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In early July we announced the winner of Radio Prague's annual competition in which we asked you to identify three sounds connected to Prague. This year, the winner of a trip to Prague is Dimitriy Balykin from Russia. The English translation of his entry can be viewed on our website. Instead of our usual Mailbox programme today, you have a chance to hear the full entries by the two finalists chosen by the English Section.

Today in Mailbox: We announce the winners of our listeners' competition as well as a new question for August. We quote from e-mails sent by: Bob Boundy, Harry T. Klugel, Christine Takaguchi-Coates, Paul R. Peacock, Henrik Klemetz, Colin Law and Job Nyangau.

This week in Mailbox: Festival Mitte Europa; we get back to the use of the US dollar in Radio Prague's reports; Czech music featured at London Proms. Listeners quoted: Mukesh Kumar, Don Brazier, Jerry Fridrich, Michael Pober, Brian Kendall.

This week in Mailbox: New website czech.cz; the use of US dollars in Radio Prague reports; features on Radio Prague's website. Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, Kanu Kumar Paul, Jane Carter, C. Jones.

This week in Mailbox: Marathons in the Czech Republic; rent control; Science in the Streets project; RP on shortwave and the mysterious presenter Petr Skala; a look back at the annual listeners' competition. Listerners quoted: Teodor Shepertycki, Canada; Mark Coviello, Chris Krug, Mary Lou Krenek, US; Mukesh N. Tekwani, India; James Garvin, Northern Ireland.

This week in Mailbox we reveal the correct answer to our monthly competition about the origin of the dollar and we announce the names of the four lucky winners.

This week, instead of our usual Mailbox we announce the winners in our annual listeners' competition. If you remember we asked you to identify three different Prague sounds. We received a lot of answers from all around the world - although not quite as many as last time and several of you wrote in saying you found the competition particularly hard this year. But even if you did not get all three right, something is on the way to all of you who took the plunge and sent in your entries.

This week: Roma in the Czech Republic; football World Cup; Fathers' Day; smoking ban in restaurants. Listeners quoted: Paul Danello, Janet Kostner, Onno van Eijk, Eve Houtzer, Malik Ameer Bakhsh, Jonathan Murphy.

In this week's edition: Radio Prague's "One on One" jingle, "The Beer Barrel Polka", the Czech Republic's performance at the World Cup. Listeners quoted: Shirley Allan, Canada; Bob Boundy, New Zealand; Christoph Preutenborbeck, Germany; Malik Ameer Bakhsh, Pakistan; Ashik Eqbal Tokon, Bangladesh.

This week in Mailbox: comments about Czech general elections, Radio Prague broadcasts on CBC, interview with Radio Prague's listener Michel Solis from Canada. We quote from e-mails from: Mary Lou Krenek, US; David Eldridge, UK; Garry Meadows, Canada.