Society
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William Harter: Lobbying for Americans’ rights abroad
William Harter came to the Czech capital in 1990 to work as Procter & Gamble’s man in Prague. He was one of the founders and first president of the American Chamber of…
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Lamis Khalilová: Dumplings with an Arabic sauce
Lamis Khalilová is half Czech and half Palestinian. She is the head of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at the Metropolitan University in Prague and is a member of…
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Czech language tram pickpocket warnings of no help to visitors
Take a tram in the centre of Prague these days and you are very likely to hear a prerecorded message: the transport authority and the police would like to draw your…
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Magazine
A new restaurant reminiscent of the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire opens in Prague, a young Czech fashion designer makes dresses out of old cassette tapes and, the…
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President Klaus makes new comments about climate change, do they echo the views of Czechs?
Czech President Václav Klaus is notorious for his outspoken views on climate change. He calls evidence of global warming “bogus” and ambitious environmentalism "a threat…
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EP criticizes Czechs for pig farm on the site of former Roma concentration camp
A report outlining Roma minority problems in the EU, adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday, highlights the case of a pig farm built on the site of a wartime…
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Czech Republic has some catching up to do, says director of new body examining communist past
After years of debate, the Czech Republic has finally got an official body dedicated to examining the country’s communist past. Entitled the Institute for the Study of…
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Seventy-five years of film at Barrandov studios
Last week Prague’s Barrandov studios celebrated 75 years of movie-making. On January 25, 1933, filming started on the thriller ‘Vrazda v Ostrovni ulici’ (Murder on…
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Citizen Havel lifts curtain on playwright-turned-president’s decade in office
Citizen Havel, a new fly-on-the-wall documentary about the former Czech president, premiered on Wednesday night in Prague. The film draws on 45 hours of unique behind-the…
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Police officer held over fatal stabbing of US citizen
A 27-year old Czech police officer is being held over a stabbing in the early hours of Wednesday, which resulted in the death a US citizen. The incident happened sometime…
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Czechs ride on the back of the Celtic Tiger
For decades, Ireland was one of the poorest countries in Europe, and its dire economic situation meant that many young Irish emigrants moved abroad in search of work. Now…
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Court rules Catholic Church is solely responsible for altar wine
Only the Roman Catholic Church is authorized to decide what wine can be labelled sacramental, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Tuesday. In a lawsuit filed by a…
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