reason for sorting waste is a good one” is a slogan underlining a current TV campaign promoting recycling in the Czech Republic, and most Czechs would agree recycling…
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Czech teachers complain of children becoming more aggressive
Czech teachers have long called for an increase in salaries. They claim that not only are they underpaid but that their job gets more demanding with each passing year, as…
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Mailbox
In Mailbox today: The Czech national anthem; the size of the Czech Republic’s population; transcripts of Radio Prague broadcasts; the Tatra company’s plans to revive its…
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Being part of the baby boom
The Czech Republic is currently going through a baby boom, a fact you can hardly fail to notice when you walk the streets of Prague these days. While in the past, you…
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A shop is like its master
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech our Czech language course in which you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by the group Chinasky…
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Magazine
Asian ladybirds are invading the Czech lands by the thousands. Czechs are gradually re-discovering recumbent bikes, and an old legend is scientifically confirmed - eggs…
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New film celebrates the crazy kangaroo world of Bohemians' fans
Regular listeners to Radio Prague may remember us reporting on Bohemians 1905, the venerable football club that would have gone bust had it not been for its loyal fans who…
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Left wing of Výstaviště's Industrial Palace devoured by flames
Prague witnessed its biggest fire since 1974 on Thursday evening when the art deco Industrial Palace at the 19th century Výstaviště Exhibition Grounds burst into flames…
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Number of suicides lowest in 130 years
The number of suicides in the Czech Republic has dropped to the lowest level since 1875, when the data were first collected. Psychologists say better health care and more…
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