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Biden calls Czechia "great ally" during White House meeting with Fiala
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Fiala awards Karel Kramář Medal to Milada Horáková's daughter Jana Kánská
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Czech prime minister kicks off US trip with visit to CIA headquarters
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Czech foreign minister summons Iranian ambassador over airstrike on Israel
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Construction of new Wenceslas Square tram line to begin June 29
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Fiala at White House latest visit in line reaching back to Havel
The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, is due to visit the White House on Monday for a meeting with US President Joe Biden. Naturally this is not the first such visit.
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Czechast Special: Remembering Iraq Ordeal of Three Czech Reporters 20 Years Ago
There were scenes of joy at Prague airport 20 years ago when three Czech journalists kidnapped in Iraq were reunited with their families. Vít Pohanka was one of them.
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Second baby gorilla born at Prague Zoo in 2024 already on view
The Prague Zoo has announced the birth of a critically endangered western lowland gorilla cub. It is already the second baby gorilla cub born in the zoo this year.
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Tropical weather has arrived in Czechia – but what’s the climate impact?
Czechia had its first bout of tropical weather, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius, indicative of a larger problem being experienced globally – climate change.
Science and technology
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Brno scientists investigate bacteriocins as alternative to antiobiotics
For years scientists have been warning us that increasing numbers of diseases are developing antibiotic resistance. Bacteriocins might just provide the solution.
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Cutting-edge technology to protect Prague’s Charles Bridge tower
Conservationists have applied a special protective paint on one of the Gothic towers on Charles Bridge, which can decompose algae and mosses with the help of light alone.