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Letter from PraguePrague sadly becoming "Amsterdam of the East"
Recently a Prague court convicted but did not sentence four players from
the Northern Ireland international football team who two years ago were
involved in a fight with staff in a "strip club" off Wencelsas
Square. Now what's interesting to me about this case is that the
establishment in question, named Atlas, is not just a strip club but is
also a brothel. How ironic is that? The members of the Northern Ireland
football team, who famously can't score, getting arrested in a brothel.
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MagazineMagazine
After years of fighting a losing battle with prostitution, the Prague Town
Hall says the time has come to legalize it. A fisherman in the Orlice
river got more than he bargained for - the dreaded Piranha, home in South
America's rain forests has appeared in a Czech river. And the world
champion in doing headers with a ball - 36,000 of them in one go - says:
Go for it, but it's a pain in the neck! Find out more in this week's
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The Pope praying for rain, a Greenpeace protest at a Czech chemical
factory, and Czech soldiers on guard against angry mobs in Iraq - all
feature prominently on today's front pages. MLADA FRONTA DNES has pictures
of Czech troops standing near burning tires, the result of local Iraqi
unrest on Sunday. In several incidents Czech soldiers received minor
injuries from stones thrown by local inhabitants. Worse was an incident in
which one Iraqi man - attempting to jump a vehicle leaving the Czech base
- slipped under the wheels and later died from his injuries.
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One on OneKlara Skrivankova: fighting trade in human lives
My guest on One on One today is Klara Skrivankova, who works for the La
Strada organisation, a body set up several years ago to tackle the problem
of human trafficking. The problem is a growing one - from being a country
of origin the Czech Republic is increasingly becoming a country of
destination: young women from poorer countries in Eastern Europe are being
lured to the Czech Republic and then forced to work in the country's
thriving sex industry. Klara Skrivankova is in charge of co-ordinating
prevention of human trafficking for La Strada, and when she came into the
studio I began by asking her whether she enjoyed her unusual job.
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MailboxMailbox
Today's Mailbox includes: Topics: cards, photos, etc. from listeners. Is
there a DX program on RP? Holocaust survivors, St. Barbara Cathedral in
Kutna Hora, prostitution in the Czech Republic. Quotes from: Hidemitsu
Miyake, William Cookson, Bradley Allen, D.M.Cook, James Witherman, John
Mellington,
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ICE - specialFighting the problem of human trafficking in Central Europe
In this week's , we look at the growing problem of
human trafficking: a report from the Czech Republic, where some of the
country's sex clubs are involved in the trade, and we speak to the
International Helsinki Federation about human trafficking in Central
Europe. Also this week, a Hungarian nuclear expert heads to Iraq as part
of the weapons inspections team, and a report from the Austrian Research
Centre where the UN tests material gathered in Iraq. And finally a report
on Slovakia's underground hip-hop scene.
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MagazineIs AIDS a serious problem in the Czech Republic?
Most Czechs have been fairly confident that AIDS is not a serious problem
in the Czech Republic. Then, last week, a random test among 20 prostitutes
in the west Bohemian border town of Cheb revealed an alarming state of
affairs - 3 of them were diagnosed HIV positive. The news has made many
Czechs sit up and think about the risks. What is the AIDS situation in the
Czech Republic and do Czechs take effective measures to protect
themselves? In this week's edition of Magazine Daniela Lazarova talks to
National AIDS Programme Manager Jaroslav Jedlicka .
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Current Affairs Czech Bishop calls for legalising prostitution
One of the most senior figures in the Czech Catholic Church - former dissident Bishop Vaclav Maly - has created a major stir by speaking out in favour of legalising prostitution in the Czech Republic. As a rule, prostitution and related issues get only sporadic attention from the media but the fact that it is a Catholic bishop who has spoken out has given the issue unprecedented publicity. Daniela Lazarova has the story.
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Current AffairsMayors join forces in their fight against prostitution
The citizens of many Czech border towns are forced to cope with blatant prostitution and their city administrations seem to have very little power to combat it. has more:
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