Category: Social Media Posts

Cops from Pribram, Central Bohemia, using drones fitted with thermal imaging cameras to stop people camping illegally in environmentally protected CHKO Brdy area (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Czech Tourism / Environment / Police / Social Media Posts / Technology

4 September, 2019

Cops from Pribram, Central Bohemia, using drones fitted with thermal imaging cameras to stop people camping illegally in environmentally protected CHKO Brdy area (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Thieves steal police bicycle in broad daylight from outside Bila labut department store, Na Porici street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto; cop was in shop, buying drink, at the time (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Police / Prague Travel / Social Media Posts

4 September, 2019

Thieves steal police bicycle in broad daylight from outside Bila labut department store, Na Porici street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto; cop was in shop, buying drink, at the time (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Government prepares new international marketing campaign, with slogan “Czech Republic: The Country For The Future”; no mention of “Czechia” (HlidaciPes.org) [Social Media Post]

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]

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Theatre director Jan Kacena fighting for his life after losing consciousness and falling into shaft while inhaling fumes from mineral springs in Marianske Lazne, Karlovy Vary Region; the chemicals in the fumes are said to bring on altered states of consciousness (Krimi-Plzen) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Drugs / Film / Local News / Social Media Posts / Theatre

3 September, 2019

Theatre director Jan Kacena fighting for his life after losing consciousness and falling into shaft while inhaling fumes from mineral springs in Marianske Lazne, Karlovy Vary Region; the chemicals in the fumes are said to bring on altered states of consciousness (Krimi-Plzen) [Social Media Post]

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Employee shortage sees increasing numbers of Czech women working as bus drivers, police officers, metalworkers and in other traditionally “male” jobs – among them Ivory Coast-born Patricia Kuresova, an Usti nad Labem cop (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Business / Economy / Social Media Posts

3 September, 2019

Employee shortage sees increasing numbers of Czech women working as bus drivers, police officers, metalworkers and in other traditionally “male” jobs – among them Ivory Coast-born Patricia Kuresova, an Usti nad Labem cop (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Basketball: Czech Republic beats Japan 89-76 to keep hopes of qualifying from World Cup’s group stage alive; Thursday’s final group game, against Turkey, likely to be decisive (iSport.cz) [Social Media Post]

Social Media Posts / Sport

3 September, 2019

Basketball: Czech Republic beats Japan 89-76 to keep hopes of qualifying from World Cup’s group stage alive; Thursday’s final group game, against Turkey, likely to be decisive (iSport.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Convicted murderer Petra Janakova, who mysteriously became pregnant while on remand in Hradec Kralove, gives birth to baby; Janakova, whose 30-year sentence has been postponed for a year, says she was raped by prison officers; investigation underway (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] *edited*

Children / Crime / Law / Local News / Social Media Posts

3 September, 2019

Convicted murderer Petra Janakova, who mysteriously became pregnant while on remand in Hradec Kralove, gives birth to baby; Janakova, whose 30-year sentence has been postponed for a year, says she was raped by prison officers; investigation underway (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] edited

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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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Cool: “Brana do nitra zeme” (“Gateway to the Interior of the Earth”) project to open tourist walkway inside Komorni hurka (Kammerbuhl in German), a small volcano between Cheb and Frantiskovy Lazne, in the Karlovy Vary Region (Ceska televize) [Social Media Post]

Czech Tourism / Local News / Social Media Posts

2 September, 2019

Cool: “Brana do nitra zeme” (“Gateway to the Interior of the Earth”) project to open tourist walkway inside Komorni hurka (Kammerbuhl in German), a small volcano between Cheb and Frantiskovy Lazne, in the Karlovy Vary Region (Ceska televize) [Social Media Post]

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Storm forces abandonment of annual open-air opera performance in Divoka Sarka park, Prague 6-Liboc; organizer promises to stage “Don Giovanni” again next year: “We’re treating it like a rehearsal” (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Events / Music / Social Media Posts / Theatre / Weather

1 September, 2019

Storm forces abandonment of annual open-air opera performance in Divoka Sarka park, Prague 6-Liboc; organizer promises to stage “Don Giovanni” again next year: “We’re treating it like a rehearsal” (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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