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More than sixty years after the end of World War II it can still prove hard to bury hostilities - as well as the remains of soldiers who died in the carnage. In February of this year the remains of some 4,000 WWII German soldiers were found piled up in numbered cardboard boxes at a disused factory in the north Bohemian town of Usti nad Labem. Ever since, the Czech and German authorities have been trying to agree on a final resting place for them.Soon they will be able to make their final journey - to a cemetery in the north-eastern town of

Letna Park in Prague occupies a high, flat plain overlooking the Vltava river. Over the centuries, it's been the location of a military barracks, May Day parades, and last winter, a tent city for the Prague's homeless population. This season, Letna has a new occupant, the variety show known as Palazzo.

Amid the feverish pre-Christmas preparations, few people have time to stop and think about the holiday's religious significance. That's true all over the world perhaps, but here in the Czech Republic there's also the added concern that traditional Czech Christmas traditions such as presents being delivered by the Baby Jesus are being shoved aside by Western imports such as Santa Claus. So what does Christmas mean to someone who does hold religious beliefs? Rob Cameron spoke to writer and philosopher Erazim Kohak, an active member of the evangelical

One of the Czech Republic's best loved singer-songwriters Jaromir Nohavica has just released a new Christmas album. The online collection features songs for all the family and, in keeping with the seasonal tradition of giving, it is completely free.

When French and Dutch voters said a very firm 'No' to the European Union's proposed constitution in 2005 the whole project appeared dead in the water. Recently, however, some European leaders have begun floating the idea that the EU's first constitution could be revived, either fully or in part. The Czech Republic's official position is that it will hold a referendum on the issue - but there has been no talk of a date being set. A new poll suggests most Czech voters would support the constitution; it also indicates most people in this country arein

December 15th was "black Friday" for schools across the Czech Republic. The lower house has cancelled funding for a five-year project that aimed to bring computers and internet access to schools around the country just one year after it was launched. IT experts and teachers predict the decision will have far-reaching consequences.

Ana Geislerova is one of the Czech Republic's most popular young actresses, having appeared in hit films such as "Sileni", or "Lunacy", and "Kraska v Nesnazich", or "Beauty in Trouble", which is in theaters now. All this past weekend, however, she's been doing something a little different: running a charity swap meet.

The mysterious death of Czechoslovakia's post-war foreign minister Jan Masaryk is back in the headlines. That's thanks to controversial claims by a Russian journalist, who says he knows for sure Masaryk was murdered, and also claims to know the identity of the killer.

The Austrian parliament has taken major step towards a confrontation with the Czech government over the controversial nuclear plant at Temelin. Yesterday Austria's legislature approved a strongly-worded motion demanding the Czechs prove that they have taken steps to make Temelin safer, or face a lawsuit.

Three years ago, almost twenty valuable art objects were stolen from a church in a small village near the town of Liberec in North Bohemia. The loot was soon discovered in Poland and on Thursday, the Baroque woodcuts and statuettes were handed back to representatives of the Roman Catholic Church here in Prague, to be restored and returned to the village church. Even though the number of church robberies has fallen since the looting sprees of the early 1990s, hundreds of cases are still reported every year in the Czech Republic.