Society
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Rudolf Slansky: Former Czech diplomat and Communist era dissident dies aged 71
The former Czech diplomat and Communist dissident, Rudolf Slansky junior, passed away on Monday after a serious illness. He was 71. As the son of the famous Czechoslovak…
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Clean up or pay up - Environment Minister gets tough with German neighbours
Clean up or pay up - that was the stark message of Environment Minister Libor Ambrozek to the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Monday, the latest round in a dispute over…
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Czech and Czech Studies at Glasgow University's School of Slavonic Studies
A few miles away from the centre of Glasgow, in the west of the city, is where you will find Glasgow University, a huge campus with around 20,000 students. Our destination…
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Mailbox
In this week's Mailbox: Easter and Bengali New Year greetings; corruption; fridge decoration; Radio Prague's old signature tunes. Listeners quoted: Christopher Lewis, UK…
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Magazine
The woman who lives with fifty rats! The Czech Republic and Jordan are trying to produce a superior breed of sheep and the plant that travels with bodyguards! The Troja…
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Lety pig farm removal on the back-burner
Lety in south Bohemia is once again in the news - after previously promising to buy a pig farm on the site of a concentration camp where over 300 Romanies died during the…
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Czechs becoming more familiar with dogs that help people
Almost everyone knows about seeing-eye dogs. However, many people are unaware that dogs also can be valuable assistants to people with disabilities. Also, most people…
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Czech Centre opens in Prague
Czech Centres are to be found from New York to Moscow, promoting Czech culture and providing a focus for local Czech communities. Now - perhaps surprisingly - a Czech…
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Celtic music benefits Czech children
The Czech Republic today is without a Children's hospice, but a multi-million dollar effort is now underway to change that. Since 1991 The Klicek foundation has sought to…
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MDAC to challenge use of caged beds in Czech institutions in court
The international Mental Disability Advocacy Centre (MDAC) wants to take the Czech Republic to court. The centre, an NGO promoting and protecting the interests of people…
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Czech healthcare system - equal access to services for all the insured?
The preamble of an official publication of the Czech Health Ministry reads: "Czech healthcare is founded on the following principles: solidarity; a high level of autonomy…
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Government's flood prevention plan may involve moving house
Clean up work is underway in many parts of the country following a week of heavy flooding and individual municipalities have started assessing the degree of flood damage…
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