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Current AffairsCzech village honours U.S. presidential candidate John F. Kerry

06-10-2004 | Jan Velinger

U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry, photo: CTK This year's U.S. presidential elections have attracted attention world-wide, but there's one place in the Czech Republic where the contest carries special resonance: Horni Benesov, a village in northern Moravia, that was once home to Democrat challenger John F. Kerry's grandfather, Fritz Kohn, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1905. More

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22-08-2004 | Pavla Horáková

In this week's edition: the Benes decrees, US presidential candidate John Kerry's Czech ancestors, listeners' requests for songs. Listeners quoted: Mary Lou Krenek, Lee Archer, Otto Schwartz.  More

Current AffairsSeven new members welcomed to NATO fold

30-03-2004 | Jan Velinger

Secretary General of NATO Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, photo: CTK Two years ago at the NATO Summit in Prague the process was set in motion - it is now just about ready to come full circle: on April 2nd NATO will officially expand by seven new countries as Jan Velinger reports.  More

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06-03-2004 | Daniela Lazarová

Hockey fans at the opera? Believe it or not Czechs are producing an opera about their 1998 hockey victory at the winter Olympics in Nagano. Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry and his distant relations in Europe: the American who is so popular three European states are laying claim to his ancestors. Czech chefs give the public a taste of the best -and demand recognition! And, the price of a condom rocks Parliament. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.  More

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04-03-2004 | Rob Cameron

John Kerry, photo: CTK U.S. presidential hopeful John Kerry's overwhelming victory in Super Tuesday makes the front pages of all the dailies today. The elaborately coiffured Democrat - who reportedly has some Czech blood running through his veins - is shown kissing his wife and daughters after winning nine out of ten states in Tuesday's primaries.  More

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