Society
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STEM's Jan Hartl - fascinated by changing trends in Czech society
2006 is a crucial year for the Czech Republic. In June the country's voters go to the polls in a much-anticipated clash between the ruling Social Democrats and the right…
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Gambling clubs still thriving in Prague despite promises to reduce their number
In the summer of 2004 an explosion ripped through a busy shopping thoroughfare in the centre of Prague. The blast took place outside a casino and was a failed attempt to…
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Two former Stb agents charged with murder from 1957
Sixteen years after the fall of the communism, the crimes of the totalitarian regime are still coming to light. On Wednesday, two former agents of the communist…
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Czech businessman arrested in Brussels on arms trafficking charges
A Czech businessman was arrested at Brussels airport on Thursday on charges of illegally exporting weapons to a number of countries, including Iraq. Dalibor Kopp, who is…
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Brno's Museum of Romany Culture begins to fulfil its dream with a new permanent exhibition
For fifteen years now the Museum of Romany culture in the Czech Republic's second city of Brno has been mapping the rich, but sometimes tragic and often misunderstood…
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New monitoring system to collect data on Roma community
The Czech Republic has a large Roma minority who live very much on the margins of society. But estimating the size of that minority is - and the effectiveness of…
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Pribor begins restoration of Freud's original home
The North Moravian town of Pribor has begun restoring the childhood home of one of its most famous sons, the founder of modern psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. Freud, of…
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Radovan Krejcir: a fugitive businessman in a gilded cage
The Czech Republic has three of its most 'successful' businessmen on the run. The infamous "Pirate of Prague" Viktor Kozeny, wanted by the Czech authorities for absconding…
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Experts express concern over rising levels of consumer debt
There are rising concerns being voiced in the media that Czech households are getting deeper and deeper into debt, and more and more of them are having trouble paying back…
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Pavla Schauerova - on gorillas, reality shows and The Unmasking
2005 was definitely the year for reality TV shows - at one point there were two versions of Big Brother running on rival commercial stations, and acres of coverage was…
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Country cottage mania
Ask a few Czechs where they are likely to be spending the end of the year and many will give you the same answer - at their country cottage. The tradition of country…
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Sidonie Nadherna - a writer's and poet's Bohemian muse
Gazing out of the window of a spacious room in a romantic neo-gothic chateau, I see the image of a woman in a beautiful early twentieth century dress sitting on a bench in…
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