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James Bond discovers the dangers of Czech cuisine: too many dumplings make
you fat. Once scorned -now admired -the Trabi is riding on a wave of
nostalgia and Czech scientists get an award -by mistake! Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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The severe winter is almost over and it is getting just a bit too warm here
for polar explorer Miroslav Jakes. Would you venture a guess as to what the
Czechs' favourite meal is? And, it's carnival time in the Czech Republic!
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Current AffairsStatue of explorer Emil Holub unveiled in Livingstone, Zambia
It's been 150 years since David Livingstone discovered a waterfall which
the local natives called "the smoke that thunders" and
christened it "Victoria Falls" after his queen. But the first
ever map of the great falls was drawn by a Czech explorer, Dr Emil Holub
who arrived at Victoria Falls twenty years later. To commemorate the
event, a bust of Emil Holub has been unveiled in Livingstone, the Zambian
city bearing the name of Holub's predecessor and role model.
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PanoramaThe Czech love affair with the intrepid 'Trabi'
With its motorcycle-sized engine and fibreglass coachwork you can literally
kick a hole through, the humble but intrepid Trabant has become an
unlikely symbol of freedom throughout Eastern Europe. Though derided in
the West, in its own ersatz way, East Germany's "kleine wunder"
was truly a marvel of minimalist engineering. Here in the Czech Republic,
the Trabant was until recently the second most common foreign car on the
road. The dwindling numbers belie the demand for well-maintained models
and spare parts. But can the Czech love affair with the 'Trabi' be
attributed to simple 'Ostalgia'? More
One on OneMichaed Radford - a British film-maker with Czech connections
Michael Radford adapted and directed the film Nineteen Eighty-four, but is
perhaps best known as the director and co-writer of the Oscar-nominated
Italian language film The Postman. Recently Michael Radford was the
president of the grand jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film
Festival, and I met him at the town's Hotel Embassy. It wasn't Mr
Radford's first visit to the Czech Republic - as he told me, his Czech
connections go way back. More
PanoramaMy addiction to the Arctic: the man who can't resist the magnetism of the North Pole
Miroslav Jakes is most likely the most experienced Czech polar explorer. He
crossed Greenland in 1984 for the first time, and then went back twelve
years later, this time without any help. He climbed the highest mountain
in South America - Aconcagua where he nearly died. He was the first Czech
to reach the North Pole in 1993. Now in his mid fifties he says he can't
stay put and can't help going back again and again - before he gets too
old.
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ArtsLegendary traveller, author and filmmaker Miroslav Zikmund opens Prague Castle photography exhibition
Post-War travellers Jiri Hanzelka and Miroslav Zikmund are extremely
well-known in the Czech Republic and elsewhere for their travel reporting
and best selling books. Jiri Hanzelka passed away two years ago but Mr
Zikmund is still going strong at 86; on Thursday he opened an exhibition
of their photographs at Prague Castle, and spoke to Radio Prague about the
two men's travels and international fame. More
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Czech supermodel Eva Herzigova unveils her first clothing collection in
Paris. The thief whose passion for fresh rolls got him behind bars. And,
sleep specialists from around the world meet in Prague to discuss sleep
disorders - including those brought about by snoring husbands. Find out
more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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