Society
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Two Roma activists to receive Charter 77’s František Kriegel Award
Roma activists David Tišer and Karel Karika are this year’s recipients of the František Kriegel award in recognition of civic courage handed out by the Charter 77…
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Special program fosters export of Czech medical aid and products around the world
Czech doctors and medical experts are helping abroad. Within the government program MEDEVAC they provide urgent humanitarian aid in countries such as Jordan and Ukraine…
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Indiana Jones vs. the Communist police: Jaroslav Švelch on underground computer games in 1980s…
Despite the great difficulty of acquiring computers in 1980s Czechoslovakia, amateur enthusiasts still managed to do so – and produced hundreds of computer games, some of…
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Czech government proposes crackdown on conditions at “puppy farms”, animal cruelty
Animals, like human beings, are sentient, living beings capable of experiencing various degrees of pain and emotional suffering, and hence deserve our attention, care and…
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Czech-US start up aims to help millions of people with poor vision
An estimated 2.5 billion people around the world suffer from poor vision and over one billion people, mostly in the developing world, can’t afford glasses or don’t have…
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Making a difference with Bwindi Coffee
Kateřina and Emmanuelle Chauveau are an enterprising couple who fell in love with Uganda and started helping orphans in Bwindi. In order to support their charity project…
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Rainbow Map of Europe shows relative position of sexual minorities worsening in Czechia
The latest Rainbow Map, a comprehensive evaluation of 49 European countries according to their attitude towards sexual minorities ranks the Czech Republic in 31st place –…
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Surrogate pregnancies on rise in Czech Republic
An increasing number of Czech couples who cannot have a child of their own are seeking the help of surrogate mothers. However, there is currently no legislation in the…
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Anna Thu Nguyenová – The Czech-Vietnamese one-time child actress now thriving in Californian start…
Today Anna Thu Nguyenová is based in California, where she works with technology start-ups. But the young Czech-Vietnamese woman is familiar to many here in her native…
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Three-day Liberation Festival culminates in Plzeň
Celebrations marking the liberation of Plzeň by General Patton’s Army on May 6th 1945 took place in the West Bohemian city at the weekend. Despite the cold, thousands of…
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Police: Cultural gaps and language barrier make uncovering Vietnamese drug gangs hard
The majority of the methamphetamine seized by the Czech police last year was produced by Vietnamese crime gangs. Indeed, almost 70 percent of the illegal drug impounded…
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Czech entrepreneurs bring home the world’s best pepper from Kampot
Kampot Pepper, a gourmet pepper sought after by chefs around the world, comes from Kampot province on the south coast of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Klara Dohnalova and David…
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