Society
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New Encyclopaedia of Bohemian and Moravian Wine awarded in Paris
Czech winemakers have something to celebrate. Not only is this year an excellent wine season but, for the very first time, the prestigious International Organisation of…
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First Czech Centre in Asia opens in Tokyo
The network of Czech Centres, institutions promoting Czech culture abroad, has once again expanded. A brand new Czech Centre has recently opened in Japan's capital Tokyo…
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Czech antiques exported in the 1990s finding their way back home
On Monday, the fourteenth annual Antiques Trade Fair came to a close in Prague. Some sixty dealers from all over the country offered everything from 19th and 20th century…
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Czech counter-intelligence thwarts North Korean attempts to buy specialized technology
Over the weekend, BIS, the Czech intelligence agency, made a surprising announcement: North Korean agents have made three known attempts to purchase component parts for…
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From the Czech Republic with Love
Bond... James Bond... famous words of introduction: Daniel Craig - the sixth actor to portray Her Majesty's Greatest super spy turned down a request to say them at a press…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: identical entries to our monthly listeners' quizzes, response to last weekend's programmes, Radio Prague on satellite in North America, ticket…
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Magazine
Why are Czechs enjoying less sex than they did under the communist regime? Why is it lethal to let you husband do the washing up? And, an unexpected new challenge for…
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"Secese v Nedbalkach" - women of Prostejov exhibit their early 20th century negligees
The "National Theatre House" in the Moravian town of Prostejov - a centre of the Czech clothes industry - has just put some unusual items on display. The Art Nouveau house…
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Five months of fruitless government talks leave Czechs in a gloomy mood
In one weeks' time Czechs will be marking the 17th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution which toppled the communist regime. Do they still remember what the communist days…
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Hard drug use figures stable but rise in illicit use of heroin substitute
The widespread use of illegal drugs is one of the unwelcome changes brought to the Czech Republic with the fall of communism. The National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and…
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MPs abolish deadline for claims of art objects confiscated from Holocaust victims
In April this year, the Foundation for Holocaust Victims announced that it concluded a compensation programme for Holocaust victims; it had distributed over 4 million…
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The Czech Orthodox Church - a community with a long and rich history in Bohemia and Moravia
Although the Orthodox Church has a relatively small congregation in this country, it has a long and colourful history in the Czech lands. It was the Orthodox Saints Cyril…
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