Society
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Temelin Nuclear Power Plant
It is mostly because of disagreements with the Czech Republic's fiercely anti-nuclear neighbour Austria that the South Bohemian nuclear power plant Temelin is so often…
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Over seventy-five Czech towns take part in European Week of Mobility
Hundreds of cities and towns from all over Europe, including the Czech Republic, have joined the sixth European Week of Mobility, which takes place from the 16th to the…
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Government agency to fight problem of discrimination, ghettos in Czech towns
The government has announced plans to found an agency aimed at fighting discrimination and social exclusion of minorities, especially the Roma, in Czech towns. The…
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Czech GPs go on strike to get higher payments from health insurance companies
Most general practitioners in the Czech Republic kept their surgeries closed on Wednesday as doctors went on strike to make sure their voices are heard. At the moment…
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Devil's Bible goes on display in Prague after three century absence
The largest historical book in the world is to go on show at Prague's Klementinum Gallery on Wednesday. Known as the 'Devil's Bible', it was written in what is now the…
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One hundred years of Czech at the University of Nebraska
All of this week, the University of Nebraska is celebrating 100 years of Czech teaching on campus. The language course was set up by Nebraska's large expatriate Czech…
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Legacy of Karel Havlicek Borovsky: Havlickuv Brod and Brixen become twin towns
While the personality of Karel Havlicek Borovsky, a 19th century Czech journalist, writer and politician, is little known outside the country, perhaps every Czech…
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Mercedes Dietrichstein: There were no princesses in the Third Reich
Princess Mercedes Dietrichstein comes from one of the richest and most powerful Moravian aristocratic families that, in the 16th century, settled in the town of Mikulov…
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Art theft to order in the Czech Republic
In recent weeks, two high-profile cases of art theft have struck the Czech Republic. Both homegrown talent Jiri David and the Zimbabwean artist Gladios Mohumba have fallen…
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Jehan Harney - documenting the involuntary sterilization of Romany women
Jehan Harney is a journalist and filmmaker of Egyptian-American extraction. Over the last year, she has lived in Prague and taught journalism at the city's New Anglo…
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Mailbox
Today we bring you an interview with Radio Prague's listener Costas Constantinides from Cyprus. We also speak about the legendary Czech-born tennis player Ivan Lendl and…
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A Short Cut to Mushrooms
Back when I was in my early teens one of my favourite books was J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which I must have read at least a dozen times. Along with more…
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