Category: Social Media Posts

Weather Alert: An orange “Very Strong Wind” warning is due to take effect in Prague tomorrow (Monday) between 2am and 8pm; the danger level is “high” (CHMU) [Social Media Post]

Social Media Posts / Weather

29 September, 2019

Weather Alert: An orange “Very Strong Wind” warning is due to take effect in Prague tomorrow (Monday) between 2am and 8pm; the danger level is “high” (CHMU) [Social Media Post]

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Good Read: Beer expert Evan Rail explores the increasingly confusing “Budweiser” dispute, involving brewing giant AB InBev, Czech state-owned Budvar and Ceske Budejovice’s “other” brewery, Samson (Good Beer Hunting) [Social Media Post]

Business / Law / Pivo / Social Media Posts

28 September, 2019

Good Read: Beer expert Evan Rail explores the increasingly confusing “Budweiser” dispute, involving brewing giant AB InBev, Czech state-owned Budvar and Ceske Budejovice’s “other” brewery, Samson (Good Beer Hunting) [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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Zdenek Princ, inventor of popular children’s memory game “Pexeso”, dies, aged 85; Princ first had idea while working on mosaics in Prague’s St. Vitus cathedral in the 1960s (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Children / Leisure Time in the Czech Republic / Social Media Posts / Tragedies

27 September, 2019

Zdenek Princ, inventor of popular children’s memory game “Pexeso”, dies, aged 85; Princ first had idea while working on mosaics in Prague’s St. Vitus cathedral in the 1960s (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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76-year-old man found dead in basement of apartment building on Albrechtova street, Prague 4-Krc, reportedly from stabbing and chopping wounds; 24-year-old man arrested by cops has confessed to crime (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Police / Social Media Posts / Tragedies / Violence

26 September, 2019

76-year-old man found dead in basement of apartment building on Albrechtova street, Prague 4-Krc, reportedly from stabbing and chopping wounds; 24-year-old man arrested by cops has confessed to crime (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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“Big cat” spotted near Jablonec nad Nisou, Liberec Region; City of Jablonec warns residents not to enter Prosecky hreben woods; unconfirmed reports say it’s a puma (Liberecka Drbna) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Local News / Social Media Posts

26 September, 2019

“Big cat” spotted near Jablonec nad Nisou, Liberec Region; City of Jablonec warns residents not to enter Prosecky hreben woods; unconfirmed reports say it’s a puma (Liberecka Drbna) [Social Media Post]

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Ungrateful fox bites firefighter who helped rescue it from underground rainwater tank on Hulkova street, Prague 9-Letnany (Nova) *edited* [Social Media Post]

Animals / Firefighters / Social Media Posts

25 September, 2019

Ungrateful fox bites firefighter who helped rescue it from underground rainwater tank on Hulkova street, Prague 9-Letnany (Nova) edited [Social Media Post]

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Police called and 46-year-old man hospitalized after fight breaks out on Brno bus over 55-year-old woman opening window to get some fresh air (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Buses / Crime / Local News / Public Transport / Social Media Posts / Violence

24 September, 2019

Police called and 46-year-old man hospitalized after fight breaks out on Brno bus over 55-year-old woman opening window to get some fresh air (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Update: Skoda Rapid-driver who died in collision with Ford Mustang near Spindleruv Mlyn, Hradec Kralove Region, was 49-year-old Milan Jakubu, a brigadier general in the Czech military intelligence service Vojenske zpravodajstvi (VZ) (Nova) *corrected* [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Driving / Military / Social Media Posts / Spies / Tragedies

24 September, 2019

Update: Skoda Rapid-driver who died in collision with Ford Mustang near Spindleruv Mlyn, Hradec Kralove Region, was 49-year-old Milan Jakubu, a brigadier general in the Czech military intelligence service Vojenske zpravodajstvi (VZ) (Nova) corrected [Social Media Post]

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Prague city government considering reviving Communist-era plan to build new Staromestska metro entrance/exit on Namesti Franze Kafky square; eastern entrance would give tourists easier access to Old Town Square (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Prague Travel / Public Transport / Social Media Posts

23 September, 2019

Prague city government considering reviving Communist-era plan to build new Staromestska metro entrance/exit on Namesti Franze Kafky square; eastern entrance would give tourists easier access to Old Town Square (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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