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At a conference in the US, the 33-year-old Czech programmer Jakub Vrána
made quite an impression on developers from the well-known social
networking site Facebook and became the first Czech to be hired by the
company. Now, he is preparing to move across the ocean and set up a new
life in California, near San Francisco, where Facebook's headquarters are
located. Ahead of his departure from the Czech Republic, he speaks about
what he is looking forward to and what he will miss, what the interviewing
process was like and which of his projects he thinks caught the Facebook
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Current AffairsNGOs join forces to fight cyber-bullying
Cyber-bullying has become a serious problem in Czech schools and one that
teachers are often poorly equipped to deal with. Two NGOs –Aisis and
Nadace 02 – have launched a project aimed at raising awareness of the
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Current AffairsAfter over two decades of separation Czech woman finds long-lost son in Canada via facebook
The social networking website facebook has both its fans and its critics,
but there is no denying that it can bring people together. One person who
could testify to that is Czech woman Ladislava Schröderová; through
facebook she was able to re-establish contact after over two decades with a
son who was living in Canada and believed she was no longer alive.
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form of harassment – students tear them apart on Facebook. Two Czechs are
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and even time. And could Baltic – the dog who traveled 75 miles on an
ice-floe –be a Czech family’s long-lost pet? Find out more in Magazine
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Current AffairsCzechs most active users of social platform Facebook
A Czech language version of Facebook only became available a year ago. The
social platform allows users to design a profile, add friends, or share
personal news. In the Czech Republic, the site is very popular and user
numbers have been growing exponentially.
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Current AffairsSocial Democrat rally turns into egg war
Campaigning in the European elections has taken a dramatic turn, unseen
since the fall of communism in 1989. Social Democrat rallies held around
the country have been repeatedly disrupted by people pelting the party
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