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Author: Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post

Business 

Lego is filling even more stockings

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

Lego saw its sales increase by 10 per cent in 2013, the company announced on February 27 2014 – meaning

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Leisure 

Is it becoming a lonelier planet?

January 12, 2014May 10, 2024 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic, tourism

Turn the clock back a decade or two, and every backpacker would be clutching a copy of a Lonely Planet

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Europe 

As protests in Ukraine fade, focus turns to elections

January 9, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post

Reports indicate that although there are still thousands of protesters occupying government buildings and Independence Square in the capital, Kyiv,

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Europe 

Central European Jews ‘key to formation of European identity’

January 9, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post

The idea of a European identity developed by Jewish intellectuals in Central Europe up until the 1930s was an important

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Sport 

Fifth time lucky for legendary Jágr

January 9, 2014February 6, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Sochi Olympics

It was 16 years ago that Jaromír Jágr was part of the team that won Olympic gold for the Czech

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Europe 

Czech police insist Palestinian ambassador’s death ‘definitely not terrorism-related’

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

Police insist the explosion that killed the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic was not terrorism-related, although embassy officials have

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Europe 

Analyst: Temelín nuclear expansion spells ‘bye bye’ for dividends

January 2, 2014January 2, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic, energy, nuclear

The expansion of the Temelín nuclear power plant remains doubtful given current energy prices, analysts have said after the CEO

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Business 

Peripheral European property markets might offer better investment opportunities

December 23, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post

Investors are more cautious about prospects for an improvement in the property sector in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) than

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Business 

Amazon development in Czech Republic ‘set to go ahead’

December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

A vote by residents of the village of Dobrovíz near Prague against having an Amazon warehouse is unlikely to prevent

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