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Expo 2010 helps put ČR on the map

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4 May 2010

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The Czech pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, adorned with a plan of Prague's Old Town made of hockey pucks, has seen a steady stream of visitors since it first opened its doors on Saturday.

Election campaign goes into final straight after slow, negative start

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4 May 2010

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Czechs go to the polls in just under four weeks for elections to the lower house of parliament. As the deadline approaches, the two main parties have unveiled their final campaign plans.

Professor Lubomír Doležel – now retired doyen of Czech Studies in Toronto

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4 May 2010

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Professor Lubomír Doležel, who was born in the Moravian village of Lesnice in 1922, is an internationally respected academic best known for his pioneering work in literary theory and linguistics.

Ivan Jelínek: a poet in the newsroom

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3 May 2010

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If you had been listening to Radio Prague back in the late 1930s, it is very likely that you would have heard the voice of Ivan Jelínek.

The long wait at Pankrác prison

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3 May 2010

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I recently came back from a visit to Prague's Pankrác prison. Such were the preliminaries and security checks that it was harder to get in than out.

Film producers look to save "Lidice" from development hell

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3 May 2010

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The extermination of the village of Lidice by the Nazis is one of the most harrowing tales of WWII, and Czech filmmakers have long wanted to bring it to the screen.

EnvMin approves renovation of country's biggest coal-fired power station

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30 April 2010

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Earlier this year Micronesia called on the Czech Republic not to refit its biggest coal-fired power station, Prunéřov, saying the pollution it will produce threatens the tiny state's future. The matter also proved controversial in the Czech Republic itself. However, the Environment Ministry has now approved the project, despite the fact the plant's owners ČEZ are not planning to install the best available technology.

Czechs in Afghanistan: You have to ask the women where the water is, but how?

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30 April 2010

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Say Afghanistan, and a whole range of difficult issues comes to mind, at the forefront of which is the position of women.

Acclaimed boat theatre returns for 10th year

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30 April 2010

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It is hard to believe that it has been ten years since the Forman brothers' Loď Tajemství (Mystery Boat), an avant garde theatre with performances held on an 84-metre long barge, first set out on the Vltava River.