Category: Social Media Posts

Car containing six-month-old baby stolen from outside ZS Mikulova primary school, Prague 4-Chodov; passer-by finds baby abandoned in car park and contacts police (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Children / Crime / Driving / Police / Social Media Posts / WTF

6 November, 2019

Car containing six-month-old baby stolen from outside ZS Mikulova primary school, Prague 4-Chodov; passer-by finds baby abandoned in car park and contacts police (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Pardubice-area family desperately seeking Monty, their missing pet lynx, who they lost in woods near Radostin, Vysocina Region; Monty was last seen on 27 October, near village of Slavetin, around 20 kilometres further east (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Big Cats / Local News / Social Media Posts

6 November, 2019

Pardubice-area family desperately seeking Monty, their missing pet lynx, who they lost in woods near Radostin, Vysocina Region; Monty was last seen on 27 October, near village of Slavetin, around 20 kilometres further east (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Weather: Feeling unusually tired? Czech Republic currently in middle of three low-pressure systems and experiencing unusually low air pressure; effects particularly dangerous for people with lung and heart conditions (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

Health / Social Media Posts / Weather

6 November, 2019

Weather: Feeling unusually tired? Czech Republic currently in middle of three low-pressure systems and experiencing unusually low air pressure; effects particularly dangerous for people with lung and heart conditions (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Estate agent tries to sex-up listing for pricey Prague 5-Smichov flat with photos featuring scantily clad woman (safe for work) (Sreality.cz) [Social Media Post]

Advertising / Real Estate / Sex / Social Media Posts

5 November, 2019

Estate agent tries to sex-up listing for pricey Prague 5-Smichov flat with photos featuring scantily clad woman (safe for work) (Sreality.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Prague 6 district council (TOP 09/KDU-CSL/ODS/STAN) under fire after spending 3.6 million crowns on new public toilet; “one-cabin WC with baby-changing table” will serve playground on Anastazova street in Brevnov (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Environment / Politics / Prague Politics / Social Media Posts

5 November, 2019

Prague 6 district council (TOP 09/KDU-CSL/ODS/STAN) under fire after spending 3.6 million crowns on new public toilet; “one-cabin WC with baby-changing table” will serve playground on Anastazova street in Brevnov (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Pirates deputy chairman Jakub Michalek survives vote on possible dismissal over alleged bullying of colleagues; party members voted 371 to 294 against dismissing him; influential 30-year-old politician is member of parliament and boyfriend of Prague city councillor Michaela Krausova (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Politics / Prague Politics / Social Media Posts

5 November, 2019

Pirates deputy chairman Jakub Michalek survives vote on possible dismissal over alleged bullying of colleagues; party members voted 371 to 294 against dismissing him; influential 30-year-old politician is member of parliament and boyfriend of Prague city councillor Michaela Krausova (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Czechnology: Aerotech Czech begins producing parts for Ariane 6 space rocket’s fuel system at new facility in Klatovy, Plzen Region; European Space Agency launch vehicle will feature Czech flag for first time when Ariane 6 test flights begin late next year (2020) (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Local News / Social Media Posts / Technology

4 November, 2019

Czechnology: Aerotech Czech begins producing parts for Ariane 6 space rocket’s fuel system at new facility in Klatovy, Plzen Region; European Space Agency launch vehicle will feature Czech flag for first time when Ariane 6 test flights begin late next year (2020) (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Four people injured in explosion at Explosia, the Pardubice explosives factory where Semtex is produced; incident follows 2017 explosion in which three people were injured (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Business / Local News / Social Media Posts

1 November, 2019

Four people injured in explosion at Explosia, the Pardubice explosives factory where Semtex is produced; incident follows 2017 explosion in which three people were injured (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Switching mobile phone operators to become quicker, cheaper and easier if President Zeman signs new amendment to electronic communications act into law; regulations set to come into effect in April of next year (2020) (Lidovky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Law / Politics / Social Media Posts / Technology

1 November, 2019

Switching mobile phone operators to become quicker, cheaper and easier if President Zeman signs new amendment to electronic communications act into law; regulations set to come into effect in April of next year (2020) (Lidovky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Mystery artist attaching giant clogs to trees in the Moravian-Silesian Region’s environmentally protected CHKO Jeseniky area; park officials use Facebook to ask him/her to collect the ones they’ve removed; if caught in the act, perpetrator faces 10,000-crown fine (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Art / Czech Tourism / Environment / Local News / Odd / Social Media Posts

31 October, 2019

Mystery artist attaching giant clogs to trees in the Moravian-Silesian Region’s environmentally protected CHKO Jeseniky area; park officials use Facebook to ask him/her to collect the ones they’ve removed; if caught in the act, perpetrator faces 10,000-crown fine (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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