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

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:

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:

The crisis at the country's public television network, Czech Television, has now gone far beyond an internal dispute; the battle for control of the network has gripped Czech political and public life and serious questions are now being asked as to the independence of the Czech media. But journalists themselves are not united over the dispute, as discovered:

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:

The middle of December marked a prestigious homecoming for the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, after completing a month long tour of Japan. They left the Czech Republic in the middle of November, embarking on their 6th tour of Japan where they played close to twenty sold-out concerts. caught up with the orchestra's spokeswoman, Jitka Malkova, who describes the success of this tour:

The protests over the appointment of a new General Director of the country's state-run television network, Czech Television, continue. Thursday saw demonstrations organised by news editors and staff, furious at the hasty appointment of Jiri Hodac, who they accuse of having close links to the right-of-centre Civic Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the leader of the Civic Democrats, Vaclav Klaus, has come up with his own unique solution to the crisis. reports: