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He's one of the greats of classical music and you wouldn't expect him to get mixed up in politics. Yet, more than 200 years after his death Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is at the centre of a dispute between the far-right Austrian Freedom Party and the Czech tourist agency Czechtourism.

Iraqis have been taking part in landmark elections in their country to elect the first full-term government, and Iraqis in the Czech Republic, too, have taken part. On Wednesday 82 of them travelled to Vienna by busses provided by the Foreign Ministry, in order to support of the democratic process. A little earlier we spoke to Ahmed Ghlim - the spokesman for the Iraqi Forum in the Czech Republic, who has lived in the Czech Republic for 26 years. He told Radio Prague about his feelings on the vote.

Probably the most exotic inhabitant of the Czech Republic's deep pine forests is fighting a losing battle for survival. The Czech lynx is a frequent target of illegal hunters, and despite heightened efforts to protect the breed, its numbers have dwindled to several dozen specimens. Environmentalists have now come up with a surprising plan that should help to save not only the lynx, but also bears and wolves living in the mountain regions. They are relying on King Kong to help them out.

The Interior Ministry has announced plans to reform its network of information offices in foreign countries, as part of the government's attempts to fight on illegal immigration. Existing offices will concentrate on explaining on how migrants can work legally in the Czech Republic. Rob Cameron has more.

The Carribean island nation of Haiti is the poorest country in the western Hemisphere, and has been plagued by political unrest for most of its history. Over one thousand people have been kidnapped in the former French colony this year alone. Among them was a Czech missionary - who was lucky to escape with his life.

The Christmas markets in Prague may be packed but that's not the only business that's booming. This is also the peak season for toy shops. Do Czech children want toys? We went along to a Prague elementary school and asked a Grade 3 class.

More details have emerged about the arrest in Prague on Sunday of a person described by the Swedish media as "Osama bin Laden's man in Sweden." The man, a 39-year-old Swede of Lebanese origin, is now in custody awaiting a decision on whether extradition proceedings can begin against him.

Only ten days remain to Christmas Eve, the main festive day of Czech Christmas. People are buying Christmas trees and mistletoe, baking Christmas cookies and also looking for presents for their loved ones. One of the favourite places to buy inexpensive and traditional gifts is a Christmas market.

The horrors of the July 7 London bombings are still fresh in our minds. Ten years after the nerve gas attacks on Tokyo's underground railway, the bombs in London showed that public transport systems around the world are still an easy target for terrorists.

Kumar Vishwanathan is originally from southern India. He was leading a quiet life as a teacher in a provincial Czech town when in 1997 disastrous floods swept through the eastern part of the Czech Republic and changed his life for ever. Quite spontaneously he decided to help Romany families who had lost their homes in the industrial city of Ostrava near the Polish border. He thought he would stay for a few weeks. Eight years later, along with his wife and small son, he is still there, working untiringly to build bridges between Roma and non-Roma