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How do you encourage people to have babies? One mayor has tried booking a hotel and paying for dinner. Forget the DVD -the cinema train's coming! And, museums seen "in a new light" -after dark. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Czechs elect the book of the year in the Big Read, three Czech singers wow Russia and -have you ever seen snails race? The snail racing tradition in this country dates back to 1901! Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

An ostrich in the Czech Republic has just laid the biggest ostrich egg in the world! The woman who murdered a man because he criticized her hairdo and, the former Czech porn star Dolly Buster shovels manure in her promotion clip for the European elections campaign. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Brunching on the border - at a five km long breakfast table, burning totalitarian symbols in place of witches and rolling a beer barrel to Germany. Find out about the whacky EU celebrations that failed to make the news. More in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

The violin that's different from all others but still makes sweet music. Record breakers on the Old Town Square and the man who fell asleep at a rail crossing waiting for the train to pass.Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

When did you last see your wife? A Czech man was married for a whole year without being aware of it. A jubilee car: the one millionth Fabia RS produced by the auto maker Skoda is bound for Great Britain. How many bureaucrats does the Czech Republic actually have? Politicians are placing bets on that but nobody really seems to know. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

With EU accession just weeks away, the EC's headquarters in Brussels gets a taste of things Czech - beer, fruit dumplings and films - as well as a crash course in Czech for free! Birds of a feather flock together -and they are all flocking to the Jihlava Zoo for the annual human-bird jamboree! And, the garbage truck that smells of Chanel. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Sigmund Freud has been called upon to make a certain Moravian town lots of money - after all it is his birthplace! Not happy with Viagra ? Head for Velke Karlovice in eastern Moravia, which boasts a forest spring as potent as the little blue pill. And, why have some Czechs switched to using hippo-metres? Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Ecstasy Street? Right here in the Czech Republic. The rules governing the naming of streets have become much more lenient. Looking for a really exclusive sports car? Build it yourself - some Czechs won't settle for less. And, the man who is making big money in jail -controversy over a billboard featuring a man jailed for murder. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Hockey fans at the opera? Believe it or not Czechs are producing an opera about their 1998 hockey victory at the winter Olympics in Nagano. Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry and his distant relations in Europe: the American who is so popular three European states are laying claim to his ancestors. Czech chefs give the public a taste of the best -and demand recognition! And, the price of a condom rocks Parliament. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.