Society
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Belgian coastal town bans Czech sculpture of Saddam Hussein
The massive protests against the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed have rocked the world. Buildings have been burnt down; people have died at demonstrations. At the…
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No business like snow business - industry and commerce after the freeze
Forecasters are finally predicting an end to the freeze that has gripped much of Europe this winter and the Prague climate is expected soon to return to more…
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Czech cardinal sympathises with angry Muslims
The publication of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper has brought violent reactions in some parts of the Muslim world, and heated debate in Europe…
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Mailbox
In this week's Mailbox: Find out the answer to last month's listeners' competition and the name of the lucky winner! We quote from e-mails sent by John Sheppard, Phil…
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"Wedding tourism" - a welcome source of income for municipalities
Most people would probably say that the most romantic city in the world is Paris. But the Czech capital Prague is now also staking its claim, as it is becoming an…
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Age limit on assisted reproduction stirs up controversy
This week the lower house of Parliament passed a bill which would ban assisted reproduction or sperm donation after the age of forty. In a society where second and third…
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Seniors in the classroom
They say we never stop learning. This week three students from Prague's Centre for Life-Long Learning celebrated birthdays over 90—their combined age, an incredible 274…
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"Mafia boss" Berdych and gang appear in court
They're calling it one of the biggest cases in Czech criminal history. Alleged mafia boss David Berdych and 35 members of his gang were marched into a Prague court on…
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Scratch, spit and kick below the belt - all in self defense.
In the first eleven months of 2005, police in the Czech capital Prague, reported about eighty-five attacks on women of different ages. Seventy of them were of a sexual…
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New rector to head Charles University
The Czech Republic's oldest and most prestigious institutions, Charles University, has just welcomed a new rector: 44-year-old Vaclav Hampl, a well-known medical…
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Bublan orders firemen to check hypermarket roofs in wake of Katowice disaster
The shockwaves from the Katowice trade fair disaster are being felt across Europe. There's still some dispute over whether snow was a major factor in the collapse of the…
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Should communist-era injustices be financially compensated?
As the fifty-eighth anniversary of the communist coup in Czechoslovakia nears, survivors of that era are leading an effort to have their story told, and the wrongs they…
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