Category: Social Media Posts

Overweight Jaromir Jagr creates his own “Jagr’s salad” (lettuce, cucumber, watermelon) in effort to get fit for new season; ice hockey legend currently weighs 120 kilos (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Celebrities / Food / Jaromír Jágr / Social Media Posts

20 July, 2019

Overweight Jaromir Jagr creates his own “Jagr’s salad” (lettuce, cucumber, watermelon) in effort to get fit for new season; ice hockey legend currently weighs 120 kilos (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Update: 25-year-old British man arrested at Prague airport over shooting threats made last month (June) against Prague schools and universities on social media; suspect was seeking attention, say cops (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Children / Crime / Foreigners / Police / Social Media Posts

19 July, 2019

Update: 25-year-old British man arrested at Prague airport over shooting threats made last month (June) against Prague schools and universities on social media; suspect was seeking attention, say cops (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Video: Burst water pipe creates “geyser” on Borivojova street, Prague 3-Zizkov; water expected to be restored to local residents at 2pm (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Social Media Posts

19 July, 2019

Video: Burst water pipe creates “geyser” on Borivojova street, Prague 3-Zizkov; water expected to be restored to local residents at 2pm (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Fire service inspections of 178 Czech “escape rooms” find two-thirds have safety issues; more than half occupy premises that haven’t been certified for this kind of use (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Czech Tourism / Firefighters / Leisure Time in Prague / Leisure Time in the Czech Republic / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts

19 July, 2019

Fire service inspections of 178 Czech “escape rooms” find two-thirds have safety issues; more than half occupy premises that haven’t been certified for this kind of use (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Unknown shooter thought to have opened fire on suburban CityElefant train near Praha-Vysocany station, Prague 9, on Wednesday evening; five windows broken; no injuries; train was en route from Masarykovo nadrazi in Prague to Milovice, Central Bohemia (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Social Media Posts / Trains

19 July, 2019

Unknown shooter thought to have opened fire on suburban CityElefant train near Praha-Vysocany station, Prague 9, on Wednesday evening; five windows broken; no injuries; train was en route from Masarykovo nadrazi in Prague to Milovice, Central Bohemia (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Good Read: Five mistakes foreign people make when learning Czech (Kamila of Prague) [Social Media Post]

Czech Language / Social Media Posts

18 July, 2019

Good Read: Five mistakes foreign people make when learning Czech (Kamila of Prague) [Social Media Post]

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Leashed dog bites young camel at Zoopark Na Hradecku, near Jindrichuv Hradec, South Bohemia; owner flees zoo “smiling” following attack, without informing zoo employees; Sisi the camel not seriously injured (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Local News / Social Media Posts

18 July, 2019

Leashed dog bites young camel at Zoopark Na Hradecku, near Jindrichuv Hradec, South Bohemia; owner flees zoo “smiling” following attack, without informing zoo employees; Sisi the camel not seriously injured (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Cops seek additional victims of 33-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting multiple young girls in Prague 6; suspect allegedly masturbated while molesting his victims and, in one case, attempted rape (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Children / Crime / Police / Social Media Posts

18 July, 2019

Cops seek additional victims of 33-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting multiple young girls in Prague 6; suspect allegedly masturbated while molesting his victims and, in one case, attempted rape (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Cool: Preciosa’s “Pearl Curtain” decorative lighting concept – made in Kamenicky Senov, Liberec Region – blurs the lines between chandelier and gazebo, with lights that respond to people’s actions (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Business / Design / Local News / Social Media Posts / Technology

17 July, 2019

Cool: Preciosa’s “Pearl Curtain” decorative lighting concept – made in Kamenicky Senov, Liberec Region – blurs the lines between chandelier and gazebo, with lights that respond to people’s actions (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Unpleasant sulphurous odours reported in parts of Prague 3, Prague 6 and Prague 8 on Monday may have been caused by plants rotting after heavy rain, says city spokesman; firefighters detected no dangerous gas or chemical leaks (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Environment / Firefighters / Social Media Posts / Weather

17 July, 2019

Unpleasant sulphurous odours reported in parts of Prague 3, Prague 6 and Prague 8 on Monday may have been caused by plants rotting after heavy rain, says city spokesman; firefighters detected no dangerous gas or chemical leaks (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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