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.
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Czechs express support for Tibetan independence
March 10th 1959 is a black day in the history of the Tibetan people - their freedom uprising was crushed by the Chinese, their spiritual leader Dalai Lama was forced to…
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Child prostitution
It comes as a shock to many Czechs that some of the prostitutes who hang around the Central Railway Station in the city centre are eight, ten and twelve year olds. Child…
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Presidential elections back in the limelight
The question whether or not the Czech president should be elected in a direct vote has become one of the hot issues of the election campaign for the summer parliamentary…
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Political parties woo voters
With 100 days to go to the Parliamentary elections, and the chances of the two strongest parties on the Czech political scene pretty much evened out, politicians are doing…
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Czechs embrace credit culture
Twelve years after the return of democracy to the Czech Republic, Czechs are learning to enjoy the benefits of living on credit. "Do you need new household appliances? Buy…
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What's in a name?
A problem that has recently come to the attention of the media is that of Czech women who marry foreigners and are forced to add the Czech feminine suffix "ova" to their…
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Kafka's literary legacy back in Prague
The German car maker Porsche has given the Czech capital a precious gift - the reconstructed personal library of the Czech-German-Jewish writer Franz Kafka. Kafka's…
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Benes decrees at the centre of controversy
Sensitive issues dating back to the Second World War are creating fresh controversy in Central Europe. The post-war Benes decrees, which legalized the expulsion of Sudeten…
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