Gary Gibbon
Castration lessons from the Czech Republic
An thought-provoking report from More 4 News on the Czech Republic’s policy of castrating paedophiles: (Warning: viewers may find Jenny Kleeman’s report from Prague unsettling.)
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Far right in Czech Republic: the politicians turning on Roma
Hostility towards Roma people is so ingrained in Czech political life, the country’s president recently called them “work shy”, and in this weekend’s Czech municipal elections some politicians are openly stirring up virulent anti-Roma sentiment.
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‘Mentally unstable’ man shoots eight dead in Czech Republic
Eight people are reported dead in a shooting at a restaurant in the Czech Republic – thought to have been carried out by a “mentally unstable” man who then turned the gun on himself.
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Russian duo suspected of Salisbury poisoning linked to deadly Czech blast
The two Russian agents accused of the Salisbury Novichok poisonings in 2018 are now being hunted by the Czech Republic, which says it has ‘clear evidence’ they were linked to an explosion at an arms depot in the country four years earlier.
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Controversial Czech reality show set during Nazi occupation
A new Czech reality TV series is asking families to re-enact life under Nazi occupation to show how the country suffered between 1939 and 1945.
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Czech prime minister ‘Mr Clean’ resigns in graft scandal
He was once known as “Mr Clean” but now the Czech prime minister Petr Necas has been forced to step down after becoming embroiled in a corruption scandal involving spies, gold bars and his ex-wife.
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Tattooed artist in running for Czech presidential elections
As Czechs go to the polls to vote for a new president, meet Vladimir Franz: artist, professor, promising presidential candidate – who also happens to be tattooed from head to toe.
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Czech spirits ban tightened after bootleg booze kills 19
The Czech government bans sales of spirits containing more than 20 per cent alcohol following the deaths of 19 people from methanol poisoning.
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What Greece can learn from Czechoslovakia
Economists say it’s a catastrophe if Greece leaves the eurozone – but there are precedents which did not lead to financial armageddon. Are there any lessons from history? Channel 4 News investigates.
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Vaclav Havel, the bouncing Czechs and me
“It was the early hours of the morning when an ever-so-slightly inebriated Havel finally set off for home, and we followed him, to a nondescript apartment block, and managed to record the only interview with him. His wife Olga tried to shoo us away, saying he was too exhausted to speak to the TV, but he insisted – this was a moment too euphoric, too long fought for, to waste on sleep.”
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Czech president caught ‘stealing’ pen on state visit
Someone Czech his pockets! Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus is embroiled in an embarrassing blunder as he his caught on camera pocketing a pen on a state visit to Chile.
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Prague holds national day of mourning after mass shooting
Flags are flying at half mast and people across the Czech republic are observing a minute’s silence – in a day of national mourning for the victims of Thursday’s mass shooting in Prague.
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Prague gunman shot himself after killing 14 people at university, say police
The Czech republic will observe a day of national mourning tomorrow after yesterday’s mass shooting in Prague which left 14 people dead.
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Plans finalised for Ashya King’s cancer treatment
Five-year-old cancer patient Ashya King is to be taken to the Czech Republic to receive treatment not available in the UK, after a High Court judge approved his parents’ request to do so.
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Police arrest parents of Ashya King after discovery in Spain
The parents of Ahsya King, the five-year-old with a brain tumour who was taken from hospital without doctors’ permission, say they were seeking medical treatment for their son in the Czech Republic.
