Author: Sam Beckwith

WTF: Home Credit, loan company owned by Czech billionaire Petr Kellner’s PPF group, secretly paid PR agency to help improve China’s image in the Czech Republic (Aktualne) [Social Media Post]

Advertising / Business / Foreigners / Social Media Posts / WTF

13 December, 2019

WTF: Home Credit, loan company owned by Czech billionaire Petr Kellner’s PPF group, secretly paid PR agency to help improve China’s image in the Czech Republic (Aktualne) [Social Media Post]

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President Zeman’s opening words to Boris Johnson when they first met, in 2017: “I heard that you wrote a biography of Winston Churchill and that it’s complete shit” (HN) [Social Media Post]

Books / Czechs Abroad / Milos Zeman / Politics / Social Media Posts

12 December, 2019

President Zeman’s opening words to Boris Johnson when they first met, in 2017: “I heard that you wrote a biography of Winston Churchill and that it’s complete shit” (HN) [Social Media Post]

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New love for Jaromir Jagr? Ice hockey legend spends “romantic evening” with retired Slovak tennis star Daniela Hantuchova at event at Prague 5-Smichov’s Botel Admiral (VIP sport) [Social Media Post]

Celebrities / Hokej / Jaromír Jágr / Social Media Posts / Sport / Tennis

12 December, 2019

New love for Jaromir Jagr? Ice hockey legend spends “romantic evening” with retired Slovak tennis star Daniela Hantuchova at event at Prague 5-Smichov’s Botel Admiral (VIP sport) [Social Media Post]

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Hospital in Benesov, Central Bohemia, severely disrupted by computer virus; scheduled operations cancelled; several patients transferred to other facilities; problems could take weeks to fix (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Health / Social Media Posts / Technology

11 December, 2019

Hospital in Benesov, Central Bohemia, severely disrupted by computer virus; scheduled operations cancelled; several patients transferred to other facilities; problems could take weeks to fix (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

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Video: Naked man blocks path of 150 bus in Prague 4-Michle; motives for his actions (and his nudity) remain unclear (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Buses / Odd / Social Media Posts

11 December, 2019

Video: Naked man blocks path of 150 bus in Prague 4-Michle; motives for his actions (and his nudity) remain unclear (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Update: Victim of Atrium Flora shopping mall stabbing now being described as “Czech national”; Novinky.cz’s original report described him as “dark-skinned foreigner”; 22-year-old man charged with attempted murder (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Media / Police / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Violence

11 December, 2019

Update: Victim of Atrium Flora shopping mall stabbing now being described as “Czech national”; Novinky.cz’s original report described him as “dark-skinned foreigner”; 22-year-old man charged with attempted murder (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

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BREAKING: Shooting at Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava hospital; Interior Minister Jan Hamacek reports “several victims” (Blesk) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Health / Local News / Social Media Posts / Tragedies / Violence

10 December, 2019

BREAKING: Shooting at Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava hospital; Interior Minister Jan Hamacek reports “several victims” (Blesk) [Social Media Post]

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Magdalena Kytnerova, oldest person in Czech Republic, dies aged 108 in Kromeriz, Zlin Region (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

Local News / Old People / Social Media Posts / Tragedies

8 December, 2019

Magdalena Kytnerova, oldest person in Czech Republic, dies aged 108 in Kromeriz, Zlin Region (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

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Watch: An English-subtitled version of Kofola’s much-loved Christmas TV ad, playing on the Czech legend that if you fast on 24 December, you’ll see a golden pig (YouTube) [Social Media Post]

Advertising / Animals / Children / Christmas / Food / Social Media Posts / Television

7 December, 2019

Watch: An English-subtitled version of Kofola’s much-loved Christmas TV ad, playing on the Czech legend that if you fast on 24 December, you’ll see a golden pig (YouTube) [Social Media Post]

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Fun: Train horns and the Czech railway station public-address system chimes edited together to play Pachelbel’s Canon (YouTube) *corrected* [Social Media Post]

Music / Social Media Posts / Trains

6 December, 2019

Fun: Train horns and the Czech railway station public-address system chimes edited together to play Pachelbel’s Canon (YouTube) corrected [Social Media Post]

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