Society
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Czech Women's Lobby tries to give International Women's Day new meaning
March 8th is International Women's Day but there's little to show for it in the Czech Republic. Most Czechs' memories of International Women's Day are restricted to folk…
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Slim hope for attempt to toughen up toothless anti-smoking legislation
Toughening up the Czech Republic's rather toothless anti-smoking legislation is back on the agenda this week, but those hoping for a strict ban along the lines of Italy or…
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The far-right extremist movement
The Prague metro - this is where I would most probably have become just another statistic if I - trapped with four neo-Nazis - hadn't escaped a split second before the…
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Czech wine company produces labels with Braille text
Studying wine labels can be a daunting business if you are not a connoisseur and if you spend hours making up your mind what to select from your local wine-shop think how…
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Will planned increase in speed limit lead to problems on Czech motorways?
Most European countries seem to agree on a speed limit of 130 km/hour or less on their motorways. The Czech Republic, however, may soon become the only country in Europe…
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Catholic Church, Prague Castle administration discuss handing over of St Vitus Cathedral
As we reported last month, the Supreme Court cancelled all previous rulings by lower courts that ordered the Czech state to hand over Prague's St Vitus Cathedral to the…
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Big changes planned as Prague's Holesovice market goes upmarket
Holesovice market is the largest in Prague and attracts 12 million visitors a year. Fruit and vegetable stalls are perhaps its biggest draw, though it also features some…
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Volunteers work on history trail through Prague's largest cemetery
Prague's Olsanske cemetery is by far the largest graveyard in the city. It is the final resting place of over a million people, including many of the leading figures of…
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New group wants "rockets not radars" - but are they serious?
There has been a great deal of talk in the last couple of months about US plans to build part of its anti-missile defence shield - a radar - here in the Czech Republic…
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Foreign investors expected to put millions into new four- and five-star hotels
A recent headline in the Czech newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes put it succinctly: "More hotels than streets" indicating the number of hotels in Prague 1. Shortly afterwards…
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National Library to have new building by Jan Kaplicky
Prague is famous for its mix of architectural styles, and you can sometimes meet centuries of different architecture in just one street. The city is not particularly well…
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Adam Daniel Mezei and a vision of Prague seceding from rogue Czech state
Rob Cameron's guest in this week's One on One is the young author and screenwriter Adam Daniel Mezei. Son of a Slovak father (from Kosice) and a Russian mother who was…
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