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Baby gorilla claps and dances around in front of visitors at Czech zoo in Prague

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Standing oo-oo-ovation! Baby gorilla claps and dances around in front of visitors at Czech zoo A clapping baby gorilla was photographed at Prague zoo in the Czech Republic earlier this month The adorable photos were taken by Lucie Stepnikova, 33, and show the gorilla dancing for joy and entertaining the public Stepnikova said she has … Read more

Businessman awarded peerage by Harold Wilson had ten years of meetings with Czech spies

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A businessman awarded a peerage by Harold Wilson had a decade-long relationship with Communist-era spies who considered him so useful that they referred to him as ‘intelligence agency staff’. According to more than 1,000 documents unearthed at archives in Prague, Rudy Sternberg was meeting agents from Czechoslovakia’s Statni Bezpecnost (StB) secret police in the 1960s … Read more

How BBC’s Frank Gardner’s father was Cold War MI6 agent caught up in a shootout with Czech soldiers

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In a quiet street on the outskirts of Ostrava in Communist Czechoslovakia, a British secret agent carefully unearths a package containing highly classified documents.  Working with practised ease, he replaces it with cash, which he puts in a food tin, along with instructions for his contact, and buries it in the pre-arranged spot. It is … Read more

Czech billionaire raises stake in Royal Mail to £100m

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Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky raises stake in Royal Mail to £100m as postal service battles biggest crisis since privatisation By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has raised his stake in Royal Mail to above £100 million as … Read more

Cyber attack halts coronavirus tests at Czech hospital where an infected patient is being treated

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Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,500 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 125,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type … Read more