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Road rage
"That's where the new Uvaly by-pass will be," said the Mayor. I'd gone to see her to find out who owned the charming little woodland, stream and giant oak tree that the…
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Eva Jiricna: taming steel, glass and stone to create lightness and space
If you want to give someone a really stylish Christmas present that gives you a taste of the very best of Czech design, then I think I have just the thing for you. A…
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Discontent on streets as Czechs remember November 17th 1989
Czechs and Slovaks marked the 16th anniversary of the start of the 1989 Velvet Revolution on Thursday, a time when people remember the overthrow of Communist rule and…
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Barbara Masin tells the story of her family's fight against dictatorship
"The greatest story of the Cold War" - that's how the story of the Masin brothers who shot their way out of Czechoslovakia in the 1950s is often described. The sons of a…
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Sixteen years after Velvet Revolution few communist relics remain
Sixteen years ago this week 40 years of communism in Czechoslovakia dramatically came to an end, rapidly dismantled by massive public protests in the city streets. Almost…
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2005 a fine year for Czech wine
When it comes to alcoholic beverages Czechs are famous for their beer and beer-drinking - but increasingly every year Czechs can boast better and better wines produced in…
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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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