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A Czech jeweller has created a replica of the Imperial Crown of the Holy
Roman Empire, a team of enthusiasts is building a miniaturized model of a
town which was razed to the ground to make way for coal mining and, a group
of Czechs have held a non-stop reading of the entire Lisbon treaty to prove
that it is readable. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarová.
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In Business News this week, Škoda Auto looks to Saturday working; foreign
workers’ visa freeze; Prague airport privatisation problems; Czech
agriculture’s new master; hiring and firing dismissal overhaul still on
course; and the developing taste for non-alcoholic beer.
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Letter from PragueApartment hunting in Holešovice
The economic crisis is hitting hard. Every day, fresh numbers show what
branch of the industry is in trouble, what exports have dropped, and how
much the unemployment rate has risen, again. But looking to buy real estate
gives you a very different perspective on those figures. Although I’m far
from enjoying the crisis, there is one particular number I really want to
see as low as possible. It’s the price of apartments in Prague.
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ArtsEntropa just a piece of the entropy of Czech guerrilla art
The commotion in recent weeks over David Černý’s Entropa exhibit in
Brussels has made the sculpture one of the hallmarks of the Czech EU
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humour is censurable. This week in Arts we’ll be taking a look at the
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