News
03-10-2012 17:41 CEST | Daniela Lazarová
- Labour and Social Affairs Minister Jaromír Drábek has resigned from office.
- The cabinet is planning to take effective action against unlicensed production and sale of spirits.
- The Dukovany power plant which has come under fire for the type of fuel used, will remain in operation.
- Trade unions have called on the public not to give their vote to the ruling parties in the upcoming regional and senate elections.
- Prague’s Ruzyně Airport will be officially renamed to Vaclav Havel Airport Prague on Friday, on the anniversary of the late ex-president’s birthday.
Current Affairs
End of the line for methadone bus
Drop-In bus, photo: Czech Television
The Czech NGO Drop-In, which helps drug addicts fighting addiction, has cancelled a facility which had provided methadone for heroin users. The substance acts as a replacement for heroin, gradually reducing dependence. Drop-In had a centre on wheels – a bus – which provided the synthetic opiod for hundreds of users each day near Prague’s main station. But the project, only a month old, was opposed by Czech Railways as well as holders of the station’s lease. More
(02:11)Domestic violence costs state budget 1.3 billion crowns, new study finds
A new study by the Prague-based NGO proFem looks at the costs of domestic
violence to the state budget. The authors of the survey took into account
the costs of health care for victims of domestic violence as well as the
expenses of the judiciary, law enforcement and social welfare systems, and
found that domestic violence each year costs the state over 1.3 billion
crowns.
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(04:43)One on One
Sára Vondrášková, an invigorating new voice taking jazz in her own direction
The sultry voice of young Sara Vondrášková there in the song Lay Down,
which has launched her from the cafes and clubs of Prague to the silver
screen, as the title song for the new Czech film noir Ve Stínu. The jazz
student’s bewitching contralto and modern compositional sensibility is
giving her some well earned prominence in the next generation of
singer/songwriter/composers. Our guest in this edition of One on One, Sara
Vondrášková tells us first of all how she’s begun to move away from
her home ground in jazz. More
(13:08)Sunday Music Show
Two voices
This week’s Sunday music show is devoted to a refreshing female duo
called Two Voices. At first glance they have little in common - Jana
Rychterova is a classic chanson singer, who writes her own lyrics and
accompanies herself on the guitar while mezzo-soprano Edita Adlerova
studied opera. What brought them together is a sense of humour and a
natural talent to entertain the crowd.
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(30:26)Science Journal
Science Journal
Two stories of the fruitful work of Czech scientists on the international
scale in this month’s Science Journal, both touching on key modern issues
of food production and climate change.
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(08:27)Sections
Topics
Marketplace
From the For Toys fair to Deskohraní 2012
Last weekend saw the third annual For Toys fair held at Prague’s Letňany
featuring children’s products. One of the focuses was highlighting
creative and safe toys, from simple building block systems for toddlers to
more complex games for kids. Teens... More
(10:08)Current Affairs
Fresh corruption scandal shakes ruling TOP 09 party ahead of elections
A fresh corruption scandal has hit the Czech coalition government less than
a fortnight ahead of October’s regional and senate elections and this
time the police struck higher than ever before in the echelons of executive
power. On Monday plainclothes... More
(03:58)First direct presidential election set for January 11, 2013
In January 2013, Czechs will for the first time in history elect their
president. Polling stations will open on January 11 for the first round of
voting, the second round will take place two weeks later, the speaker of
the Czech Senate has announced.... More
(04:35)Sports News
Sports News
In Sports News this Monday: Slavia beat out-of-form Sparta in the 278th
Prague derby; ex-Czech defender Martin Jiránek scores one of Europe’s
goals of the season so far, in the Russian league; Jaromír Jágr leads
Kladno to their fifth Extraliga win in... More
(04:06)Czech Books
“Second Exile”: a true story from communist Czechoslovakia in poetry and prose
Born in 1946, Aleš Macháček, has been through experiences that it is
hard for people from the west to imagine. In 1977 he was sentenced to three
years in prison for helping to distribute books and periodicals that were
banned by the regime in Czechoslovakia,... More
(14:34)From the Archives
Radio Prague goes back on air
For a few weeks just after the fall of communism, Radio Prague went silent.
Its days as a tool in the Cold War were over. After huge staff cuts, and
with the old communist managers gone, Radio Prague went back on air early
in 1990. A new era began for... More
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