Society
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A drug subsitute becomes an addiction
Subutex is an opiate narcotic which doctors frequently prescribe to help heroin addicts kick their habit. But here in the Czech Republic, some addicts have discovered ways…
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Parents given prison sentences for letting children play truant
A district court in the Moravian town of Breclav has passed an unprecedented verdict. It sent a mother and father to prison for allowing their three children to skive off…
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Dr Josef Skala - "private Marxist" with different view of life pre-1989
There's been a lot of talk in recent weeks of "coming to terms" with the legacy of the communist regime, as Czechs mark the 17th anniversary of the start of the Velvet…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: Bouncing e-mails once again, reception quality in India, anniversary of Velvet Revolution, a listener's experience from Prague trip. Listeners quoted…
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Magazine
The Czech Republic boasts the only stone guitar in the world. Czech fashion designers fight for a place in the sun. And -why have Czechs sent a barrel of their best beer…
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Americans give thanks at ex-pat celebrations around Prague
In the United States, Thanksgiving - one of the nation's most important holidays - is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Prague this year, numerous…
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Czechs rank first among Europe's consumers of cannabis
A new annual report released by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, the EMCDDA, includes some shocking statistics. In the Czech Republic, 22…
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Prague's National Museum to include former RFE building
Many visitors to Prague will easily recall the capital's National Museum - the neo-Renaissance building that crowns the top of Wenceslas Square. Over a hundred years old…
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Little-known Czechoslovak LSD tests subject of new research
LSD is usually associated with the hippy "flower power" era in the West in the late 1960s. But few people know that thousands of tests involving the psychedelic drug were…
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Paternosters lift Czech bodies and spirits
When it comes to moving between floors in Prague's taller buildings, there are more options than just elevators, escalators, and the stairs. The paternoster, an unusual…
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Is democracy under threat in central Europe?
The year 2006 will go down as a year marked by political instability in central Europe's post-Communist states. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have all…
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Christmas tree for Prague on its way
Although in most of the country there is no sign of snow, which is typically associated with Christmas in this part of the world, Christmas preparations have started in…
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