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Czechs, who are the world's biggest beer drinkers, will soon be able to
avail themselves of the services of a beer spa! The biggest nightmare of
Czech train drivers -and why some women want to change their names. Find
out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsBenefits that stag parties bring "outweigh the problems they cause"
British stag parties careering noisily through the streets have become an
increasingly common sight in Prague. These male drinking groups are
evidently attracted by the cheap beer on sale in the Czech capital, among
other things. We have a look at this growing phenomenon.
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To drink or not to drink? And if so, from what kind of glass? The man whom
Czech Prime Miniater Vladimir Spidla made rich. And, what are the
advantages of being a chimneysweep in the Czech Republic? Find out more in
this week's edition of Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Our ancestors certainly knew how to enjoy life: in 1610 Emperor Rudolf II
held an ice-skating ball on the Vltava river. What people make the best
angels? And -the man who played dead for six years in order to avoid
paying alimony. Find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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Two stories dominate today's front pages: Thursday's appeals hearing in the
case of former Foreign Ministry official Karel Srba and the probable end
of short-term work contracts. LIDOVE NOVINY and PRAVO lead with the
verdict of the Prague High Court which on Thursday rejected the appeals of
Karel Srba and his four accomplices; a lower court had previously found
them guilty of plotting to murder an investigative journalist.
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Current AffairsShort-term contracts to get the boot
Imagine you are a sales assistant in a supermarket, where you have been
working for the last five years. You have not yet been made a permanent
employee, but this doesn't seem to be a problem as every three months you
simply sign a new short-term contract. One day, you come to work and your
boss tells you that your contract is not going to be renewed. Suddenly you
find yourself on the street. A change to the Labour Code, which is being
proposed as part of the government's effort to bring Czech employment law
into line with EU norms, aims to make this practice a thing of the past.
Coilin O'Connor reports.
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Current AffairsRadio Prague launches digital test broadcasting on AM
Moving on to some positive news for those of you listening to us on AM. On
October 20th, Czech Radio launched its first ever Digital Radio Mondiale,
DRM, test transmission on the medium wave frequency 774 kHz. DRM is a new
digital transmission system that can be used for long, medium, and
short-wave bands. It supports audio quality that comes very close to FM
standards. Czech Radio's test transmissions are expected to go on for
about three weeks on the Czech Radio 6 channel, on which Radio Prague
broadcasts its half hour programme every day. To find out more, Dita
Asiedu spoke to Radio Prague Director, Miroslav Krupicka:
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WitnessJaroslav Rudis and a question of teeth
If you listened to Czech Books on Sunday, you'll know that the popular
young Czech writer Jaroslav Rudis is something an eccentric - with an
inexhaustible passion for trains. But, in a country where beer-drinking is
a profound cultural phenomenon, Jaroslav - like so many Czech writers
before him - also finds inspiration in the pub, engaging with the various
characters that prop up the bar. For Witness today, Jaroslav tells a story
from one of his more recent visits to a Prague pub.
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A Czech town declares war on bureaucrats, on average every tenth child born
in the Czech Republic has a different biological father than presumed, and
a man gets one million crowns in compensation for unwittingly fathering
twins- find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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