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Current AffairsCzech organic food awards promote tiny but growing market
The annual awards ceremony for the best organic product of the year was
held in Prague on Friday. The awards were presented in a recently opened
organic restaurant, which is still something of a novelty in the Czech
Republic. The event aims to promote the organic food industry, which is
still in its infancy in this country.
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The man who sells animal feed tested on humans! What made the Communist
Party buy a cow? And, who is running in the Office Rats Race? Find out
more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsHoney cake fever
Marianna and Oleg Chibovskij have found an unusual way of getting rich here
in Prague. They have become the Czech Republic's honey cake barons. Honey
Cake or Medovnik in Czech is well known in Ukraine or Russia, and now the
Czech Republic is engulfed by honey cake fever. The Chibovskijs started
its production six years ago and now sell on average a staggering 20,000
cakes a month. More
Current AffairsDoctors warn of high obesity rate
The Czech Republic has always enjoyed a good reputation thanks to its
beautiful women and its delicious brew. But if Czechs continue to live the
comfortable life-style they adopted after the fall of the totalitarian
regime, they may soon make headlines for a different reason - representing
the fattest nation in Europe. Czech doctors have been recording a growing
number of overweight and obese patients, not only among adults but with
children too. Some five percent of Czech minors are obese. Due to this
alarming growth, the Czech weight watcher organisation STOB began
promoting special exercise and food-management courses to children and
their parents this week. Dr. Marie Kunesova is from the Czech Obesity
Management Centre:
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Looking for a Superstar! Thousands of young Czechs are lining up to show
that they have what it takes. The Czech who's been making the same
resolution for 13 years now and is still determined to see it through.
And, traditional New Years greetings cards are replaced by SMS messages.
Find out more in this weeks Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Letter from PragueDangerous delis
There's not much in the way of consumer protection in the Czech Republic
and believe me that thirteen years after the fall of communism the
consumer still needs a lot of protection. Most of us are still so
impressed by the incredible variety of goods available that we are happy
to overlook a buy that does not quite meet our expectations.
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How much beer do Czechs actually drink, what's a "beer barrel
race", and where do you go to meet the winner of the Miss Garlic
contest? That and more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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What are Czechs placing bets on this summer, how tolerant are Czech men and
women of a partner who cheats on them, and where do you go to enjoy a
Goulash Festival? Find out in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Letter from PragueSnail alert
Food is one of life's pleasures. People like talking about it, they like
watching it prepared on TV and more than anything they love eating it.
Some people I know read cook books the way others read a novel or
detective story. And one of the most passionate TV debates I ever saw was
not about the war on Iraq or the monthly salaries of Czech politicians. It
was an argument between a farmer and a vegetarian.
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Letter from PragueWhat's cooking?
Czech cuisine may not have the international reputation of its French,
Italian or Japanese counterparts, but I wonder if that is just because it
has not had the opportunity to flaunt itself on the international stage.
While some may snigger, I have to admit that I quite enjoy Czech food, and
I would be quite pleased to see my favourite Czech dishes readily
available in London, New York, Paris, Sydney and Tokyo.
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