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In this special New Year's Eve programme, sums up the major events of 2001 with a panel of studio guests. How have the events of September 11th changed attitudes in the Czech Republic? Should EU membership be decided by a referendum? Is Czech press freedom under threat? And why does Karel Gott have to win the Cesky Slavik award every year? Join to find out.

It's been a big year for the Borussia Dortmund midfielder Tomas Rosicky and it was no surprise when Rosicky was named Czech Footballer of the Year at a star-studded ceremony at Prague's Kongresove Centrum on Thursday night. Rosicky is regarded as the boy wonder of Czech football and is the most talented Czech player to emerge in some years. By .

In our special Christmas Eve programme on Radio Prague, will be talking to three generations of Czechs about what Christmas means to them, and and roll up their sleeves to cook the tradition Czech Christmas dinner - fried carp and potato salad.

Twelve years after the fall of communism a number of former high ranking communist officials could face jail. While the former Czechoslovak Prime Minister Lubomir Strougal is facing charges of abusing his powers, charges of treason are set to be brought against two other prominent Communist Party officials of the 70s and 80s. reports: