Society
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Czech police examining “Neo-Nazi bible” The Turner Diaries
Police are currently investigating a new Czech translation of so-called “neo-Nazi bible” The Turner Diaries, a book said to have inspired the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing…
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US editors more demanding, says NYC-based Czech journalist Iva Skochová
The Czech journalist Iva Skochová has been based in New York for the last seven years. She works freelance, writing in Czech for like the likes of Lidové noviny and Reflex…
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Czechs sign up for new medical service – predictive DNA testing
DNA testing to trace your ancestry or your parentage is all the rage at the moment, but it’s mostly about looking into the past. Predictive genetic testing looks into the…
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Stalin survives village poll
The inhabitants of Studenec, a small Moravian village near Brno, have voted to keep a bronze relief depicting Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on their community’s monument to…
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Extreme right groups parody Czech charity website in anti-immigration drive
A newly created internet page www.chceteje.cz, has attracted the attention of Czech police for its xenophobic and potentially illegal content. The website, which roughly…
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Anti-radar activist goes on hunger strike
On Tuesday at 11am, anti-radar activist and chairman of the Czech Humanist Party Jan Tamáš began a hunger strike in protest at the Czech Republic’s impending acceptance of…
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The Romany Holocaust commemoration service at Lety
A bus of students and activists heads for Lety, South Bohemia, on May 13. They are driving to the site of a former concentration camp, set up by the Nazis to wipe out the…
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Some proselytising faith groups undeterred by Czech Republic’s atheistic reputation
The Czech Republic is known as one of the most secular states in Europe, with almost half the population identifying themselves as atheists. However, that does not deter…
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Remembrance in Lety
Memorial services have been taking place at the site of a former concentration camp in the town of Lety. This is the 13th year the Czech Republic has marked the Romany…
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Out of Home highlights problems of children’s homes, integration in Czech Republic
Last year saw the first inception of the Out of Home sports & music festival aimed at helping kids from Czech children’s homes. This week the festival returns – a chance…
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Education minister unveils plans to overhaul the country’s universities
Czech universities can expect big changes. On Monday, Education Minister Ondřej Liška presented a ‘bílá kniha’ (‘white paper’), which proposes sweeping reforms of the…
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Czech government, aid groups join Burma relief effort
Time is running out for hundreds of thousands of people stranded without food, drinking water and medical supplies on Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta, in the wake of the…
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