Society
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As number of centenarians grows, state aims to prepare today's children for aging population
The elderly have been making the headlines here in the Czech Republic, with reports that the number of Czech centenarians - that is people aged 100 or older - has risen…
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Czech court rules in first-ever case heard on 'coercive sterilisation' of Roma women
Helena Ferencikova and her husband Jan always wanted to have a girl. But the young Roma couple's simple dream may never be realised, for in October 2001 -- when she was…
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The three year course
Now that it's autumn in Prague and gradually, inevitably the winter will come, I remembered a curious incident that had happened to me the last time the Czech lands were…
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Czech doctors alleged to have made fortune with the illegal sale of skin grafts
Two of the country's leading skin tissue specialists and three other employees from the biggest of the country's eight tissue banks are under police investigation. They…
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Sparrow gunman causes uproar at Tesco supermarket
Imagine the following scene: you are shopping at your local supermarket - wondering what brand of cornflakes you want for breakfast - when you see a man with a gun…
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Fallout continues after murderers escape from Bory prison
The fallout continues from the escape earlier this week of two convicted murderers from Pilsen's Bory prison. The prison's director has already resigned, but two cabinet…
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Jan Kraus - host of phenomenal 'late night' show
This edition of Czechs Today looks at the work of a man known to most movie and theatre-goers and certainly most TV viewers in the Czech Republic: none other than actor…
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Merry Christmas, shoppers!
This year we have had a glorious and mild autumn with few signs of the winter to come. So it seems so much the more strange to see Christmas trees, Santa Claus and…
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Opening debate on the 'regularisation' of illegal workers
The shadow economy of the Czech Republic is thought to employ hundreds of thousands of undocumented workers. They come mainly from Ukraine and Slovakia, Vietnam and Russia…
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Interior Ministry announces proposals to change asylum system
The Czech Interior Ministry has announced plans for changes to the country's asylum system, to reflect a fall in the number of refugees arriving in the Czech Republic each…
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City Hall pledges to "clean up" Czech capital with zero tolerance policy
This week we look at what Prague residents say to City Hall's new pledge to clean up the city centre with a zero tolerance policy. And one of the places that Prague Mayor…
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The 7th of November - the story of a forgotten holiday
November 7th had a very special place in the calendar of communist Czechoslovakia. Preparations started well in advance to mark the Soviet National Holiday, which was the…
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