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What is the difference between lobbying in the Czech Republic and abroad? Martin Duda is the deputy director at Czech Business Representation, which represents several Czech business associations at EU bodies in Brussels. The lobbyist who has worked in the Czech Republic and abroad explained why lobbyists in the capital of the European Union have a much better reputation than those in Prague.

Leading British and Czech economists met at Prague Castle last week for another in a series of conferences about the future of Europe - what it has to offer the world, how it is affected by migration and the impact of European integration, among other things. Last week's conference was called Can Europe sharpen its blunt competitive edge and it presented another platform to the much debated Lisbon agenda aimed at raising the EU's competitiveness by 2010. Keith Didcock, deputy director of the Foreign Policy Centre in London tells Daniela Lazarova

There are almost 100 political parties and movements registered in the Czech Republic. They are soon to be joined by a new party which is planning to run for and even win seats in the next general election in 2006. Called "Rovnost sanci", or "Equal Opportunities", the new political party will focus on women in society both on a domestic and international level.

Some listeners will already be familiar with the work of Czech artist Lucie Seifertova, the author and illustrator of several successful children's pop-up books in Czech and English. Her books include Magical Prague and last year's Children's Book of the Year: A History of the Brave Czech Nation. The success and popularity of her "history" - a massive single-volume comic - eventually led to a new exhibition now underway at the National Museum. There you can experience writ large the small joys and miseries of cartoon characters who wind their ways

Later this month, the Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihamoni will be crowned the country's new king after his father, Norodom Sihanouk, abdicated last week. Cambodia's ex-ambassador to Unesco, Prince Sihamoni is also a former ballet dancer. But it is not widely-known that he had spent thirteen years in Prague studying classical ballet at various schools. Also, the new king of Cambodia is not the only one among world politicians who speaks fluent Czech - a language often described as very difficult to master.

Czech Parliament is discussing an amendment to the country's Criminal Code, now more than 40 years old. The main purpose of the amendment is above all to hit perpetrators of violent crimes like murder or robbery with more serious sentences. While now the limit for imprisonment was 25 years, apart from exceptional life sentences, in the future it could be raised by five years. There are also quite a few entirely new crimes defined like terrorist attacks or prostitution endangering moral development of children, in other words, prostitution in school

The 14th annual international fair of information and communication technology is taking place in Brno this week. The INVEX fair brings leading Czech and international firms in the technology and multimedia industry together to exhibit the finest products and service that their industry has to offer. Martin Hrobsky attended the fair and filed this report.

Czech fans of rock'n'roll are in for an extremely rare treat on Thursday night, when one of the genre's true legends - Jerry Lee Lewis - makes his first ever appearance in the Czech Republic.

The Czechs are - famously - the world's number one consumers of beer. But did you know that while 90 percent of Czech men are beer drinkers, it's only 58 percent in the case of women? A new report on Czech drinking habits has also found that voters of the center-right Civic Democrats drink the most beer, but that may be because the party has more male voters. The study also looks at another very interesting issue - the importance of pubs in Czech society.

This weekend, Prague is hosting its first-ever Music on Film - Film on Music Festival. This event hopes to excite the city's denizens with a sizzling showcase of films which explore and celebrate music. It will be showing 84 music-based films of varying length, including three world premieres.