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 proposes end to tax break enjoyed by non-working married people
Tax breaks for married people who don’t have jobs but aren’t looking after anybody at home should be discontinued, says the minister of labour and social affairs, Jana…
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NYT chief Mark Thompson: Political pressure is causing some reversion to type in CEE public media
Public service media in Central Europe reflect growing populism in the region but are not the cause of it. That’s the view of New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, who was…
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How I became a Czech citizen
Last October, having lived in the country for just over 25 years, I became a citizen of the Czech Republic.
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Czech firms increasingly keen to employ prisoners
Companies in the Czech Republic are increasingly interested in employing prisoners, Hospodářské noviny reported on Monday. According to data from the country’s prisons…
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Babiš at UN: Jobs must be protected as states meet climate targets
Andrej Babiš highlighted environmental issues in an address to the UN General Assembly, saying the fact many states don’t fulfill their climate change commitments makes it…
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Czech teachers threaten strike after pay talks fail
Teachers unions in the Czech Republic have declared a state of strike alert. The move follows a breakdown in salary talks with the minister of education, who says Czech…
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Czech Radio survey: Meet a member of “the class of local ties”
The smallest of six major social groups identified by a Czech Radio survey is the so-called class of local ties. These are people on low incomes but boasting other kinds…
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Vojtěch Merunka – Developer of Interslavic language spoken in The Painted Bird
One of the most striking aspects of director Václav Marhoul’s new film The Painted Bird is the language spoken in it. The characters communicate in Interslavic, or…
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