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Richard Drury ? English curator at home in Czech art world

Not long after moving to Prague at the start of 1991, Englishman Richard Drury began working as a curator at the Central Bohemian Gallery, previously known as the Czech Museum of Fine Arts, on Husov St. He has been there ever...

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CSSD against pondered reinforcing Czech contingent in Afghanistan

Prague - The Social Democrats (CSSD) are against the idea of the Czech Republic increasing the number of its troops in Afghanistan, CSSD shadow foreign minister Lubomir Zaoralek said today, adding that Prague should discuss the...

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CSSD supports planned strike of Prague public transport staff

Prague - The Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) today voiced support for a strike planned by the Prague public transport company (DPP) staff and criticised as irresponsible the City Hall's approach that they say leads to no...

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Heads Up: In Prague, Toasts to the Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution of 1989 will be re-enacted in Prague this month. On Nov. 17, 20 years to the day since the start of the Velvet Revolution, when the police beat hundreds of protesting university students on Narodni Street,...

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1989 memories leave Czechs confused | Michael Simmons

The ambivalence in the Czech Republic today is a far cry from the unanimity and euphoria of the days of the Velvet Revolution Twenty years on, in Prague, the de facto capital of central Europe, there is no shortage of the...

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The rail thread that links Europe

In the week the Lisbon Treaty was finally ratified, the BBC's Johnny Dymond travelled the continent's railways to glean a sense of its past and future. Empty carriages In Budapest, the eastern railway station is a monument to...

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Czech Director Krejca Dies At 87

Well Known Czech Theater Director Otomar Krejca Dies At 87 (AP) PRAGUE (AP) - Otomar Krejca, a renowned theater director in the Czech Republic, has died at the age of 87. Prague's National Theater says Krejca died Friday in...

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Czech watchdog clears IPR power plant sale

PRAGUE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The Czech anti-monopoly office ruled on Friday that International Power can sell its Czech power plant Opatovice to Czech-Slovak investment group J&T. IPR said in July it was selling its Czech assets...

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Mission of the month: How not spoil your trip in Prague? It's written on the beer mat...

Prague: stunning architecture, steeped in history, a jewel described by historian Norman Davies as "Europe's most beautiful city". No wonder the Czech Republic's capital hosts about 500,000 British tourists a year.

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ČNB improves GDP forecast to 1.4% growth in 2010

Prague, Nov 5 (CTK) - The Czech National Bank (CNB) in its new forecast expects the national economy to fall by 4.4 percent this year but to grow by 1.4 percent next year, CNB Governor Zdenek Tuma said at a press conference...

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