Category: Czechs Abroad

Good Read: New York-based journalist Katerina Barton on the Czech/Slovak community that once thrived in Manhattan’s East Village (Bedford + Bowery) [Social Media Post]

Czechs Abroad / History / Social Media Posts

9 February, 2020

Good Read: New York-based journalist Katerina Barton on the Czech/Slovak community that once thrived in Manhattan’s East Village (Bedford + Bowery) [Social Media Post]

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Coronavirus: 5 Czech citizens evacuated from Wuhan, China, onboard special French flight; after landing in France this afternoon (Sunday), Czechs expected to continue on to Brussels, where special Czech flight will pick them up (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Czechs Abroad / Foreigners / Health / Social Media Posts

2 February, 2020

Coronavirus: 5 Czech citizens evacuated from Wuhan, China, onboard special French flight; after landing in France this afternoon (Sunday), Czechs expected to continue on to Brussels, where special Czech flight will pick them up (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Breaking: VnExpress website reports that Czech national has been quarantined in Da Nang, Vietnam, with coronavirus-like symptoms (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Czechs Abroad / Health / Social Media Posts

26 January, 2020

Breaking: VnExpress website reports that Czech national has been quarantined in Da Nang, Vietnam, with coronavirus-like symptoms (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Good Read: US-based Czech filmmaker Ivan Passer talks about his friendship with fellow Czechoslovak New Wave director Milos Forman and, for the first time, their amazing escape across the Austrian border in 1969 (LA Times) [Social Media Post]

Czechs Abroad / Film / History / Social Media Posts

17 December, 2019

Good Read: US-based Czech filmmaker Ivan Passer talks about his friendship with fellow Czechoslovak New Wave director Milos Forman and, for the first time, their amazing escape across the Austrian border in 1969 (LA Times) [Social Media Post]

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Unlikely Saviour: Computer virus-hit hospital in Benesov, Central Bohemia, able to pay staff only because two employees responsible for payroll were at Slavia football match in Germany, avoiding infection; otherwise, emergency regime continues (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Czechs Abroad / Fotbal / Health / Social Media Posts / Technology

17 December, 2019

Unlikely Saviour: Computer virus-hit hospital in Benesov, Central Bohemia, able to pay staff only because two employees responsible for payroll were at Slavia football match in Germany, avoiding infection; otherwise, emergency regime continues (Nova) [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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Milan Kundera becomes Czech citizen, in ceremony at his Paris home; Commie regime stripped 90-year-old writer of his Czechoslovak citizenship in 1979 after he went into exile in France in 1975 (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

Books / Celebrities / Commies / Czechs Abroad / History / Social Media Posts

3 December, 2019

Milan Kundera becomes Czech citizen, in ceremony at his Paris home; Commie regime stripped 90-year-old writer of his Czechoslovak citizenship in 1979 after he went into exile in France in 1975 (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

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Man in “Czech” truck steals 20 tonnes of Milka chocolate (worth 50,000 euros) from factory in Bludenz, Austria, by posing as driver for Czech firm sub-sub-contracted to drive it to Belgium; thief used falsified papers and truck’s number plates were stolen (DW) [Social Media Post]

Business / Crime / Czechs Abroad / Food / Social Media Posts

28 November, 2019

Man in “Czech” truck steals 20 tonnes of Milka chocolate (worth 50,000 euros) from factory in Bludenz, Austria, by posing as driver for Czech firm sub-sub-contracted to drive it to Belgium; thief used falsified papers and truck’s number plates were stolen (DW) [Social Media Post]

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Russia adds Czech non-governmental organization Clovek v tisni (People in Need) to list of undesirable organizations; ban means Russian citizens who co-operate with Clovek v tisni now face up to 6 years in prison; NGO was mainly working on human-rights issues in Russia (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

Czechs Abroad / Foreigners / Law / Politics / Social Media Posts

13 November, 2019

Russia adds Czech non-governmental organization Clovek v tisni (People in Need) to list of undesirable organizations; ban means Russian citizens who co-operate with Clovek v tisni now face up to 6 years in prison; NGO was mainly working on human-rights issues in Russia (iDNES) [Social Media Post]

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Fotbal: Ahead of tonight’s (Wednesday’s) Slavia Praha-Barcelona Champions League game, the official Barca website tells the amazing story of Jiri “Jorge” Hanke, the only Czech to have played for Barcelona, and the only man to have played for both teams (FC Barcelona) [Social Media Post]

Commies / Czechs Abroad / Fotbal / History / Social Media Posts

23 October, 2019

Fotbal: Ahead of tonight’s (Wednesday’s) Slavia Praha-Barcelona Champions League game, the official Barca website tells the amazing story of Jiri “Jorge” Hanke, the only Czech to have played for Barcelona, and the only man to have played for both teams (FC Barcelona) [Social Media Post]

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