Society
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: 60 years on, the death of Jan Masaryk remains unresolved; problems downloading Radio Prague’s audio files; fees charged by Czech banks; descendants…
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Who passed that law?
Approving new laws is no easy task – especially when you have to change the foundations of the whole legal system as Czech lawmakers had to do in the years after the fall…
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A new anthology presents three generations of Romany writers
It is estimated that some ten million Roma live in Europe – the equivalent of the total population of the Czech Republic. But we hear very little about Romany writing. A…
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Magazine
The Czech Republic’s most famous angler has caught a fish weighing 190 kilograms! A giant bomb shelter which was to have served as the operational headquarters of the…
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Nashville museum showcasing largest collection of vintage Czechoslovak cars outside Europe
The Lane Motor Museum in the US city of Nashville made the news here in the Czech Republic recently when it commissioned a copy of a 1940s Tatra aero sledge or aero luge…
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Parliament debates ammendment to the drugs law
Although drug abuse is a criminal offense in the Czech Republic, the existing legislation does not distinguish between hard and soft drugs, merely drawing a line between…
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Czech court places Prague castle under administration
The official seat of the country’s president and Prague’s most important landmark, Prague Castle, has been placed under administration – or distraint- as a result of debts…
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Irish health minister gets St Patrick’s Festival underway in Prague
Monday is the Irish national holiday St Patrick’s Day, but the 11th Prague St Patrick’s Festival is already underway. The special guest at Thursday morning’s opening was…
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Josef Hlávka: one of the greatest Czech philanthropists
This week marks exactly 100 years since the death of Josef Hlávka, an architect, builder and the biggest Czech philanthropists of all time. This year, it has been 104…
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Parliament fails to lift ban on full-contact dog training
The Czech Parliament has failed to overrule a presidential veto of a bill which was meant to lift a ban on the use of foxes in the training of burrowing dogs. Under the…
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Martina Navrátilová regains Czech citizenship
One of the world’s most successful tennis stars, Martina Navrátilová, is again a Czech citizen after more than 30 years. The nine-times Wimbledon champion made the…
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Study suggests elderly lack privacy, suffer risk of abuse, in nursing homes
A new study on the elderly in Czech retirement or nursing homes has suggested that some six percent of residents of such homes suffer maltreatment, either at the hands of…
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