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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The Travelling Carillon of Prague
Few people know that Prague boasts the biggest travelling carillon in the world. A carillon is a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells, in this case 57 bells of all sizes…
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Press Review
With less than a month to go to the June general elections, Czech politicians are spending more time in the streets of Prague than in their offices and all the papers…
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News of Radio Prague
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Czechs celebrate Europe Day
On Thursday May 9th, the Czechs celebrated Europe Day. Prikopy street, just off Wenceslas Square, was lined with EU stands and packed with people. Individual EU member…
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Eighth Europe Day in Czech Republic
For eighteen years now, May 9th has been celebrated as "Europe Day" in countries of the European Union. In 1950, against the background of the instability and the need to…
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Press Review
The assassination of Holland's ultra-right politician Pim Fortuyn is splashed across most of Tuesday's front pages. "Holland's 'Le Pen' shot dead" says the lead headline…
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News of Radio Prague
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Law on public tenders
In recent months the minority Social Democrat government has come under fierce criticism for sidestepping public tenders and - or so says the opposition - awarding big…
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The tragedy in Erfurt highlights violence at Czech schools
The shock of the Erfurt tragedy is slowly wearing off - but many questions remain unanswered. Many Europeans are stunned by the fact that a phenomenon they had ascribed…
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Press Review
A commentator in Mlada fronta Dnes describes May 1st as a day of poets, politicians and revolutionaries and Thursday's front pages reflect this somewhat bizarre definition…
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