Society
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Deputy PM facing mounting pressure to step down
It was clear from the moment he entered high politics that the former mayor of the town of Vsetin, Jiri Cunek, was a controversial politician. After he achieved nationwide…
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EASTER SPECIAL
Radio Prague's special Easter programme focuses on the music of Czech composer and conductor Jaroslav Krcek, who has arranged and recorded a number of traditional folk…
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Are the Deputy Prime Minister's offensive remarks about the Roma influencing ordinary citizens?
The little village of Dolni Nemci, close to the town of Uherske Hradiste in Moravia, has a new hero. His name is Jan Riha - a pensioner who asked a question that triggered…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: We look at where you can get a good Czech version of Bedrich Smetana's Ma Vlast. Mr Topolanek's less than civil behaviour has also drawn your ire and…
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Magazine
Is crawling along a rope over a highway really such a good idea? Czech kids spot squirrels in the Czech capital. A Czech MTB rider wins one of the world's toughest races…
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Ladislav Rychman, director of legendary Czech film musical, dies aged 84
The sad news was announced earlier this week that film director Ladislav Rychman had died at age 84 leaving behind a rich film and TV legacy. Rychman's best-known work is…
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Young director to bring story of Milada Horakova to silver screen
In this week's Arts, one of Czechoslovakia's most infamous communist show trials could be about to become a Hollywood blockbuster. We talk to a young Czech film producer…
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Violence among the young:a growing problem in Czech society
The news that two twelve year old girls attempted to commit suicide late last year because of class bullying sent shockwaves across the country and once again highlighted…
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Civic society activists gather in Prague for "NGO Market"
Dozens of non-governmental organisations from both the Czech Republic and abroad gathered in Prague on Wednesday for an annual NGO market. The event, which was open to the…
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Castles and chateaux battling new Labour Code
Visitors to the country's numerous chateaux and castles this summer may be in for a big surprise. They may not have a tour guide at all or one who has just learned about…
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US chain Starbucks to enter booming Czech café market
Not so long ago, if you wanted to grab a coffee in Prague or any other Czech city you could only really do so at a rather grim old-fashioned café or restaurant but now…
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WWII war hero, RAF pilot Antonin Spacek dies at 89
One of the country's greatest Second World War heroes, RAF pilot Antonin Spacek has died at the age of eighty-nine. We look at the life of a man who spent his life serving…
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