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In this week’s Mailbox: the house where Bernard Bolzano lived in Prague,
response to Radio Prague articles, DRM reception, the Schengen border-free
area. Listeners quoted: Ernest Llohis, Tamira, Jay Ham, Helmut Matt,
Jonathan Murphy.
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This week in Mailbox: An unusual reception report from Montana, the results
of Radio Prague’s Christmas competition. Listeners quoted: Christoph
Preutenborbeck, Mark Schiefelbein, Brian Kendall, Jin Ok Um, Qiu Lei,
Praseetha Kizhakedath, Oscar Machuki, Krista Warstler.
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Current AffairsTopolánek, Gusenbauer discuss Schengen & illegal migration
Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek was on an official visit to Vienna on
Monday to meet with Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer for a day of
talks that included discussions on the Czech Republic’s Temelín nuclear
power plant and the upcoming EU presidencies. But it was the recent
enlargement of the EU’s Schengen zone that was arguably the most
dominant. Since the relaxation of border controls last month Austria has
seen a rapid new influx of illegal migrants and on Monday both Czech and
Austrian representatives pledged that more would be done to tackle the
problem.
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SpecialThe symbolic and practical implications of the Schengen expansion
On December 21 the Czech Republic made another significant step in becoming
a fully-fledged member of the European Union. At midnight, Czechs, along
with nine other new EU member states, abolished their border controls and
become part of the border-free Schengen area. Almost two decades after the
fall of the Iron Curtain, the final barrier separating the former Eastern
and Western bloc has been lifted. On the day of the country’s accession
to the Schengen zone, I spoke to Ivo Slosarcik, lecturer of European and
international law at Charles University. I started by asking him how the
country’s entry to Schengen is going to affect people’s lives:
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