Category: Social Media Posts

BREAKING: 8 people killed in fire at retirement home in Vejprty, Usti nad Labem Region; 7 others injured, 3 of them seriously (Blesk) [Social Media Post]

Firefighters / Local News / Social Media Posts / Tragedies

19 January, 2020

BREAKING: 8 people killed in fire at retirement home in Vejprty, Usti nad Labem Region; 7 others injured, 3 of them seriously (Blesk) [Social Media Post]

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Butcher’s shop on Biskupska street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto, used for production and distribution of methamphetamine after hours; 30-year-old man and 41-year-old woman charged (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Drugs / Food / Police / Shopping / Social Media Posts

17 January, 2020

Butcher’s shop on Biskupska street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto, used for production and distribution of methamphetamine after hours; 30-year-old man and 41-year-old woman charged (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Pop-rock band We All Poop among seven acts competing to be Czech Republic’s 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entry (Eurovoix) [Social Media Post]

Music / Social Media Posts / Television

14 January, 2020

Pop-rock band We All Poop among seven acts competing to be Czech Republic’s 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entry (Eurovoix) [Social Media Post]

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Pedestrian finds stunned kingfisher lying in the street in Plzen city centre; colourful bird had probably flown into shop window after following Radbuza river; animal rescue service hopes to return it to wild soon (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Local News / Social Media Posts / Weather

13 January, 2020

Pedestrian finds stunned kingfisher lying in the street in Plzen city centre; colourful bird had probably flown into shop window after following Radbuza river; animal rescue service hopes to return it to wild soon (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

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Good Listen: Tour guides/bloggers Taste of Prague have launched an English-language podcast, featuring interviews with influential foodies in the Czech capital and beyond https://ift.tt/37XgBfa [Social Media Post]

Community / Food / Prague Tourism / Prague Travel / Social Media Posts

11 January, 2020

Good Listen: Tour guides/bloggers Taste of Prague have launched an English-language podcast, featuring interviews with influential foodies in the Czech capital and beyond https://ift.tt/37XgBfa [Social Media Post]

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Stat of the Week: 37.5% of Czechs have never eaten seafood (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Food / Social Media Posts / Statistics

10 January, 2020

Stat of the Week: 37.5% of Czechs have never eaten seafood (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Girl who made national headlines in 2002 after her parents unsuccessfully tried to name her “Pulnocni boure” (“Midnight Storm”) is now 18; Eliska Gaja “Bouricka” Fuxova voluntarily moved into children’s home, aged 14, following “messy” childhood in Simanov, Plzen Region (Denik) [corrected] [Social Media Post]

Children / Law / Local News / Social Media Posts

10 January, 2020

Girl who made national headlines in 2002 after her parents unsuccessfully tried to name her “Pulnocni boure” (“Midnight Storm”) is now 18; Eliska Gaja “Bouricka” Fuxova voluntarily moved into children’s home, aged 14, following “messy” childhood in Simanov, Plzen Region (Denik) [corrected] [Social Media Post]

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Five-year-old girl from Marianske Lazne area of Karlovy Vary Region gets finger stuck in LOL Surprise Glamper caravan and has to be freed from toy by emergency services; other Czech Facebook users report similar problems; Czech trade inspectorate (COI) investigating (Blesk) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Children / Local News / Shopping / Social Media Posts

8 January, 2020

Five-year-old girl from Marianske Lazne area of Karlovy Vary Region gets finger stuck in LOL Surprise Glamper caravan and has to be freed from toy by emergency services; other Czech Facebook users report similar problems; Czech trade inspectorate (COI) investigating (Blesk) [Social Media Post]

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Tomas Repka conditionally released from prison in Plzen – but former football hardman must serve three years of probation and pay 430,000 crowns in damages (Blesk) [Social Media Post]

Celebrities / Fotbal / Law / Local News / Social Media Posts / Tomáš Řepka

6 January, 2020

Tomas Repka conditionally released from prison in Plzen – but former football hardman must serve three years of probation and pay 430,000 crowns in damages (Blesk) [Social Media Post]

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Cops hunt man who robbed and raped 56-year-old tourist in park off Na Jetelce street, Prague 9-Vysocany, after offering to help her find her hotel (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Police / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts

6 January, 2020

Cops hunt man who robbed and raped 56-year-old tourist in park off Na Jetelce street, Prague 9-Vysocany, after offering to help her find her hotel (Novinky) [Social Media Post]

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