Society
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StB files made open to public but full accessibility still some way off
The dreaded StB secret police were disbanded on February 15 1990, less than three months after the start of the Velvet Revolution. But only now have the authorities come…
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Forced "reprogramming" of left-handers abandoned 40 years ago
Around 10 percent of people are left-handed. But it wasn't so long ago that those born left-handed were forced to write with their right hands. Life improved substantially…
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Budvar now using same yeast to make beer for over a century
Enjoying a glass of chilled beer one would hardly think of the complex biochemical process that is beer production. The prime ingredients are malt, hops, water and also…
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Do Czechs prefer Valentine's Day to May 1st ?
February 14th is St Valentine's Day, a holiday marked by lovers throughout many parts of the world. On the day, many send cards (as many as one billion by some estimates…
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Mixed results for Czech Republic in UNICEF international child welfare report
The welfare of children in the world's most advanced states is the focus of an extensive report just released by the United Nations children's organisation UNICEF. It uses…
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Children torn between two people, two homelands, two cultures
Six year old Sara Barao is home from Portugal. She arrived as she left - followed at every step by photographers and television crews honing in on a personal tragedy. At…
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Weddings arranged by agencies increasingly popular in Czech Republic
If you have been to a Czech wedding any time in the last few decades, you are probably familiar with the classic format: the same bleak communist-era town hall with an…
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Fifteen years since Czechoslovakia's first official internet connection
Exactly fifteen years ago, on February 13th 1992, the Czech Technical University in Prague hosted a momentous event. At a meeting with university computer science experts…
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Popular singer and former prime minister accused of collaborating with communist-era secret police
Recent days have seen a series of allegations of collaboration with the communist-era secret police. Less than 24 hours after the head of the Czech branch of Interpol was…
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The thwarted lover who took his revenge on Dvorak
For many years, I've been observing a rather unusual phenomenon taking place in Prague. Very likely, there is no other city whose counsellors and citizens hold such…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: the origin of the name of Jan Zizka of Trocnov, Radio Prague jingles, North Korean workers in the Czech Republic, Skoda cars in winter. Listeners…
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Magazine
Not sure how to give birth? It's on the internet! Not feeling well? You need more health insurance cards! And, a black widow arrives unannounced in the Czech Republic…
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