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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.

This Sunday we announce the winners of last month's listeners' competition and also a new question for June. We quote from e-mails by: Hrishabh Sandilya, David Wrigth, Angelia Beranek, Peter Valek, Miki Ramo-Kalkus, Gina Cenkl, Phil McVey, Mary Lou Krenek, Charles Konecny and Roy Kitson.

Today in Mailbox: We introduce three new voices on Radio Prague and we read from an e-mail by Elliott A. Sternbergh about Sternberk Castle. Also, Wednesday is the deadline for your answers to our May competition.

Topics discussed this week in Mailbox: response to our programmes about the 61st anniversary of the end of WWII; jaywalking in the Czech Republic; reception conditions; largest telescope in the Czech Republic. We quote from letters and e-mails sent by: Mike Koblizek, Canada; Raymond T. Tufo, Scott McDonald, US; Atsuhisa Kageyama, Japan; Stephen Hogan, Australia.

In this edition: Radio Prague's annual listeners' contest; football World Cup finals; Czech literary links to Mexico. Listeners quoted: Sanusi Isah Katsina, Nigeria; Rabi Sankar Bosu, India; Mary Lou Krenek, John Lockwood, USA; J.A. Gray, UK.