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While Czechs of all ages were celebrating the coming of the New Year on squares, at parties - even in maternity wards, as we've just heard - a handful of them were inside the Czech television newsroom, practically cut off from the world, continuing what they see as a struggle to keep Czech public TV independent of political influence, following the controversial appointment of Jiri Hodac as the network's new director. RP's managed to visit the protesting journalists and speak to one of their number, Michal Kubal, who with his colleagues has now

As in the rest of the world, hundreds of thousands people in the Czech Republic went out into the streets, to welcome the first day of the New Millennium. While in Prague and Brno the celebrations were relatively calm, in the town of Olomouc and in several other places, several people were badly injured. reports:

The dramatic events around Czech TV have been drawing attention beyond the Czech Republic's borders. has been finding out how the media in some other post-communist countries have been evaluating the situation. She started by talking with Oxana Ferjencikova from Slovak radio:

2000 Panel discussion - mulls over the year 2000 with commentators Vaclav Zak, Jiri Pehe and Vaclav Pinkava.

Hello and welcome to Radio Prague. As we've almost reached the end of the year 2000, today's programme is devoted to a review of the events that made the headlines this year. and join me in the studio for a round-up of the big stories of 2000.

The crisis over Czech Television continues. Thousands of people gathered once again outside the news building on Thursday evening, the latest in a series of demonstrations against the appointment of General Director Jiri Hodac. was there, and brings back this report:

With the new millenium in sight, Czechs can expect a lot of changes in the year 2001. This is mostly because of reforms the Czech Republic is having to make to bring it in line with European Union regulations. has the details:

With the New Year just hours away, we're all busy wishing each other all the best. Here, in the Czech Republic we say "all the best", but always add "hlavne zdravi" - which means 'especially health'. But what about those who are ill, and need medical care, those who need major surgery and transplants? spoke to Dr. Stefan Vitko, head of the Transplant Centre at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine:

Prague's first purpose-built office building for e-business boasts an infrastructure incomparable to any in the Czech Republic - and perhaps anywhere in continental Europe. The technical capacities of the new Pricewaterhouse Coopers Business and Community Centre include real-time video conferencing and a custom-built internal business processing system. has more: