News Czech Republik
Catholics call Social Democrat campaign against church property restitution Third Reich propaganda
17.08.2012 08:00
CR: A controversial campaign by the opposition Social Democrats directed against the church property restitution bill has turned into a major brawl with Czech Catholics and other churches. After church officials compared it to anti-Semitic and anti-clerical propaganda of the Third Reich,...
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Police raid CzechInvest agency on suspicion of corruption
17.08.2012 08:00
CR: Anti-corruption police raided the offices of the CzechInvest state agency in Prague on Wednesday, confiscating documents, laptops and computers. Although the police have placed an information embargo on the case it has emerged that CzechInvest, set up by the Trade and Industry Ministry...
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Botanicus co-founder Dana Hradecká: planting the seeds of success
17.08.2012 07:58
CR: The Botanicus chain of stores offering herbal soaps, extracts and delicacies is a Czech, and growing international, success story. Most tourists will have probably bought something from one of their outlets in the country. The small business was founded in the early 1990’s after the...
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Farmer shops become part of city dwellers’ lifestyle
17.08.2012 07:56
CR: The hype over Western supermarkets of the 1990s started fading for Czechs sometime in the early noughties. As healthy eating became more of a priority for some Czech city dwellers, small organic food shops began cropping up in most cities. Organic was all the rage. Yet, many of the...
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News Czech Republic 16.08.2012
17.08.2012 07:54
CR: Senate rejects government plan for VAT hike
On late Thursday evening, the Czech upper house voted to reject a key component of the government's fiscal consolidation package - a controversial rise in VAT tax rates from 15 to 21 percent. The opposition Social Democrats hold 41 seats in...
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Jakub Špaňhel: From the sacred to the profane
16.08.2012 08:03
PraguePost: Špaňhel's paintings range from the cathedral to the barnyard
In these pages nine years ago, a review of the painter Jakub Špaňhel's first big solo show in Prague concluded by calling him a highly gifted young artist - a talent to watch. He was fresh out of the art...
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The Magic of the Machine
16.08.2012 08:02
PraguePost: Czech Museum of Music showcases music boxes to the digital era
The creation of music has long been the realm of both inventors and composers, and both have long fascinated themselves with the idea of creating objects that, when set in motion, would play music of their...
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Olympics Special: First Czech gold for Knapková
16.08.2012 07:58
PraguePost: Rower leads a three-day medal rush after a slow start to the games
ou know what they say about London buses. You wait ages for one, and then three come along at the same time. This analogy also rings true for Czech medals at the 2012 Olympics.
The first one took a...
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Czech House in London draws Olympic crowds
16.08.2012 07:55
PraguePost: Fans of UK games flock to flagship venue for culture, atmosphere and Czech beer
The restaurant serves goulash, there is Pilsner Urquell on tap at the bar, and you can lie back and listen to some of the best live bands from the Czech Republic. In a small corner of...
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Wednesday News Briefing
16.08.2012 07:53
PraguePost: PM Nečas confident on church restitution bill; Czech economy falls deeper into recession
CHURCH The church restitution bill has enough support in Parliament to override a potential Senate veto, Prime Minister Petr Nečas (Civic Democrats, ODS) said Aug. 15....
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