Having moved from my native Ireland to the then newly established Czech Republic in 1993, I was hired at Radio Prague in late 2001. Within a few weeks of joining the station I had got to interview two members of Monty Python (Jones and Gilliam) and thought, This is the job for me. Since then I have reported on all manner of subjects, ranging from Czech accession to the European Union to an oyster eating contest on Old Town Square. My steady feature in recent years has been the interview slot One on One and though it is challenging constantly finding guests it has been a fantastic experience. Recording the monthly My Prague has also been a treat, with subjects almost invariably taking me to at least one spot with which I had previously been unfamiliar.
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Minister bestows award for services to diplomacy on 12 people
The Czech Republic’s minister of foreign affairs, Tomáš Petříček, bestowed Medals of Merit for Diplomacy on 12 individuals on Monday. Nine of them, including the late Jiří…
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What next for anti-Babiš group Million Moments for Democracy?
Organisers Million Moments for Democracy said around 300,000 people attended their latest demonstration against Czech PM Andrej Babiš on Saturday. But having evidently…
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Jan Hartl: In the early ‘90s even politicians felt they needed to learn from public opinion
Sociologist Jan Hartl set up Czechoslovakia’s first modern-day polling agency, STEM, in 1990 and has been closely monitoring domestic politics and society ever since. When…
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Prague Airport’s Terminal 2 to be expanded under plans for huge jump in passenger numbers
Prague’s Václav Havel Airport is set to expand its second terminal within the next decade under major investment plans that have just been announced. However, the…
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Monday marks 80th anniversary of death of Jan Opletal, symbol of Czech resistance to Nazis
November 11 is the 80th anniversary of the death of Jan Opletal, a Prague student who had been gunned down at an anti-Nazi demonstration in the city a fortnight earlier…
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Saviour of Jewish refugees Marie Schmolka finally honoured in Prague
Though little-known today, Marie Schmolka was for several years one of Prague’s key organisers helping Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis, while she also helped arrange…
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Magdaléna Platzová: I was fainting with fear on Národní
Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution was sparked by a student demonstration on November 17, 1989 that was brutally quelled by riot police. Among those on the front line of…
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