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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
Nature

Villagers shocked to find their nurtured sea eagle nest was likely poisoned

Residents of an Eastern Bohemian village were recently shocked to find their cherished nest of sea eagles had been wiped out by what seems to have been poison…
11:33
Culture

Prague exhibit depicts the most iconic buildings of Central Europe‘s socialist modernism

A new exhibition has opened up in the Czech Centres Gallery. Featuring over 100 images and a number of three dimensional models it gives visitors the chance to study the…
03:20
European Union

More than 60 percent of Czechs believe joining EU was right move, survey shows

More than 60 percent of Czechs believe the decision to join the European Union nearly 15 years ago was beneficial to their country, an exclusive poll commissioned by Czech…
Business

Shoppers increasingly turning to organic foods

The Czech Ministry of Agriculture has just released data which shows the organic food market grew at an exceptionally high pace in 2017. However, the sector’s market size…
Business

Aktuálně: Bosses wary of firing intoxicated employees due to low unemployment levels

Historically low unemployment rates are having unusual side effects on the way companies treat their employees. News server Aktuálně reports that companies sometimes have…
Business

Record amount of Czech households increased their wealth, shows study

Nearly a third of Czech households saw their financial wealth grow last year, a study published by GfK reveals. The market researcher’s director, Tomáš Drtina, told…
Daily news summary
07:13
Culture

Journey to the Beginning of Time – Czechoslovakia’s 1950s Jurassic Park digitally remastered

Sixty years after first being shown in cinemas, Karel Zeman’s time-travel adventure movie Journey to the Beginning of Time is set to grace cinema screens again. The film…
03:48
History

The Czech “koruna” celebrates 100th birthday

100 years ago the Czechoslovak Assembly decided on the name of the new republic’s currency - the koruna. Despite a variety of original proposals, the delegates ended up…
Business

Czech Radio: State could have missed out on hundreds of millions by not taxing heated cigarettes…

The Czech state could have lost out on hundreds of millions of crowns worth of tax money by not taxing heated tobacco, a report by Czech Radio has found out. Between 2017…

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