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Czech firm to develop “virtual meter” as a weapon against unscrupulous taxi drivers
Unscrupulous taxi-drivers have plagued the Czech capital for years,
charging unsuspecting tourists outrageous amounts of money, taking
passengers via the longest possible routes and refusing to produce
receipts. Now a Czech firm has offered Prague City Hall a mobile phone
application that could help curb the practice. Ondřej Čihař of Et netera
explains how the “virtual meter” would work.
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Czech-produced video game Mafia II proves international hit
The long-awaited video game Mafia II, produced by the Brno-based 2K Czech
studio, came out last month and has since become a huge success with gamers
around the world, acclaimed for its mature and realistic story line and
top-notch graphics. In this week’s Talking Point, we explore the world of
Vitto Scaletta and his adventures in the American underworld of the 1950s.
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Business News
In this week’s Business News: Czech economic growth on steady course;
ministries scramble against solar power impact; telecoms giant under shadow
of competition office suspicion; landlords look to double rents; and beer
“museum” seeks to showcase small brewers.
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Business News
In this week’s business news: Google seeks to seduce Czech searchers;
Czech company seeks expansion in tractor’s home town; central bank sees
rising number of problem loans; institutions put spotlight on financial
illiteracy; and Prague scores well as business location.
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Magazine
In Magazine this week: the head of the Czech Roman Catholic church shows
believers around Prague’s Archbishop’s Palace in a series of online
videos; Radek Štěpánek and Nicole Vaidišová exchange vows – but they
aren’t the only Czech sportspeople to marry; and PC monitoring software
suggests Czechs are now slacking less at the office.
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Business News
In Business News this week: confidence creeps upwards; Ostrava steel battle
escalates; massive server order for Czech plant; business press empire
suffers downturn; and bank governor bares fundamentals at farewell address.
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After 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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Business News
In Business News this week: low score on pumping EU funds; falling
consumption hits brewer Plzeňský Prazdroj; Czechs seen plugging into video
conferencing; ČEZ announces payback from foreign investments; and wage
rises still under control.
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Science Journal
This month in Science Journal: the Czech Republic, at the centre of Europe,
is becoming a major focal point for the pursuit of science: today we look
at three planned science facilities that will put the country at the centre
of the map in bio-research, laser technology and satellite navigation.
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Prague hosts machine translation marathon
Prague’s Charles University recently hosted an unusual marathon which
tested the capacity of various machine translating systems. The annual
event is part of the Euromatrix project, which aims to establish machine
translation systems for all European languages. The participants had a week
to translate some 12,000 sentences from various newspapers and news sites.
In the coming weeks their output will be confronted with translations done
by professional „human” translators. Ruth Fraňková spoke to Ondřej
Bojar from the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, which is taking
part in the Euromatrix project:
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