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September 19th, 2007 issue

Foreign visas

When it comes to making sure foreigners have the correct visas to live here under new Schengen rules going into effect at the beginning of next year, Czech officials cannot influence every individual (“Entering the zone,” Careers, Sept. 5–11).
Take foreign language teachers here, for example.
Visa principles are the same for all Schengen member states. But the current Czech 90-day visa possibility still exists for language teachers or any other foreigners. Simply hop on a plane to England, which is not a Schengen member state.
There are a lot of cheap airlines, so it should not be any more difficult to catch a flight to London than to go to Dresden or Vienna, the current out-of-country trips of choice to renew visas.
Of course, the best solution for everyone would be to have the language schools become more responsible and to take care of their employees properly by helping them get work visas.
Mathis Haas
Prague
Radio Wave
I am writing to express my objections to your misinterpretation of my statement, which you cited in the article, “Radio Wave’s legality questioned” (News, Sept. 5–11).
In the final part of the article, under a sub-headline, “Death sentence?” you write, quote: “René Zavoral, marketing and public relations director of Czech Public Radio, says ending Radio Wave’s analog broadcast would effectively kill the station. ‘Not to be able to broadcast in analog, the station would lose many listeners, and if there are just a few people listening to that particular station, there is no point keeping the station alive,’ he says.”
My statement, which you quoted in part, was unacceptably distorted.
Let me inform your readers that when asked by The Prague Post: “Do you think there is a real danger that Radio Wave could be shut down? If yes, what would it mean for Czech Radio?” I replied, “The station is in no danger of being shut down.
Nevertheless, there is a problem with its analog broadcast. Abandoning the analog would certainly mean a loss of a huge number of listeners, leading to near negligibility of the station.”
My reply differs significantly from the quote in your article.
There is no mention of keeping the station alive or killing it. Let me just add that Radio Wave broadcasts also on the Internet and digitally in the DVB-T and DVB-S system.
René Zavoral
marketing and public
relations manager,
Czech Public Radio
Editor’s note:The Prague Post strives to be accurate and fair in all of its stories. Once in a while some meaning gets lost in translation. We regret the error.


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