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Prague City Hall to dim streetlights in some areas within cost-cutting measures
Prague City Hall has announced plans to reduce electricity costs by dimming streetlights in some parts of the capital.
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Thirty years later, was voucher privatisation a good decision?
The government scheme made it possible for any Czech adult citizen to buy a “voucher book” that contained shares in a range of state enterprises. But was it fair?
Foreign policy
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Real estate used by Russian Embassy reviewed amid concerns over illegal practices
The Czech Foreign Ministry wants to look into how the Russian Embassy is using the vast number of propoerties it received for diplomatic purposes during the communist era.
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Expert: PM’s goal of 2 percent defence spending by 2024 “not realistic”
PM Petr Fiala says that the Czech Republic now aims to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defence by 2024, but this is not realistic according to defence analyst Matúš Halás.
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Milan Reindl: the only Czech designer for LEGO
Milan Reindl, a former English teacher from a small town of Sušice, is the only Czech working as a model designer at the Danish toy giant LEGO.
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Second Effective Altruism conference held in Prague
Most people have not heard of the Effective Altruism movement. But it is gaining increasing visibility, and not only in the Anglophone world – it is also active in Czechia.
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NGO boss: Only Roma refugees are subjected to long procedures
The authorities are now making a second tent city in Prague for Ukrainian refugees of Roma origin, many also citizens of Hungary, who have been camping at the Main Station.
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Most Ukrainian child refugees not enrolled at Czech schools but September intake expected
The majority of Ukrainian refugee children who have arrived in the country in recent months have not yet entered the Czech education system, officials said on Monday.
