Society
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Justice ministry under fire for role in Qatari prince case
Just under three years ago, Qatari prince Hamid Bin Abdul Sani al-Thani was found guilty of sexually abusing young girls in the Czech Republic. Despite protests from…
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The Czech Republic and the rise of social exclusion
“I’m standing in an area of Prague which is quite close to Prague’s main train station – Hlavní Nádraží. This is an area which has been described as one of the worst areas…
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Author Petr Sís on growing up behind The Wall
The Czech literary world held its annual awards for the best literary works of 2008, the Magnesia Litera, this weekend. The prize for Book of the Year went to Petr Nikl’s…
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Martin Palouš – Czech ambassador to the United Nations in New York
Martin Palouš was one of the first signatories of the Charter 77 protest document. Since 1989 he has been a parliamentary deputy, an academic, and Czech ambassador to…
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Václav Neckář: a film star making records, a pop star making films
Hello and welcome to this month’s edition of Music Profile. Today, we’re leafing through the back catalogue of Václav Neckář – who you might know better for his acting…
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Mailbox
In Mailbox today: From the Archives, Radio Prague Easter pages, the first Czech women to conquer the North Pole and Mt Everest. Listeners quoted: Graeme Stevenson, Ben D…
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From metropolis to ghost town
During the week, Prague is increasingly a city clogged full of cars. Certain roads in the centre, such as the horrendous multi-laned artery known as Legerová near Prague’s…
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Magazine
Want to buy a luxury flat in Prague? It could cost you as much as 400 million crowns. Now you can place a bet on whether the US radar base is coming to the country. An…
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Up and coming Czech artist Kateřina Šedá
Forty inhabitants of the village of Líšeň on the outskirts of Brno receive instructions before they get off the bus at the Berlin Wall to take part in the annual Biennial…
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Werich’s villa to re-open as public space
Werich’s villa in Prague’s Kampa Park, once home of the famous Czech actor Jan Werich, will open its door to the public next year. The villa has been uninhabited and…
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A new town hall building for Prague’s Old Town Square?
It’s nearly midday and Prague’s Old Town Square is heaving with people taking photos of the astrological clock, tour groups which you can probably hear behind me, and…
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Zoo opens new pavilion for threatened gavial crocs
Last weekend Prague Zoo opened a new pavilion for a number of famous new inhabitants: young gavials, a rare species of crocodile from India. Prague Zoo is the only…
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