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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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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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