Society
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Motorway connecting CR and Germany finally completed
On Friday, Central and Eastern Europe's motorways were connected for the first time to the Western European motorway grid. On the exact spot where the Iron Curtain stood…
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Articulating a vision: Vaclav Havel at 70
Vaclav Havel, one of contemporary central Europe's best-known intellectuals is 70 years old. He was born on October 5th, 1936. A week of honours and celebrations in Prague…
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Remembering Frantisek Fajtl, legendary fighter pilot
Many Czechs were saddened to learn on Wednesday that Frantisek Fajtl, one of the country's most respected and famous WW II-era fighter pilots had died in Prague at the age…
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Vaclav Havel celebrates 70th birthday with hundreds of friends
The country's first post-communist president Vaclav Havel celebrates his 70th birthday on Thursday, so this week he invited a few friends round to eat, drink and be merry…
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Journalism fellowship program named for Milena Jesenska
Milena Jesenska, a Czech writer and translator, died in a Nazi death camp in May 1944. Many know her name because Franz Kafka published a book dedicated to her entitled …
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Psychologist: Attitude of politicians and poor enforcement behind rise in road fatalities
The past weekend saw as many as 16 people die in car accidents across the Czech Republic. Ninety people were killed in traffic accidents throughout September, which along…
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Is there a twenty-first century samizdat?
A recent four-day conference in Vienna devoted to the theme of samizdat and tamizdat networks in central Europe brought together scholars, journalists, and members of the…
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Young Wine an Old Custom
A few weeks ago, the word burcak began to appear in the windows of pubs and bars across the Czech Republic. It's the Czech word for young wine. But what does it taste like…
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Loophole allows illegal billions to be stashed away in bank accounts
The country's leading financial daily Hospodarske noviny reported on Monday on a legal loophole which police believe is allowing people to deposit billions of crowns in…
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Miss Czech Republic takes Miss World crown
Heightened anti-terrorist measures, a wiretapping scandal and an uncertain political situation - the news from the Czech Republic is pretty glum these days but over the…
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Gerhardt Bubnik - the first Czech to graduate from Harvard
Gerhardt Bubnik is a successful attorney, a former international figure ice-skating referee and a highly respected professional. Despite all his achievements in both law…
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Snakes in the metro
The incident happened in Prague's metro system, on the 'C' line. To be more specific, when the news hit the wires one Monday morning earlier this month, HE was already out…
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