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A Czech town declares war on bureaucrats, on average every tenth child born in the Czech Republic has a different biological father than presumed, and a man gets one million crowns in compensation for unwittingly fathering twins- find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Imagine coming home to your flat to find it has been invaded by 500 bats. No, that's not the latest horror movie - it is a real life story that happened to a woman in Plzen, west Bohemia. Who won the Man of the Year contest in the Czech Republic? And, the police in Pribram are investigating the theft of one of their colleagues - who may be gracing someone's garden. Find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Can a towing vehicle weighing ten tons be placed on just ten glasses of beer? How many fruit dumplings can one eat without being sick - and why is it a good idea to obtain a nail from a house that was burnt down in a fire? To find out - tune in to this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

How big is the biggest baby ever born in the Czech Republic? Where can you enjoy an international train ride that lasts just 24 seconds and why have the locals on the Berounka river unveiled a two metre tall statue of a water sprite? Find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova

How much beer do Czechs actually drink, what's a "beer barrel race", and where do you go to meet the winner of the Miss Garlic contest? That and more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

What are Czechs placing bets on this summer, how tolerant are Czech men and women of a partner who cheats on them, and where do you go to enjoy a Goulash Festival? Find out in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

As you may already have heard on Radio Prague, the Czech Republic needs an influx of qualified foreign workers. A country with an aging population and a declining birth rate needs new blood and the government is taking steps to smooth the way. In 2004 the Czech Republic will join the European Union but as one of ten newcomers it is unlikely to attract many work candidates from the well-to-do EU states. On the other hand, as a new EU member it will be much more attractive to qualified workers from the East. Rather than letting that process take

Ever since 1994, Czech Radio has been taking part in a project which involves tracking black storks to their wintering grounds in Africa and India. The aim of the project is not just to help establish the various migration routes that these birds take every spring and autumn but to help protect them along the way. The sad outcome of last year's endeavour - two of the three storks to which zoologists had attached satellite transmitters were shot by local hunters in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the third is missing -underline the importance of this

Why did it take a postcard twenty years to get from Los Angeles to Prostejov in the Czech Republic, what happened to make three people disappear down a black hole as they sat in a cinema watching a late night movie and what is Scheherezade doing in a baroque castle in western Bohemia? In this week's Magazine Daniela Lazarova brings you some of the whacky and attention grabbing stories that you won't find in our news bulletins.