Society
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Czech AIDS statistics -are they too good to be true?
While the spread of AIDS is becoming increasingly difficult to contain in some parts of the world, statistics suggest that the Czech Republic is a fairly sheltered country…
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Media literacy low in Czech Republic, says curator of National Museum exhibition
Zlate casy medii (The Golden Age of Media) is the name of an exhibition which has just opened at the National Museum here in Prague. The museum's biggest exhibition of the…
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Czechs and Slovaks under the same roof
A popular Czech reality show came to grips with reality very unexpectedly indeed last Sunday when the cast and crew were evicted from their Prague villa at dawn by 40…
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Czechs catching up with West, says Ivana Trump on rare visit to Prague
Ivana Trump is one of the best known, and wealthiest, Czechs in the world. A member of Czechoslovakia's skiing team at the beginning of the 1970s, she later became a model…
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Silent Witnesses bring awareness of domestic violence
In the course of the last year ten Czech women have been killed in their homes by violent husbands or partners. Hundreds of others suffer psychological and physical abuse…
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Gorillas star in their own "reality show"
It was only just a few months ago that Czechs were first introduced - some would say subjected to - reality TV. In late summer two new programmes hit the commercial…
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Challenges in the Czech press, 16 years on.
Last Tuesday the American Information Center presented a panel discussion about changes in the Czech Republic in the 16 years since the Velvet Revolution. Emphasis was…
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Prague's Christmas tree begins its journey to the capital
Christmas is drawing close - and in this most Christmasy of countries - one of the first signs of the oncoming season is always the annual ritual of preparing the…
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Prague Transit to introduce new "Porsche" trams
Ask just about anyone who has ever visited Prague what commuting in the capital is like, they'll likely mention the classic red-and-white trams that criss-cross the city…
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New collection "reunites" author Jaroslav Hasek with illustrator Josef Lada
"The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War" is the episodic tale of a Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army whose own apparent stupidity is used to…
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Czech steering towards increased car dependence
Nowadays more and more Czechs are jumping into their cars instead of taking public transport, walking or cycling. A study conducted by the Environmental Research Centre at…
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Czech Radio uncovers long-lost audio from Milada Horakova's trial
The sentencing to death of Czech MP Milada Horakova on trumped up charges of treason at the height of the Stalinist regime in the 1950s will always be one of the most…
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