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Today in Mailbox: the number of letters and e-mails received by Radio Prague last year, the largest football stadium in the Czech Republic, the country’s “national” river, piano music played at the close of last Wednesday’s broadcast. Listeners quoted: Taslim Uddin, Rassem ben Brahim, Muhammad Shamim, David.

Today in Mailbox: disappearing bazaars in Prague, the Mánes café, a photo featured in Mailbox on our website in September, the Czech Republic’s space satellites. Listeners quoted: Chris Cavers, Jim Willetts, Joanie Schirm, Börje Sahlén, Mofizur Rahman.

This week in Mailbox: We reveal the identity of February’s mystery man and announce the names of the four winners. Listeners quoted: Hans Verner Lollike, Juan Carlos Gil Mongio, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Catherine Agboola, Constantin Liviu Viorel, Fares Alnsair, Paul R Peacock, Steve Wara, David Eldridge, Charles Konecny, Colin Law.

Today in Mailbox: Czech Radio’s Regina building and the City Tower on Pankrác Plain, a comment on president Václav Klaus’s speech in the European Parliament, a request for a programme about the Czech brass-music composer František Kmoch. Listeners quoted: Tony Nuttall, Jaromír Hauzar, Karl Strauss.

This week in Mailbox: The programme’s signature tune, shortwave reception in England, Radio Prague’s coverage of modern Czech history. Listeners quoted: Mark Harper, David Christmass, George Scott.

In Mailbox this week: Radio Prague’s QSL cards for 2009, Czech language broadcasts to North America, volcanoes in the Czech Republic, the Czech National Museum. Listeners quoted: Bob Boundy, Craig Havel, Ngozi Ekezue, Nashir Uddin.

In Mailbox this week: We reveal the identity of January’s mystery man and announce the names of the winners. Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Tracy A, Dean Bonanno, Barbara Ziemba, Catherine Agboola, Colin Law, Heike Lemon, Charles Konecny.

Today in Mailbox: comment from a long-time listener from Sweden, listeners' response to Czech Television’s decision to apologize to President Václav Klaus for broadcasting footage of the president warming up ahead of his New Year's address, a new quiz question for February. Listeners quoted: Henrik Klemetz, J.P. Maher, David Eldridge.

This week in Mailbox: the proposed exhumation of the remains of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, the history of Charles University, a link to the latest edition of Czech Books, the government’s approval to sell the Czech national carrier. Listeners quoted: Swen Gummich, Klaus Jurascheck, Abigail Hirsch, Aloisie Krasny.

In Mailbox this week: Czech Television’s decision to apologize to President Václav Klaus for broadcasting footage of the president warming up ahead of his New Year's address; Vizovické Pastries; impressions from winter Prague. Listeners quoted: Stephani Shelton, Mike & Audrey Dworek, David Eldridge.