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Current AffairsNo light at the end of the tunnel for Czech Railways?
The general director of Czech Railways resigned on Tuesday after only 27
months in office. Petr Kousal was the 8th director of the company in the
12 years of its existence. Although the financial losses of the Czech
Republic's biggest employer have decreased significantly in recent years,
the company continues to face many challenges from both within and
without.
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Excreting in a gallery -how far should one go in protesting against an art
exhibition. The TV star who was smuggled into the country. And, a message
from the police: if you find your car's been stolen on Saturday morning
-please look around your favourite pub first! Find out more in Magazine
with Daniela Lazarova.
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In this week's edition: the winner of Radio Prague's October competition;
compulsory primary education in the Czech Republic; the first electric
railway in the country; the female child sex ratio in the Czech Republic.
Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, England; Rabi Sankar Bosu, India;
Masashi Sugiya, Japan.
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This week: Czech exports to South Africa, railway museums in the Czech
Republic, Radio Prague email newsletter. Listeners quoted: Clifford
Riffel, South Africa; Edward Turnbull, England; Beverly Moss, United
States.
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Current AffairsRailway station referendum runs out of steam
A referendum took place over the weekend in Brno, the Czech Republic's
second largest city. It was to decide if the city's main train station
should be moved from its current location in the center of the city. As
Martin Hrobsky reports, the vote - that was meant to get people involved
in the democratic process - failed to catch the attention of most of the
city's inhabitants.
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Holding onto life -with a body weight of 500 grams - Czech doctors are
successfully saving tiny newborns. Being a dog's best friend - a Czech man
jumps into an alligators' enclosure to save his dog from certain death.
And, Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe at a flower show. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Czechs in HistoryGerstner and son: Czech engineers and railway pioneers 'worth their salt'
Homer called it a "divine substance;" Plato held that it was
"especially dear" to the gods. As essential to the human body as
water, the earliest historical records show that the abundance or scarcity
of salt could drastically affect the health of entire populations. It was
the quest for a cheaper way to transport salt that inspired the
engineering Gerstners to build the first horse-drawn railway in
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One on OneRobert Stastny - happy with mission to make Czech roads safe
Our guest in this week's One on One is Robert Stastny, head of the
Transport Ministry's road safety department - or BESIP as it's known in
Czech. The Czech Republic has a fairly poor record of deaths and injuries
on the roads, and as Robert Stastny says, many of those casualties are
preventable. All this summer the department is running a special campaign
aimed at improving safety on the roads, concentrating in particular on
encouraging people to always wear their seatbelts.
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