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Daily news and comments made by a journalist, newspaper editor, and translator Petr Bokuvka, currently living in Brno, the Czech Republic. His previous professional experience includes TV Nova [news researcher and immediate response reporter], Lidove noviny daily newspaper [contract columnist], Radio Slovakia International [reporter, editor and host], or Brnensky denik daily [deputy editor-in-chief].
He can now be reached at bokuvka at atlas dot cz or ICQ: 276784660..
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News and comments on both Czech and global issues, made and written by Petr Bokuvka, a translator and journalist with previous professional experience in newspaper editing, radio broadcasting and TV news reporting.
Cau Petre,
I like the site and your commentary. Its nice to see a Czech with very good English write on local issues. Its also nice to see its lack of any affiliation with expats.cz nor the rantings of the madman Kal Korff. I look forward to reading more, and hats off on your exceptional English. Je to skoda ze nejste v praze…:}
Predem diky,
An American that dislikes all things expat (acclimate, dont hesitate)…
Ahoj Petre,
Have a look at http://www.slovodne.cz
It’s funny and informative and you may like it. If you like it a lot, you may even put up a link…
Keep up the good work. I’ve bookmarked your site.
Fred
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“The madman Kal Korff.”
Yes.
JD
Have a nice day !
Hi Petr,
I’m an English teacher living in Brno. I stumbled onto your site and I really enjoy it. Keep it up. And where did you get that fantastic panalaky panorama on the top of the page? Really, I’d love to know. It looks like it could be Brno…?
Ahoj,
I found your blog during a phase of writers block. Great Blog! I am an American who has tried studying Czech language off and on. I am very interested in the Czech culture and current events.
Hi Joe, yes, the panelak buildings are indeed Brno. The Vinohrady suburb, taken from the eastern walls of Spilberk.
To “michiganredneck”: Hey, any questions you might have, in the most recent comments, and I will try to reply via email ASAP.
Ahoj, Petře,
I just discovered you’ve revived the blog after the old one disappeared. Too bad you moved to Brno before I was in Bratislava; I would’ve loved to buy you a beer sometime.
Ahoj Petre,
I sent you an email about interviewing you for Global Voices, I’m not sure if you got it?
Cheers,
Elia
Hi Elia, I just replied to your e-mail.
Thanks a lot!
Hello Mr.Petr Bokuvka,how are you today ?
I just want to thank you /dovi on a excellent website about Brno .I used googled and your site came up.It is now in my favorites category. Bravo and yes,very good english you have.
If possible please place more photos and links on how to type and speak slovak and czech. dovi
sincerely yours,
terry wasik
CORNWALL, Ontario, Canada
(i look forward to more stories and updates,and easy on those waitresses
Hi Tomas,
See http://www.kalisanidiot.blogspot.com
Cheers,
Jimmy D
Ahoj Petre,
Nasla jsem tve stranky, kdyz jsem hledala informace o bezvizovem statusu pro Cechy cestujici do USA. Czech Daily Word je fakt super! Ja ziji jiz 11 let v Americe a nedavno jsem vytovrila dvojjazycny blog zvany Czechmate diary, ktery je urcen pro Cechy a Slovaky zijici v zahranici. Moc me to bavi, ctenaru neustale pribyva, tak by me potesilo, kdyby jsi se na ne taky nekdy mrknul
Adresa je http://www.czechmatediary.com
PS: chces si vymenit linky??
Tana
Ahoj Petre,
dekuju moc za tve linky!
Je mi ale dosti lito, ze jsi si me jeste nepridal na blogroll – prijde mi, ze tam mas kazdeho pod sluncem, krome Czechmate diary:(
I exploded some website of Czecoslovak expats in my country http://www.myczechrepublic.com as well as Bohemian restaurant in Queens, Astoria with good beer from talk of my NY friend.That’s great.I luv Bohemia and bohemian and Czech and check.It is lovely.Good luck, your blog is great for learning about small nations.
Hi Petr,
Thanks for leaving a comment on my website. Yes indeed it sounds Czech, though I’ve never been to my “ancestral homeland” and instead grew up as an American in the Eastern USA, Marshall Islands and Japan, where no one ever knew how to pronounce my last name. At the very least the name is very well-recognized in Japan–at least when you pronounce it the way they do
My paternal great-grandparents on my grandfather’s side were from Bratislava and somewhere in what is now the current Czech Republic. In fact I’m really eager to finally go to that area and am planning to take a short trip at least to Prague later this year when I am in Europe on business.
Hi
I like reading this site, it’s very informative and engaging. Brno’s a great place to live and work.
My blog is much more lighthearted.
All the best
Terry
Great website/blog and I just posted an article link to you from the Forum blog at http://www.brnoexpats.com. However, I was looking for an RSS feed to pull your posts into our Czech News feature and couldn’t find one. Do you have an RSS feed we can subscribe to?
Regards
Hi Rose, thanks for the offer…I will let you know as soon as I come up with a story that fits the request! PB