Norway will handle future child cases differently
New office will return children to the family’s country and courts Starting in July, Norway will change its procedures with its Child Welfare Service of Norway (Barnevernet). The country will create a...
View ArticleDawn with Bloc Against Islam supports Trump
Leaders of the far right anti-immigrant party released an awkward video The extreme right Czech party Dawn with Bloc Against Islam endorsed Republican hopeful Donald Trump in his bid to become US...
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Testimony of one-time school shooting plotter helps us understand problem,...
“I’m always a potential killer,” says “Lauri”, the unseen narrator of the Finnish film White Rage, one of the highlights of this year’s One World festival of human rights documentaries. The term white...
View ArticleMonday news briefing — March 14, 2016
Czech retail sales drop from December but up year-on-year; Foreign Ministry condemns Ankara attacks Czech retail sales drop from December but up year-on-year Sales in Czech retail excluding the...
View ArticleZaorálek would consider sanctions over Savchenko case
Ukrainian pilot is on a hunger strike while being detained in Russia Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek called the case against imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko fabricated and...
View ArticleTiger Lillies to play at Divadlo Archa
Punk cabaret trio returns to one of their favorite cities The cult British musical trio the Tiger Lillies will play Prague’s Divadlo Archa on May 8. The band has a couple of different shows that it...
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Koudelka taught me how to see, says helmer of One World film on great Czech...
Perhaps best known from his powerful images from the streets of Prague during the Soviet-led invasion of 1968, Josef Koudelka – who emigrated soon after those events – must rank as the greatest living...
View ArticleESA-Russian rocket headed to Mars
Probe should reach the Red Planet in October to study gases The first of two joint ESA–Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved...
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A Syrian Love Story wins main award at One World
A Syrian Love Story on Monday was awarded the main prize at the One World festival of human rights documentaries in the Czech Republic. The film, directed by British filmmaker Sean McAllister, tells...
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Czech Medical Chamber says foreign doctors are not enough to stave off...
Czech Medical Chamber (ČLK) president Milan Kubek has warned that the country’s healthcare system is becoming increasingly reliant on foreign doctors – but that even these are failing to plug a brain...
View ArticleZaorálek: EU united on stance toward Russia
Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek represented the Czech Republic at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the European Union, which …
View ArticleTuesday news briefing — March 15, 2016
Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived at the Prague Castle for the first time. Czech President Miloš Zeman and his wife, Ivana, greeted Duda with …
View ArticleArt Prague 2016 starts
The 15th international contemporary art fair Art Prague will be held in … The fair will focus on the interconnection of the Czech Republic and the …
View ArticleCzech Republic has big increase in births
The Czech Republic is one of the countries in the EU with the highest … After Latvia and the Czech Republic, the biggest increases in birth rates were …
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Czech ministry pushes fertility treatment for single women
The Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has come up with a proposal to make assisted reproduction treatment available to single women. Under the current practice, assisted reproduction...
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Trabant adventure film hits Czech cinemas
Czech adventurer Dan Přibáň is well-known as the team leader of a number of expeditions using what was considered the world’s worst car – the Soviet-era Trabant. Where others would opt for all-terrain...
View ArticleQ4 2015 busiest quarter ever for Prague office market
2016 investment volumes forecast to surpass €2.0 billion 2015 saw a total volume of real estate investment transactions slightly exceeding €2.6 billion, amounting to a 33 percent increase on the...
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Febiofest offers big picture on refugee crisis
One of the biggest Czech film festivals, Febiofest, gets underway in Prague on Thursday night. The event, which is now in its 23rd year, will highlight more than 150 films and a host of internationally...
View ArticleSobotka: EU should seek release of Savchenko
Prime minister will urge EU to mention Ukrainian pilot in its final resolution Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will urge EU leaders at the EU summit to push for the release of Ukrainian pilot...
View ArticleThursday news briefing — March 17, 2016
Czech Gripens likely to return to Iceland; TV presenter Olga Čuříková dies; Murder cold case solved Czech Gripens likely to return to Iceland Five Czech Gripens will protect Iceland’s airspace in...
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