Society
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Hammer and sickle dispute acquires international dimension
An ongoing dispute over whether the communist hammer and sickle symbols belong on a wartime memorial to Russian soldiers who died during the liberation of Brno at the end…
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Business news
In Business News: the government has distributed 700 million crowns to finance EU presidency preparations, Czech companies are hoping to contribute to the modernisation of…
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Czechs "effortlessly musical", says conductor Kerry Stratton
The Canadian conductor Kerry Stratton has worked with several leading Czech orchestras and made numerous recordings of Czech classical music. He was recently honoured for…
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Valuable Czech documents added to UNESCO Memory of the World list
What do the following have in common? An Australian film from 1906 called "The Story of the Kelly Gang". The South African court papers from case No. 253/1963 against …
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Bird flu resurfaces in eastern Bohemia
Farming cooperatives and poultry smallholders are on high alert in eastern Bohemia after a second outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in the Orlicko region. Strict measures…
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Pop singer to fight allegation he collaborated with StB
Well-known pop singer Vaclav Neckar, (who many will remember as the ill-fated 'Milos' in the Czech film Closely Watched Trains), has indicated he intends to fight an…
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Owners of privatised companies may start worrying as Prague court sets precedent in restitution…
The Prague City Court has made a ruling that could set a precedent in restitution battles. It has become the first court in the country to order compensation for…
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Ostrava-born Israeli man thanked for life-long dedication to furthering mutual relations
Chanan Rozen, who is in his late 80s, was the oldest person honoured last week at the Czech Foreign Ministry's annual Gratias Agit awards for promoting the good name of…
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Prague court overturns 1947 verdict against "shoe king" Jan Antonin Bata
Prague's Municipal Court reopened a controversial post-war court case on Monday when it overturned a 60-year-old verdict against one of the founders of the Bata shoe…
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Glen Emery - one of the architects of Prague's "left bank of the 1990s" whose bar inspired Nick Cave
My guest for One on One this week is Canadian native Glen Emery, who was one of the first foreign entrepreneurs to begin operating in the Prague pub trade shortly after…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: A Foreign Ministry award for the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center, looking for a song title, Renee Zellweger at the Karlovy Vary Film…
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Let's hope idea of reviving Charles Bridge toll remains just that
In just a couple of weeks' time, Charles Bridge - without doubt one of the greatest symbols of Prague - will be the centre of celebrations. On July 9 it will be exactly…
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