Society
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Churches around Old Town Square hold "open day" event
On Monday organisers from different Christian denominations in Prague held an open-door event at a number of important Prague churches in and around Prague's Old Town…
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Peace activists slam decision to host US anti-missile radar station
Formal talks between the United States and the Czech Republic will begin soon on placing part of America's Missile Defence Shield on Czech territory. The Czech Republic…
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Czech forests recording worst damage in fifteen years
Foresters around the country are busy clearing the damage of last week's gale force winds. The extent of the devastation is still being assessed but latest estimates say…
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Czechs eye "medical tourism" as a way to solve what ails healthcare
In a Prague suburb full of timeworn old villas, one house stands out like a robin's egg in a nest of straw. It is even painted blue. This is the Alfadent clinic, a private…
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Romanian IT consultant Silviu Dascal sees Czech Republic as stepping stone
The Czech Republic is one of half a dozen or so EU countries that has given citizens of the Union's two newest members - Romania and Bulgaria - unfettered access to its…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: Where and how you listen to Radio Prague, looking for a long-lost record, the events of 1989 in Czech Radio. Listeners quoted: Ralph Sorrentino, Charles…
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How warm winters saved the communist regime from collapsing earlier
A temperature record after temperature record is being broken this week. Looking out of the window, one would hardly guess it is the middle of January, supposedly the…
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Magazine
A "communist-style" evening at the pub - what's so good about it? A Czech farmer harvests his cabbage field in January. And, the man who advised Oscar winning film…
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Storm ravages Czech Republic and neighbouring countries
High winds battered the Czech Republic Thursday evening and Friday morning, damaging buildings, interrupting traffic, and taking at least four lives. It was part of a…
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Czechs are the first to make charitable gifts by text message
Like most small nations, Czechs are proud of their inventions. Pilsner beer, the word "robot" and even the soft contact lens are some of the contributions made to world…
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Multi-media event marks 100th anniversary of first wireless voice transmission
Prague's Roxy club was the venue on Wednesday evening for the Czech part of an annual event entitled Art's Birthday (as in the birthday of art). This year's theme was the…
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Drug prevention centres warn EU directive could spread infectious diseases among drug users
Up to 30,000 people in this country of ten million are believed to be addicted to hard drugs. Until recently, drop-in centres in the Czech Republic tested drug users for…
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