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Czech fresh medical graduates start to leave for abroad - CLK

Brno - More and more Czech fresh medical gaduates join their senior colleagues and leave for abroad, Milan Kubek, Czech Doctors' Chamber (CLK) president, said today adding that the CLK therefore wants to organise doctors'...

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Czech history through a glass darkly

Hello and welcome to Czech Books. This week we're discussing the novel The Glass Room, by Simon Mawer, one of this year's nominations for the prestigious Man Booker prize. The novel, which has already been translated into Czech...

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Czechs begin vaccinating against swine flu in Brno

Prague - On the same day the Czech Republic has started vaccinating chronically ill people, another person died of the A/H1N1 virus. A 56-year old man with a heart condition died of the whole organism failure in Karlovy Vary....

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Discussions seek to redefine Czech identity

ČTK A series of meetings seeking to newly define the Czech identity culminated in Brno's Husa na provázku theatre Thursday, with former Czech president Václav Havel taking part in the debate. The Cabinet Havel project called...

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The Velvet Revolution: Czech Students Look Back at What Their Forebears Started

The Czech Republic this week kicked off celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Back then, it was Czechoslovakian students who took the lead. Nowadays, the country's youth are ambivalent about...

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Czechs losing interest in politics - poll

Brno - Czechs' interest in politics has been significantly falling over the past 18 years, according to a research conducted by experts from Masaryk University in Brno and SC&C company who unveiled the publication Values and...

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Czech forecast, Cehia weather, Czech meteo

Czech weather, weather Prague weather weekend forecast season, the weather in the mountains, the weather on the coast, the weather on the beach, sea water temperature, weather in the capital, the weather in the mountains, the...

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Brand names perform well during crisis

A well-known trademark is a company`s most valuable asset. The world`s best-known are valued in tens of billions of dollars, while the worth of the best-known Czech trademarks, which are relatively little-known on a global...

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FIM tweaks 2010 calendar again

The FIM has announced the latest provisional 2010 calendar, which includes just one tweak compared to the version released only last week. The updated calendar moves the Czech Grand Prix back to its 15 August date, having been...

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From the House of the Dead, Metropolitan Opera, New York

It was not a typical night at the Met. The audience, younger than usual, did not – could not – applaud any hit tunes. The décor was sparse. Drama and music assumed equal importance. Ensemble values prevailed. The staging showed...

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