Brno, Czech Republic News

Year what just ended, meant for us 21,989 MWp by us imported and 15,522 MWp what has been installed by our company on three large power plants with capacity over 3 MW and many smaller power plants.

Hundreds of thousands of artifacts have been stolen from Czech churches and chapels and some 90 percent of the total of 5500 sacral facilities have been burgled since 1989 when the communist regime collapsed, Vladimir Kelnar, from the Prague Archbishopric, has told CTK.

Money and power, plus qualities such as happiness and good health, were mentioned as important when Epoch Times reporters from Brno to Singapore asked locals this week, "How do people define 'success' in your culture?" Le Ville di Terranuova Bni., Italy Danny Ciani, 29, Craftsman and ice cream shop owner Personally, success in life is when we ...

A Czech poll that reflected the opposition of Swiss voters in a recent controversial referendum banning the construction of minarets "will not deter Muslims from playing an active and positive role in society," said one spokesman for the Islamic community.

Urgency for our world leaders to reach agreement and enforce action on initiatives from recycling to reduction in gas emissions has significance in saving our planet earth.

Most Slovaks and Czechs oppose the construction of minarets in their respective countries, according to a public opinion poll conducted by the Network Media Service agency whose results were released on Wednesday, December 16.

Roma Realia protests children's textbook using the term "Gypsy" Prague, 17.12.2009, 07:07, The Roma Realia civic association and representatives of the Roma Resistance Movement are protesting a workbook for children over its use of the term "Gypsy" . The workbook, issued by the Brno-based publisher NovA A kola , describes the languages spoken in ...

What does your name mean? Where does it come from? Has it changed over the centuries? A major new research project led by the University of the West of England is set to create the largest ever database of the UK's family surnames.

Scouts from Brno brought the Bethlehem light, a symbol of Christmas, from Vienna to the Czech Republic Sunday, Jan Svoboda, head of the scouts' mission, has told CTK.

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has thanked the Green Party , whose national congress started in Brno Friday, for focusing not only on environmental issues but also accepting responsibility for the state of atmosphere in society.

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The hometown of Milan Kundera has given the author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" honorary citizenship.

Greek President Karolos Papoulias, on a visit to the Czech Republic, was the first head of Greece to visit Brno and meet the local Greeks Friday, which the Brno Greeks highly appreciate, Anna Sideridu said on their behalf.

By David Rogers Lower Austrian OVP Governor Erwin Proll called for a decision on the construction of a Gdansk-Brno-Vienna motorway by next year.

Moravia Worldwide, a leading globalization solution provider, is pleased to announce its participation in the 5th EU-China Business Summit 2009, to be held in Nanjing, China, on November 30, 2009.

The Czech opt-out from the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, incorporated in the Lisbon treaty, remains to be an issue that makes people embarrassed and causes misunderstanding.

The 20th anniversary of the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe continue to serve as inspiration for a peaceful transition from totalitarianism to democracy, but some are disappointed by persistent economic hurdles.

The Czech education system is knowingly turning out thousands of unemployable young people.

Czech Muslims invite controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who may arrive in the Czech Republic next week, to present his anti-Islamist short film Fitna and discuss his views with them, Lukas Lhotan, from Libertas Independent Agency, told CTK yesterday.

Besides the show opening in Toronto next week, there's a simultaneous King Tut exhibit in San Francisco, plus recreations of his tomb now showing in Hamburg and Budapest, with another just closing in Warsaw.