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In this week's Mailbox we answer your letters and emails about the future of our Czech language series ABC of Czech, a man we recently reported on who composes music by listening to mushrooms and the complicated question of how many people listen to Radio Prague.

Topics this week include: Well paid jobs. The state of churches after the fall of Communism. Listeners quoted: Kingsley Ota, Nicholas Stone.

This week's topics: Radio Prague competition. Public opinion poll puts Communist second on popularity ladder. DRM experimental transmission.

This week's topics: Czech-born women honoured by Foreign Ministry. State of homes for the elderly. Foreigners at Czech spas. Listeners quoted: Daniel Winston, Patrick Nol, Peter Ngabe.

This week's topics: EU resolution on cigarette advertising, average wage, Czech arms trade, new autumn schedule. Listeners quoted: Paul Marsh, Barry Levingston, Justine Neff.

This week's topics: Growing number of self-immolations. Beethoven's connection to Prague. The Clam-Gallas family. Listeners quoted: George Rosseli, Franz Schwartz Jr., Jan Fermich.

September 28 is a national holiday designated as the Day of Czech Statehood, when Czechs celebrate their chief patron saint Wenceslas, who was killed by his brother on this day. In this week's Mailbox, we answer our listeners' questions regarding St. Wenceslas and the Day of Czech Statehood.

Topics this week: Educational project teaching children to live alongside animals. "Tourist Police" force. Czech national anthem. Listeners quoted: Michael Stein, Pavel Barta, Frederick Johnson.

Topics today: Government project for foreign workers. EU warning on safety standards. Electricity bills. Bangladesh DX club listeners' competition. Listeners quoted: Mustafa Hamoui, Eva Herzog, David Eldridge. Muhammad Shamims.

Topics in this week's edition include: Czech Centres. Minorities. Job cuts in the public sector. Standard of living. Listeners quoted: George Tante, Susanna Fernandez, Henry Walters.