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Mailbox
This Sunday we reveal the identity of our September mystery man and announce the name of the winner of last month’s quiz. Listeners quoted: Jayanta Chakrabarty, S. J…
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Magazine
Czech cabinet ministers are asked to hand over their school report cards, Tom Cruise wows admiring fans in Prague and, Martina Sáblíková turns fashion model for a day…
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Grenade blast in attempted exchange office heist kills robber, injures six
One of the most violent cases of attempted robbery seen in the Czech Republic in some years took place on Thursday. A man who tried to rob an exchange office in the town…
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Plaque unveiled to General Alois Eliáš, protectorate prime minister executed by Nazis
A plaque was unveiled in Prague on Thursday to a fascinating figure of modern Czech history, General Alois Eliáš. General Eliáš, who had fought in the Czechoslovak Legions…
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The home of "the Jumping Virgin Mary"
Many Czechs are familiar with the old expression Panenko Skákavá, which literally means Jumping Virgin Mary, but few know about the origin of the phrase. Jumping Virgin…
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Audio book publisher Karel Černošek: selling literature as the spoken word
This week’s edition of One on One features one of the joint founders of the biggest Czech publishing house for audio books, Tympanum. The company publishes dozens of…
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Why I look up to many Czechs
The Czechs are one of the world’s tallest nations. In fact when I first came here I found it slightly disconcerting. On a good day I’m 5 feet 10 inches, and I was used to…
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Mailbox
In today’s Mailbox we talk to our very special guests, Tracy Andreotti, the winner of this year’s Radio Prague annual competition, and her husband Henry Claude who came…
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Magazine
The archbishop of Prague climbs the skies in a fighter-jet, if people are willing to buy perfumes based on their favourite food –then why not their favourite drink? And…
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Brno’s new clock provokes colourful reactions
The south Moravian city of Brno has a new attraction. The city hall recently unveiled a new clock in the central Freedom Square which officials hope will become a new…
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Two day- training exercise at Temelín nuclear power plant shows room for improvement
The sound of sirens set in motion the wheels of a nightmare scenario at Temelín – a nuclear leak that would threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The two…
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First-ever Prague hemp fair attracts thousands
Among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Czech Republic enjoys the reputation of a safe haven for cannabis users, with more than half of the country’s adult…
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