Society
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Bizarre announcements intended to remind young Czechs of fate of Jews
In 80 locations around Prague posters have just appeared announcing bizarre regulations curtailing the liberty of evidently randomly chosen sections of society, such as…
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Landmark ruling on discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation
Forty-three year old Lech Sydor from eastern Moravia was promised a job as a masseur in a rehabilitation centre. When the centre's management found out that he was gay, it…
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Strasbourg court begins appeal in case of Roma children sent to special schools
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has begun hearing an appeal in the case of 18 Romany children from Ostrava, whose parents claim their…
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New road tolls in CR: Do the drawbacks outweigh the benefits?
Given the Czech Republic's location in the heart of Europe, it has always been a major transit point for business. Naturally, the volume of traffic going through the Czech…
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Jan Palach's suicide remembered 38 years on
Tuesday marks the 38th anniversary of the self-immolation of Jan Palach, the young student whose suicide transformed him into a symbol of Czechoslovak resistance following…
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Berdych gang members land 118 years in prison
Sentences were handed down on Monday in what has been described as one of the biggest cases of organised crime in the Czech Republic, that of the so-called Berdych gang…
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Jilted wife barred from official events after failing to support PM over confidence vote
This is make or break week for Mirek Topolánek, who says he will step down as Civic Democrat chairman if his coalition fails a vote of confidence on Friday. But it is the…
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Mailbox
In Mailbox this week we talk about QSL cards and what to do to get one. We find out how many letters were delivered to Radio Prague in 2006 and we also meet two new voices…
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British battered wives? No, just nip-and-tuck tourists
Around a month ago I was sitting in a café on Manesova Street, near the centre of Prague, when in walked a small blonde woman of about 40 and sat down at the table beside…
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Magazine
The pro-monarch's league says it wants Prince Charles to be king of the Czech Republic. Preparing to bare all for the sake of art? Find out how your employer feels about…
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Club 007 - popular alternative music venue faces closure
In many ways, the 007 music club is a unique piece of Prague's cultural heritage. Situated in block seven of a row of concrete panelled buildings, which comprised the…
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Business News
Coming up in this week's business news, a fourth mobile operator for the Czech Republic? Czechs emerge unscathed from Russia's spat with Belarus over oil supplies…
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