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Wide range of events in store for Czechs this weekend as 30-year anniversary of Velvet Revolution…
The 30-year anniversary of the Velvet Revolution culminates this Sunday, November 17. Aside from official state tributes, a wide range of commemorative events, including…
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Leading figures of 1989 discuss revolutions and their heritage in Central Europe at Czech Radio…
Czech Radio marked the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution on Monday with an international conference on the fall of communism in Central Europe and the…
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Dialogue: a collection of interviews with artists from three post-communist states about the past…
One of the many undertakings commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the return of democracy to this country is a collection of interviews, quotes…
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Wine and goose on offer as Czechs start celebrating St. Martin’s Day early
On Friday people all around the Czech Republic began celebrating Saint Martin’s Day, which falls on November 11. According to a Czech proverb, it is the day which brings…
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15 years later – was ending military service right move for Czech Republic?
On November 4, 2004 the Czech Senate approved legislation to end compulsory military service in the Czech Republic. It led to the full professionalization of the armed…
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Czech Authorities Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy
There are new warnings about a possible outbreak of measles in European countries including Czechia. Despite repeated warnings by the World Health Organization and…
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Polná na Šumavě: independent life in a former Czech military zone
Before the Velvet Revolution, the picturesque southern Bohemian village of Polná na Šumavě, like others within the 22,000 hectares comprising the Boletice military…
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Forgotten Czech net bag makes a comeback
Czechs are known around the world for a number of inventions, such as soft contact lenses or the Semtex plastic explosive. But not many know that they also invented the so…
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Headmasters at Czech schools most overburdened by administration in EU, study shows
Underpaid and swarmed with paperwork, headmasters at Czech schools do not have it easy. At least according to a new study published by CERGE-EI, the Economics Institute of…
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Study: Czech children more active than their peers
Czech children are more active than their peers in other parts of the world when it comes to spending their free time, suggests an international study carried out by…
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Czechs celebrate Czechoslovak Independence Day on October 28
October 28 is a public holiday in the Czech Republic as Czechs celebrate the birth of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918. Events are held around the country to mark the…
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Czech firm helping to address drinking water problems in Peru
In 2018 the company Photon Water Technology secured a grant from the Czech Development Agency for a project to install water-cleaning facilities in small and medium-sized…
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