0 Celebrities / Czechs Abroad / Fotbal / Hokej / Social Media Posts / Sport 10 October, 2019 Sport: 37-year-old Czech goalkeeping legend Petr Cech to swap football for ice hockey and play as goaltender for fourth-tier amateur British team Guildford Phoenix (Guildford Phoenix press release) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Crime / Czechs Abroad / Driving / Social Media Posts 9 October, 2019 Slovak police clock Audi A7 with Czech plates going 244 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on the D1 motorway in the Bratislava Region; driver fined 800 euros (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Business / Czechs Abroad / Social Media Posts 23 September, 2019 Czech travel agency CK Neckermann stops holiday sales because of collapse of British parent company Thomas Cook, until questions over its future are resolved; Czech customers currently on holiday with Neckermann or that have already bought Neckermann holidays not expected to have problems (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Children / Czechs Abroad / Local News / Social Media Posts / Taxis / WTF 9 September, 2019 Four-year-old girl and 18-month-old boy whose mother sent them unaccompanied by taxi from Karvina, Moravian-Silesian Region, to Cadca, northern Slovakia, in June now living with Slovak foster family; mum said kids were going to see “grandma” but woman at Cadca address knew nothing about them (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Crime / Czechs Abroad / Foreigners / Fotbal / Politics / Social Media Posts 7 September, 2019 Kosovo police arrest and biefly detain “eight Czech citizens” carrying drone, Serbian flag and “Kosovo is Serbia” banner ahead of this afternoon’s (Saturday’s) Kosovo-Czech Republic Euro 2020 football qualifier (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 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] External Link
0 Advertising / Business / Czech Tourism / Czechs Abroad / Politics / Social Media Posts 4 September, 2019 Government prepares new international marketing campaign, with slogan “Czech Republic: The Country For The Future”; no mention of “Czechia” (HlidaciPes.org) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Business / Czechs Abroad / Environment / Social Media Posts 29 August, 2019 Luxury yacht owned by millionaire Czech businessman Josef Jeres causes fury in Croatia after allegedly dumping sewage off coast of island of Vis, part of a UNESCO-recognized geopark (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Aeroplanes / Czechs Abroad / Social Media Posts / WTF 27 August, 2019 Smartwings flight from Samos, Greece, to Vaclav Havel Airport Prague flew more than two hours with only one functioning engine rather than diverting to closer airport; Czech aviation authority (UCL) begins investigation (Nova) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Corruption / Czechs Abroad / Foreigners / Security / Social Media Posts 12 August, 2019 Czech Ambassador to Iran Svatopluk Cumba recalled following investigation into Schengen visa fraud; Cumba allegedly collaborated with former Foreign Minister Jan Kavan on scheme that granted around 400 suspect visas to Iranian citizens (Radio Farda, USA) [Social Media Post] External Link