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Thomas McEnchroe

I was born into a Czech-English family in Yorkshire, but grew up in Prague and joined Radio Prague International after finishing my Master’s degree. It is a fun job which allows you to cover various topics of which my favourite is history. In my free time I like to read and play floorball.

articles by the author

03:27
Society

Parliamentary commission reopens discussion on compensating women for forced sterilisation

Between 1966 and 2012, many women were involuntarily sterilised in Czech and Czechoslovak hospitals. The government has since apologised for the practice and discussed…
04:09
Culture

New play among events celebrating 100th birthday of art patron Meda Mládková

Meda Mládková is one of those increasingly few people who have experienced the entirety of the past Czech century. She has also managed to leave her imprint on the period…
03:01
Foreign policy

Slovak president expresses understanding for protesters during first state visit to Prague

The new Slovak president, Zuzana Čaputová, visited Prague on Thursday, in her first foreign visit. The liberal politician stressed the importance of Visegrad Four…
12:26
History

Heliodor Píka – General who became Communist regime’s first judicial murder victim

The early years of Czechoslovakia’s Communist regime were marked by hundreds of tragic stories which revolved around injustice, torture and in many cases death. One of the…
03:04
Society

Czech Republic among world’s largest unwitting sources of spam

The Czech Republic ranks among the top 20 spam email senders in the world according to the most recent 2019 data analysed by leading threat researcher Cisco Talos. Some…
Daily news summary
02:52
Business

Twice the winner – Czech wins EUR 55 million jackpot before tax change

An unknown individual has made headlines in the Czech Republic, after the country’s prime betting company, SAZKA, announced that the winner of a Europe-wide lottery’s…
34:55
Culture

Joan Baez’s iconic 1989 concert which featured Václav Havel as a roadie

Many Czechs remember the concert of American folk musician Joan Baez in Bratislava on 10 June 1989 as one of the signs of the approaching fall of communism. During the…
Business

IMF: The next few years will see Czech economic growth hovering around 2.5 percent

The Czech Republic’s economic growth is expected to continue at a rate of around 2.5 percent, the International Monetary Fund predicted in a press release on Thursday…
09:11
European Union

What lies in store for the Eastern Partnership 10 years after its establishment?

In 2009 the Eastern Partnership, a project seeking closer ties between the EU and its Eastern European neighbours was proclaimed in Prague. Ten years later, the union is…

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