Category: Food

American fast-food chain Domino’s Pizza opens its first store in the Czech Republic – in Brno (Press release via PRNewswire) [Social Media Post]

Business / Food / Local News / Social Media Posts

22 November, 2019

American fast-food chain Domino’s Pizza opens its first store in the Czech Republic – in Brno (Press release via PRNewswire) [Social Media Post]

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In first Czech case of its kind, Prague municipal court upholds prison sentences of 30 months and two years for Malaysian man and woman caught smuggling 70,000 critically endangered baby European eels out of Czech Republic; eels in those quantities would sell for millions of crowns on black market in Asia, where they’re considered a delicacy (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Crime / Environment / Food / Foreigners / Law / Social Media Posts

15 November, 2019

In first Czech case of its kind, Prague municipal court upholds prison sentences of 30 months and two years for Malaysian man and woman caught smuggling 70,000 critically endangered baby European eels out of Czech Republic; eels in those quantities would sell for millions of crowns on black market in Asia, where they’re considered a delicacy (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

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Cops hunt “pistachio phantom” who’s stolen 30 kilos of the nuts, with a value of 12,000 crowns, from two Prague 3 supermarkets (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Food / Police / Shopping / Social Media Posts

11 October, 2019

Cops hunt “pistachio phantom” who’s stolen 30 kilos of the nuts, with a value of 12,000 crowns, from two Prague 3 supermarkets (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Twenty tonnes of potatoes, with a value of 250,000 crowns, stolen from storehouse of agricultural co-operative near Hranice, Olomouc Region (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Food / Local News / Social Media Posts

9 October, 2019

Twenty tonnes of potatoes, with a value of 250,000 crowns, stolen from storehouse of agricultural co-operative near Hranice, Olomouc Region (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Undercover Czech trade inspectorate (COI) employees catch Restaurant Strelecky ostrov and Old Town Square’s Clock Caffe illegally charging foreigners more than Czech-speaking customers; each Prague 1-Stare Mesto establishment fined 60,000 crowns per violation (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Food / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts

27 September, 2019

Undercover Czech trade inspectorate (COI) employees catch Restaurant Strelecky ostrov and Old Town Square’s Clock Caffe illegally charging foreigners more than Czech-speaking customers; each Prague 1-Stare Mesto establishment fined 60,000 crowns per violation (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Elderly Japanese woman starts fire in Wencelsas Square hotel after trying to make tea by putting plastic electric kettle on hotplate; no injuries; damage estimated at a thousand crowns (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Firefighters / Food / Foreigners / Old People / Social Media Posts / Technology

17 September, 2019

Elderly Japanese woman starts fire in Wencelsas Square hotel after trying to make tea by putting plastic electric kettle on hotplate; no injuries; damage estimated at a thousand crowns (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Controversial Hollywood star Kevin Spacey is in Prague; visited Old Town Cuban bar La Bodeguita del Medio on Sunday (Expres.cz) [Social Media Post]

Celebrities / Film / Food / Foreigners / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts / Television

16 September, 2019

Controversial Hollywood star Kevin Spacey is in Prague; visited Old Town Cuban bar La Bodeguita del Medio on Sunday (Expres.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Video: Czech Republic basketball World Cup squad enjoys taste of home at Bohemia Original Beer, Shanghai’s surprisingly authentic Czech restaurant (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Basketball / Czechs Abroad / Food / Social Media Posts / Sport

6 September, 2019

Video: Czech Republic basketball World Cup squad enjoys taste of home at Bohemia Original Beer, Shanghai’s surprisingly authentic Czech restaurant (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Opposition politicians accuse Prague city government of corruption after Obecni dum picks Vinohradsky pivovar to run Stromovka’s Slechtova restaurant; Praha sobe councillor Hana Trestikova is Obecni dum supervisory board chair; Vinohradsky pivovar’s Matej Turek was previously Praha sobe candidate (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post] *edited*

Business / Corruption / Food / Pivo / Politics / Social Media Posts

2 September, 2019

Opposition politicians accuse Prague city government of corruption after Obecni dum picks Vinohradsky pivovar to run Stromovka’s Slechtova restaurant; Praha sobe councillor Hana Trestikova is Obecni dum supervisory board chair; Vinohradsky pivovar’s Matej Turek was previously Praha sobe candidate (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post] edited

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Video: Amateur gardener Anna Binderova grows 57-kilo pumpkin in Zizelice, near Zatec, in the Usti nad Labem Region; monstrous squash has circumference of nearly two metres (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Food / Leisure Time in the Czech Republic / Local News / Social Media Posts

14 August, 2019

Video: Amateur gardener Anna Binderova grows 57-kilo pumpkin in Zizelice, near Zatec, in the Usti nad Labem Region; monstrous squash has circumference of nearly two metres (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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