Society
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Czechs and Faust: A continuing affair
The story of Faust, the doctor who makes a pact with the devil in his pursuit of knowledge, has captured the imagination of some of the great Czech dramatists. In 1985…
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A new season begins for Czech mushroom-pickers
Twenty-six million kilograms of mushrooms - that's how much Czechs picked in the forests across the country in 2006. According to a survey carried out by the University of…
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New verdict on police brutality case
On Thursday a regional court sentenced a former police officer to three years in prison for having beaten to death an aggressive drunk driver. The highly publicized case…
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Six charged in organ trafficking case at Brno hospital
Between 2003 and 2004, five employees of the tissue bank at the Brno-Bohunice hospital, together with one outsider, sold 7 million crowns worth of skin graft to a Dutch…
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Biking in the Jizera Mountains with cycling champion Jan Kopka
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview extreme mountain biker Jan Kopka for Radio Prague's Czechs Today [25.04.2007], only weeks after the rider had won the…
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Tales of the riverbank: Prague's newly-renovated waterside walkway
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the devastating 2002 floods here in Prague. Since the deluge, billions of crowns have gone into repairing the damage wrought by…
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Church funding proposal raises ire
Minister Cyril Svoboda, of the Christian Democrats, has come up with a proposal which should improve the funding of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. According to…
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Pub U Zlateho Tygra serving great and good (and regular Joes) for over 150 years
Pivnice U Zlateho Tygra, At the Golden Tiger, is a name that resonates with all Czech beer lovers. Located on Husova Street in Prague's Old Town, it is one of the oldest…
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Czechs spend increasing amount of money on flowers
Gone are the days when the only thing you could get at a Czech flower shop were a few wilting carnations. Nowadays, you can find a florist at every corner, packed with…
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Five years on: the legacy of the worst floods in modern day history
It is exactly five years ago that the Czech Republic was hit by devastating floods: the worst in the country's history. Within a matter of hours fifty thousand people were…
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Three more Czech fathers take their case to Strasbourg
Three Czech fathers seeking joint-custody of their children are taking their cases to Strasbourg. They form the fifth-wave of parents who, unhappy with the ruling of a…
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Amendment could introduce tougher fine for sale of alcohol to minors
The World Health Organisation recently released the results of a study revealing the consumption of alcohol among under-aged youths in the Czech Republic was all too…
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