EURANET – The European Radio Network

Euranet, the new European radio network, adds colour and motion to the European media. Euranet is a pan-European consortium made up of 16 international, national and regional radio stations from 13 EU member states. The network partners co-produce and transmit programs on European issues, from a European, transnational perspective. Alongside a multilingual, interactive website, which will be launched in summer 2008, Euranet’s broadcasts will stimulate communication between Europeans. Radio Prague is taking part in the project. Stories produced for the network are broadcast by partner stations all over Europe. A selection of them can be found on these pages.

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Czech underground legends Plastic People of Universe return with first album in decade

[2010-01-22] Ian Willoughby

The Plastic People of the Universe – one of the most important bands ever to come out of the former Eastern Bloc – are back with a new album. The imprisonment of the underground group inspired the dissidents who later led Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution. But all along the Plastic People have insisted they just want to play their music. They discussed their new release with Radio Prague’s Ian Willoughby.

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Prague conference contributes to reshaping NATO strategy

[2010-01-13] Chris Johnstone

The world’s most powerful military alliance, NATO, is in the middle of a far reaching and overdue rethink of its strategy. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is leading a group tasked with pointing the way. She and other members of the group were in the Czech capital Prague on Tuesday to collect input and give some pointers where the process is heading. Radio Prague’s Chris Johnstone reports.

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Czech education system faces up to future challenges

[2009-12-11] Chris Johnstone

The Czech education system has largely been transformed over the last 20 years since the fall of Communism, though still bears some of the scars. But it faces an equally big challenge in the future. Wide ranging reforms have been drawn up by the government but there are worries whether the will and financial means exist to push them through. Radio Prague’s Chris Johnstone looks at the steps taken so far and the obstacles ahead.

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Inside Prague's labyrinth of bomb shelters

[2009-12-11] Christian Falvey

The Cold War might long be a thing of the past but the city of Prague is still ready for World War Three. Beneath the City of a Thousand Spires is a system of roughly 800 nuclear fallout shelters kept in perfect working order amid the hope they will never be used. Radio Prague’s Christian Falvey visited the alternate universe of Prague’s subterranean bunkers.

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Renovation of famous landmark dogged by controversy

[2009-10-21] Jan Velinger

Extensive renovation of Prague’s most famous landmark – the 14th century Charles Bridge – is roughly a year from completion but if critics had their way repairs on the ancient site would immediately be stopped. They charge that Prague, city hall and others have handled the project so poorly, that damage to the bridge is obvious even to the layman.

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Slovak outlaw hero played by Czech in biggest central European film of year

[2009-10-01] Ian Willoughby

Jánošík: A True Story is the title of a new film about the 17th century highwayman Juraj Jánošík, a Robin Hood-like figure who is a national hero in Slovakia. However, despite the huge importance of the story to Slovaks, the freshly-released movie stars a Czech actor as Jánošík – and was made by a Polish director. Radio Prague’s Ian Willoughby reports on a regional blockbuster.

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Show featuring works by art world megastar Damien Hirst opens in Prague

[2009-05-27] Ian Willoughby

An exhibition of works by Britain’s Damien Hirst has just opened in Prague. Perhaps best known for placing dead animals in formaldehyde and covering a human skull in diamonds, Damien Hirst is the richest living artist the world has ever seen. The new show is curated by Gunnar Kvaran from the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo. At its opening, Radio Prague’s Ian Willoughby asked him: what makes the artist such a huge star?

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Cult Czech comic celebrates 40 years

[2009-05-25] Rosie Johnston

Three generations of Czechs have been raised on the adventures of Bobík, Myšpulín, Fifinka and Pinďa – the stars of the comic Čtyřlístek. Under communism in the former Czechoslovakia, Čtyřlístek was about the only cartoon children could get their hands on. As Rosie Johnston in Prague reports, forty years after the advent of the comic, Čtyřlístek is still going strong:

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EU ombudsman says he’s here to help

[2009-05-25] Rosie Johnston

European ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros is in Prague this Wednesday as part of a campaign to raise awareness about what he can do to protect European residents’ rights. Mr Diamandouros receives around 3,500 complaints a year, mainly regarding discrimination or maladministration in EU institutions. But what is his job exactly, and how can he help EU citizens? Radio Prague’s Rosie Johnston met Nikiforos Diamandouros to find out:

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EU launches Eastern Partnership with six ex-Soviet states at Prague summit

[2009-05-11] Ian Willoughby

The European Union is this evening launching a new Eastern Partnership plan with six former Soviet states at a summit in the Czech capital, Prague. The initiative, which is said to irritate Moscow, is aimed at fostering closer ties with countries like Ukraine and Moldova. But what can the Czech-backed plan actually achieve in practical terms?

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