After spending much of my youth abroad I came back to Prague in my late teens to study at Charles University and I knew right away that this was the city I wanted to call home. Joining Radio Prague in 1986 was a lucky break. I was there to see the crowds welcoming Gorbi at Ruzyne Airport, I found myself reporting on the fall of the Iron Curtain and getting my first taste of adrenalin. Ever since, it has been an exciting road to tread. And when the generally fascinating world of politics becomes too much I balance it out with whacky human interest stories from the Czech Republic hoping to raise a smile somewhere on the other side of the globe.
articles by the author
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Czech band Sto Zvířat loses frontman Jan Kalina
The Czech band Sto Zvířat has been on the scene for over thirty years. Last week it lost its frontman and co-founder Jan Kalina.
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Ethnologists create online museum of Czech folk architecture
Ethnologists from the National Museum and Czech Academy of Sciences worked together with IT specialists to create a virtual museum of folk architecture in Czechia.
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President Pavel on 1968 invasion: Russia has not changed
August 21 marks the 55th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops, ushering in a long period of political and moral decline.
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Festival of new circus and theatre Letní Letná opens with breathtaking water show in Prague
The 20th annual festival of new circus and theatre Letní Letná opened in Prague on Wednesday night with a breathtaking water show.
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Head of prestigious medical institute suspected of usury
The head of the prestigious Prague-based Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM) Michal Stiborek is suspected of having made millions from usury.
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Interior minister: Czechia not “less safe” because of foreigners
Czech politicians have moved to quell anti-Ukrainian sentiment in the wake of two violent attacks against Czech women, which were reportedly committed by Ukrainian youths.
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Why do so few Czech women want to be in politics?
Only 26 percent of Czech MPs are women. Why do so few Czech women want to be in politics? Lenka Hrbkova from Masaryk University speaks about the challenges that they face.
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Exhibition of Ukrainian war photos as a means of fighting disinformation
A travelling exhibition of photographs by leading Ukrainian war photographers, has currently opened on the premises of the Červený kostel church in Olomouc.
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Fremr’s appointment to Constitutional Court on hold as new facts emerge
The appointment of Robert Fremr to the panel of Constitutional Court judges has been put on hold following fresh information about his past.
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A rock chapel in the Lusatian Mountains has been a pilgrimage site for centuries
The monolithic rock chapel created in one of the sandstone rocks near Svojkov is an old pilgrimage site that has been dubbed “the small Lourdes”.