Society
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The sweet life of Josef Maršálek – from Harrod’s pastry chef to ‘Great Czech Bake Off’ judge
Josef Maršálek was born in a tiny Moravian village where half the residents were his direct relatives – and the nearest shop, let alone patisserie, was beyond walking…
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Prague tops post-communist capitals in Mercer quality of living survey
For the tenth year in a row, the Austrian capital has topped the global rankings of the “Quality of Living” index compiled by the US consultancy Mercer. For a third year…
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One in six Czech 30-somethings likely to remain childless
The number of childless women in the Czech Republic continues to increase. While in the 1970s and 80s, only five to seven percent of women living in then communist…
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Jam Session in Zanzibar
Daniela Mauleon Davidova is one of the many Czech entrepreneurs who have decided to set up a business far from home. Her start-up, making fair trade jams in Tanzania, is…
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Train wreck: Czech Railways calls emergency meeting after spate of accidents, ‘incidents’
Czech Railways management are holding an emergency meeting Wednesday in the wake of back-to-back train collisions and a steep rise in reported accidents and ‘incidents’ –…
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From pen and paper games to multi-million selling titles – the story of the Czech video game…
Just this month, Warhorse Studios, one of the country’s most successful videogame studios, was bought by a foreign investor in a CZK 850 million deal. It is the successful…
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Measles outbreak in Czech Republic as vaccination rate drops below protective threshold
The World Health Organization is ringing alarm bells as an increasing number of European countries, including the Czech Republic are fighting an outbreak of measles…
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Masopust – a carnivalesque, moveable feast before the fast
“Masopust”, the time of carnivals which historically ended on Ash Wednesday, is the oldest continuous holiday feast in the Czech lands. In terms of cultural memory, it is…
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Man who received 10-year jail sentence proves his innocence
Czech Radio‘s flagship station, Radiožurnál, has reported on a chilling story of judicial error. In 2017 Michal Šnajdr was sentenced to 10 years in jail for planning the…
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Guess who’s coming to dinner? LGBTQ couple could win Christian Democrats’ marriage contest
In celebration of “National Marriage Week”, the Christian Democrats have organised a contest inviting married couples to post captioned photos of themselves on the party’s…
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The old tradition of pig-slaughter feasts still observed around the country
If you visit the Czech countryside at the start of the year you are likely to receive an invitation to attend a "zabijačka"– in other words a pig-slaughter feast; a…
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Czech colleague: Slovakia “going in right direction” year after Kuciak’s murder
Thursday is the first anniversary of the shocking murder of Ján Kuciak, a young Slovak journalist who was gunned down with his fiancée. One year on rallies in the couple’s…
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