ROB CAMERON

BBC Prague Correspondent
Articles tagged 'Poland'

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Trains
TrainsFrom Aš to Zlín - and back again

“Could you,” I once asked a train-mad friend “travel right across the Czech Republic using only the slow, stopping trains?” The answer was yes, as I and another friend proved in 2007. We spent 19 days covering 2,000 kilometres, setting foot in over 80 towns and villages, and crossing the border into Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria. This is an audio diary of that journey.

Radio Prague2007-12-26austria border czech eu germany poland slovakia trains
Poland
PolandAbortion laws: Polish women forced abroad for terminations

For years, Polish women have been evading their country’s strict abortion laws by seeking medical help to terminate unwanted pregnancies abroad. One such country is the Czech Republic, where access to abortion is legal, safe and provided on demand. Thousands are believed to have had abortions that would have been denied to them in Poland.

BBC News2020-12-13catholic czech health poland women