Society
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Prague Daily Monitor news site relaunched with added original content
For four years now, the Prague Daily Monitor has been gathering news in English about the Czech Republic on one useful website. It groups stories thematically, with…
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Child porn consumers safe from prosecution in the Czech Republic
Austrian police this week busted a huge international pornography network involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries. Sixty-three Czechs were among those who…
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Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat: our Villa was stolen and now has to be returned
The Villa Tugendhat, a functionalist family home designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is the Czech Republic's only 20th century UNESCO site. The city of Brno is…
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Tick-borne encephalitis cases rise sharply in Czech Republic
Specialists have revealed that there was a sharp rise in the incidence in tick-borne encephalitis, or TBE, in the Czech Republic last year. Some 1000 people contracted the…
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Brno City Hall protests as valuable Tugendhat Villa statue is sold to foreign collector
A statue by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, which used to stand in the functionalist Tugendhat Villa in the Moravian capital of Brno, was sold to an anonymous bidder for one million…
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What is keeping children in orphanages when so many people want to adopt?
The decision to adopt a child is a big choice for a couple to make and once they have agreed on it they are usually eager to bring their new baby or child home. However…
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Controversial football boss released on bail
Last November saw the dramatic arrest of controversial football boss Jaroslav Starka, in one of the most high-profile police operations the country has seen in recent…
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Music composer's suicide fills psychiatric wards
Crowds thronged Prague's Strasnice crematorium on Tuesday to pay their last respects to the composer Karel Svoboda, who committed suicide last week. The sudden death of…
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"Twenty-first century slaves" to return to North Korea this year
There are hundreds of North Korean women working in the Czech Republic under a system in which half of the money they earn is said to go straight to Pyongyang. They have…
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Niall Keyes - managing director of recruitment agency with branches around region
Irishman Niall Keyes is the managing director of Grafton Recruitment and is responsible for the agency's activities across the central and eastern European region. After…
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New Ministry of Labour booklet advises foreigners on how to behave in Czech society
Any foreigner who has lived in the Czech Republic can tell you stories of how difficult it is to truly assimilate with the local population. No matter how well you learn…
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Romania or Romany? There's a tiny chance your GPS system could lead you astray. Czech drivers will soon get the first ever highway chapel in the Czech Republic - but will…
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