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Current AffairsVisegrad PMs meet in Czech Republic ahead of crucial IGC meeting in Rome
Prime Ministers of the so-called "Visegrad Four" are meeting at a
chateau outside Prague on Wednesday, for talks ahead of the
inter-governmental conference (IGC) on the draft EU constitution. The V4
meeting, bringing together the premiers of Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic and Slovakia, is an attempt to co-ordinate the positions of the
four Visegrad countries before the IGC gets underway in Rome. Rob Cameron
reports.
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SpotlightHrcava, the easternmost village in the country
In today's edition of Spotlight, Dita Asiedu visits the little village of
Hrcava. Hidden in the Beskydy Mountains in the Moravian-Silesian region,
it is the easternmost village in the country. And although Hrcava lies at
the end of a long and windy road uphill, it is well worth a visit as, once
you get there, you find one of the most beautiful landscapes in the
country with a breathtaking view of neighbouring Poland and Slovakia.
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Current AffairsCountry's only Romany shop offers everything from art to card reading
Just beneath Prague Castle on Nerudova Street a colourful and cosy shop is
bringing Romany culture to people who might otherwise never come across
it. Called the Obchudek, or Little Shop, Romen, it sells Romany music,
jewellery, art, books and clothing. Pavlina Radlova, herself a Romany,
describes the reaction of visitors to the only shop of its kind in the
Czech Republic.
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Current AffairsRoma kids given rare taste of life at summer camp
Children are back in school after the summer break, and for most of them
the holidays are but a distant dream. One group of Roma children, however,
will remember this summer with particular fondness. Thanks to a non-profit
organisation called Romodrom, they spent several weeks in the countryside
at a summer camp - which for some of them was their first summer holiday
ever. Mark Wiedorn, an American photographer working for Romodrom, spent
the summer with them, and talked about the kids and the camp with Radio
Prague's David Vaughan.
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Current AffairsThe communists and the environment: was it all bad?
A conference has just ended in Prague that proves that not all historians
are detached from reality in their ivory towers. Several hundred
historians from over 20 different countries converged on the city for a
week to discuss their research on one of the burning issues of today, the
environment and how it is treated. You only had to look at the subjects of
some of the presentations - for example looking at the history of the way
Central Europeans have dealt with floods, to see that such research is of
more than passing interest to today's society. David Vaughan was at the
conference.
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Current AffairsHuman rights commissioner criticises ERRC over report
The Budapest-based human rights watchdog, the European Romany Rights Centre
or ERRC, released a critical report on Monday, saying the Czech Republic
had done little to combat discrimination against the country's Roma
minority. Quoting the findings of a UN committee on eliminating
discrimination, the ERRC claimed that widespread discrimination remained a
problem in this country, particularly in the state administration. But the
ERRC's report has been sharply criticised by the Czech government's
Commissioner for Human Rights, Jan Jarab. He says it's simply a rehash of
previous documents, containing claims that the Czech government has never
tried to deny.
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Current AffairsCommunist Youth Union backs radical on trial
Earlier in the week we reported on the trial of the radical socialist David
Pecha just underway in the Czech Republic. The 24-year-old editor -
charged with propagating communism through inflammatory rhetoric - has
been a magnet for controversy, sparking a debate on the freedom of speech.
One group that has been steadfast in its show of support, insisting Mr
Pecha's trial goes against that freedom, has been the Communist Youth
Union.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The first ever trial of a left-wing radical commands a great deal of
attention since a regional court in North Moravia is now expected to set
an important precedent - can people be jailed for propagating communism?
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