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Current AffairsSkoda trumps European rivals in BBC Top Gear Magazine readers' poll
Now, have you heard the one about the Skoda which beat all of Europe's
best-known car manufacturers in a readers' survey? Well, you have now. The
days when Skoda was the laughing stock of the car world are of course well
and truly over, but Skoda's reputation in Britain - one of Europe's
biggest car markets - is going from strength to strength, according to a
new survey.
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Current AffairsTraffic and road safety bill hits hurdle - again
Czech roads have one of the worst reputations in Europe thanks to an
appalling number of road accidents and related fatalities every year.
Although legislators have now spent almost two years trying to agree on an
overhaul in legislation improving the situation, they're not quite there
yet. More
Current AffairsLower House decides to clamp down on reckless drivers with point system
In about a year's time, drivers in the Czech Republic could face much
stricter road controls and new traffic regulations. After a two year
battle, the Transport Ministry has managed to push through a proposal to
introduce a points system. If approved by the Senate and signed by the
President, it could come into effect on July 1, 2006.
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One on OneMiroslav Firt - points system essential to improve safety on Czech roads
Rob Cameron's guest in this week's One on One is Miroslav Firt, in charge
of international relations at one of the country's biggest motoring
organisations, the UAMK. Miroslav went to school in the United States, and
his work now takes him across Europe, concentrating on the issue of road
safety, not something it seems the Czechs are particularly good at.
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Business NewsBusiness briefs
It's been an eventful week for the Czech Republic in terms of European
Union affairs, the Czech health-care system, and small businesses, with
changes to the EU's Stability and Growth Pact agreed and two complaints
against the Czech state filed in Brussels.
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MailboxMailbox
In this week's edition: the Czech election system, this year's summer
school of Czech in Dobruska, a response to our programme on the Czech
1920s' racing driver Eliska Junkova. Listeners quoted: Rabisankar Bosu,
Miguel Osers, Roz Brown and Colin Rose.
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MagazineMagazine
Czech Radio draws blood - a unique tradition for recruiting blood and bone
marrow donors. Prague and Vienna remember the good old days. And, why
would anyone want to piece their back with skewers? Another Czech makes
the Guinness Book of Records! Find out more in Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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Czechs in HistoryEliska Junkova: The Czech racing queen of the Jazz Age
In this edition of 'Czechs in History,' Brian Kenety takes a look at the
life of Czechoslovakia's greatest race car driver, Eliska Junkova, the
"queen of the steering wheel" and Jazz Age belle, whose stellar
career came to a screeching halt after a tragic accident claimed the love
of her life. More
MailboxMailbox
Topics discussed in this week's Mailbox: speed limits in the Czech Republic
and Czech charitable organisations active abroad. We quote from letters
from Ashik Eqbal Tokon from Bangladesh, Mick Horsefield from England and
Muhammad Shamim from India.
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Current Affairs'Gentlemen, start your engines'
Founded in 1908, the Zbraslav-Jiloviste motor car race can claim to be the
oldest up-hill -- as opposed to flat track -- car race still going in
Europe. Since 1968, the race has been organised by the Veteran Car Club of
Prague and it has become more of a beauty pageant for restored vehciles
than a
contest of speed. More
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