Society
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Czech literary legend Bohumil Hrabal died 10 years ago
Saturday is the tenth anniversary of the death of acclaimed Czech author Bohumil Hrabal. Although he published his first major work well into his forties, Hrabal soon…
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New Milos Forman film sees Prague premiere and other Arts news
In today's Arts: a look at Milos Forman's new film Goya's Ghosts, starring Natalie Portman and Xavier Bardem. (A gala premiere was held in Prague this week). Also, a new…
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Floating shelter opened for Prague's homeless population
In the Communist era, it was illegal in this country not to have a place to live. All this has changed in the 16 years since the Velvet Revolution, however, and there are…
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Catholic Church to screen priests for collaboration with StB
Thousands of public officials have had their pasts scrutinised under a lustration or screening law adopted two years after the fall of communism. It aims to stop former…
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Prague to open its technological heritage to tourists
Have you been to Prague a few times and think you've seen it all but you would still like to return? Then you are one of those people that the Prague authorities had in…
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2006 sees highest rise in new HIV cases since 1985
The number of people infected with the HIV virus in the Czech Republic increased significantly last year. According to the National Reference Laboratory for AIDS, 2006 saw…
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Proposed new law aims to limit risks of passive smoking
This week has been a good one for Czech anti-smoking campaigners. On Tuesday the High Court in Brno supported a lawsuit taken by one tenant in an apartment building to ban…
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Brno capitulates in dispute over Villa Tugendhat
The city of Brno has relented. Brno's city council yesterday approved a plan to return the Villa Tugendhat, a UNESCO landmark, to the children of the original owners. The…
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"Alarming" number of gambling addicts raises questions over liberal gaming laws
There are around 130 casinos in the Czech Republic. Alongside them, there are hundreds more arcades known as herna - gaming - bars. In fact, there are over 50,000 slot…
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Traditional Czech wood for musical instruments in short supply
The deep forests of the Sumava Mountains in South Bohemia used to abound in spruce trees whose wood was of such high quality that it was used for the production of musical…
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US scientist using Prague records to study probability of record temperature events
The subject of global warming seems to be rarely out of the news these days, with even George Bush - known to critics as the "Toxic Texan" - talking of "the serious…
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Vltava River to get two "new" islands
In 2002, the Prague district of Karlin was one of the worst-affected by flooding on the Vltava river. Restoration of damaged buildings continues to this day, but Prague…
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