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Do you ever wonder if advertising goes too far? Do risque ads rub you up the wrong way? This is a subject very much in the news in the Czech Republic and the topic of this weeks' Magazine.

The beginning of the new school year always brings heated debates about the present education system. More than a decade after the fall of the Iron Curtain Czech youngsters are living in a changed environment - they are said to be more self-confident, more aggressive, more high-strung and under greater pressure than their predecessors to be successful. Are they being prepared for the challenges that lie ahead? In this week's Magazine talks to Mrs. Jarmila Knight about the problems Czech youngsters face and what they think of the world around them.

Among topics explored in this week's are Czech computer experts working in Germany.

This week's magazine explores the tradition of the Czech 'Chata'.

Among topics delved into in this week's edition are restrictions on naming children in the Czech Republic... and a little noble celebration.

Welcome to Magazine and happy Easter. A few minutes later you can join me on a stroll through the Old Town Square which has become a mecca for tourists and children alike with over 100 Easter stalls and all-day performances.

Welcome to Magazine - spring is in the air -and we'll soon be baring a lot more skin . An increasing number of young people are not willing to settle for the latest trends in wear and make up. They decorate their own bodies with tattoos, piercing, scarification and even branding. If you are considering this - read on and find out what you'd be getting into - and what's available in Prague this spring.

The summer of 2001 was a particularly bad one for Czech bee-keepers. Foul-brood- a destructive bacterial disease - swept through many parts of the country, and entire bee colonies succumbed to it. Bee-keepers had the suspicion that the disease was imported - and the experts now know what happened. Also in this weeks magazine, twelve years after the fall of communism Czechs have finally tired of ads. They are now asking advertisers to try and be "more honest".