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Sculptor David Cerny’s “Hanging Man” causes a panic in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A young man climbs up Prague’s famous astronomical clock to win a bet! And ski resorts in…
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Fate of child caught up in a messy divorce case shocks nation
Cases of children caught up in messy divorces abound, but none has shocked the nation so profoundly as that of ten year old Tereza Smutna. After eight years of court…
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Greenpeace protest against carbon dioxide emissions – halfway up a power plant’s smokestack
On Thursday, 11 members of the environmental organisation Greenpeace set up camp halfway up one of the chimneys at the Prunerov power plant in northern Bohemia. The group…
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“Forgotten Heroes” maps stories of Sudeten anti-fascists
They fought against the Nazis but were treated as enemies in Czechoslovakia after the war: that is the starting point for “Forgotten Heroes” a travelling exhibition in the…
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Will Jiri Cunek's political ambitions bring down the government?
Wednesday the centre right government of Mirek Topolanek celebrated a double triumph – it survived a motion of no-confidence initiated by the opposition parties and pushed…
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Fair trade slowly catching on in Czech Republic, says boss of Prague shop
Na Zemi (On the Ground, On the Earth) is the name of a shop which has just opened on Prague’s Belehradska Street. The owners say it is the first store in the Czech capital…
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Why do Czechs celebrate “Mikulas”?
Wednesday night, the Eve of Mikulas or Saint Nicolas Day, is eagerly awaited by children all over the country. Each year on the night of December 5, Saint Nicolas…
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Prague set to ban street prostitution, but is that the main problem?
On Tuesday, Prague City Hall unveiled new plans to banish prostitution from the capital’s streets. As of January 2008, prostitutes caught offering their services in Prague…
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Thieves of record half billion crowns on the run
A record theft of 560 million crowns (the equivalent of around 31 million US dollars) took place in Prague on Saturday, the highest sum of money ever stolen in the Czech…
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Swapped baby girls come home to stay
Nikolka and Veronika, two baby girls accidentally swapped at birth, are now back with their biological parents. After an agonizing eight weeks their parents took the…
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Poor accessibility for the disabled still a problem in the Czech Republic
Inaccessibility to public places, the lack of barrier-free public transport, and discrimination at work and schools: these are some of the most frequent problems for…
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Major Zeman unleashed
Some time ago, several Czech newspapers and magazines started including film DVDs in their editions, following the example of various foreign publications.Earlier this…
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