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Business News
In Business News this week: the Chamber of Deputies passes an extensive public finance reform bill; Czech banks say the reforms will mean more expensive mortgages; the…
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Inconspicuous plastic toy that has made it to the National Museum
The Czech National Museum has decided to enrich their collection with the addition of cecka - little plastic hooks in the shape of the letter C, which could be linked up…
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New plans for Terezin highlight the history of the former World War II ghetto
A plan to turn the former World War II ghetto of Terezin into a university town along the lines of Oxford or Cambridge has been abandoned. Six years after the idea was…
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How much is piracy costing the Czech Republic?
As in many parts of the world, The Simpsons Movie has been a huge hit here in the Czech Republic. On its first weekend, it shot straight to the top of the box-office chart…
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Czech bullet-proof vests found protecting Iraqi insurgents
Coalition forces in Iraq have come across insurgents wearing Czech-made bullet-proof vests. American authorities suspected that illegal shipments of military equipment…
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Charles Bridge gets a facelift
Repair work has started on Prague's most famous landmark Charles Bridge - which recently celebrated its 650th anniversary. The bridge was last repaired in the second half…
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Michael Hugo Rosak - organiser, and beneficiary, of student exchange programme
At only 25, Michael Hugo Rosak may seem rather young to run the Czech branch of an international NGO. But Michael is well-qualified to head the Prague office of AFS…
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Prague Spring of 1968: a time of expectations
The second half of the 1960s in Czechoslovakia was a time of change. Things were happening that had not been seen, or even heard of, for almost two decades, since the…
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Fate of reforms uncertain ahead of crucial vote in Parliament
The centre-right Czech government is holding intensive last-minute negotiations to secure support for a fiscal reform package that the prime minister has staked his…
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Letter from Prague
Journalism has plenty of perks- free meals, free rides, meeting interesting people and "being where the action is" as they say. Some time ago I went to interview an elite…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: problems with accessing Radio Prague's website, weather extremes in the Czech Republic, Radio Prague podcast service, the fifty-heller coin…
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Magazine
Hitting your mayor over the head with a microphone is not a good idea - but a Czech woman has just got away with it. What are vultures doing in the Czech Republic? And, it…
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