0 Children / Crime / Law / Social Media Posts / Violence 17 July, 2019 Update: Prague 3 court sentences Sona Kvasnickova, grandmother of missing schoolgirl Valerie Kvasnickova, to 8 years’ prison for abuse, abandonment and embezzlement; judgment isn’t final (Nova) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Accidents / Driving / Environment / Local News / Social Media Posts 17 July, 2019 Breaking: Barrels containing 94% concentration of sulphuric acid leaking from crashed lorry on D1 motorway near Kromeriz, Zlin Region (east of Brno); driver hospitalised with burns (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Animals / Local News / Social Media Posts 16 July, 2019 Usti nad Labem Region man and his colleague surprised by “camel spider” (solifugid) while unpacking delivery from the USA; desert arachnid is no threat to humans, says expert (Nova) *edited* [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Accidents / Alcohol / Crime / Foreigners / Law / Social Media Posts / Tragedies 16 July, 2019 Update: Drunk-driving Russian entrepreneur Oleg Gubin sentenced “in absentia” to 9 years’ prison for killing Colombian tourist on Prague pedestrian crossing on New Year’s Day 2018; Gubin fled Czech Republic after posting million-crown bail (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Alcohol / Czech Tourism / Leisure Time in the Czech Republic / Politics / Social Media Posts 15 July, 2019 Update: Drink-paddling still a crime on Czech rivers after bill relaxing zero-tolerance alcohol limit for recreational boaters is delayed until after parliament’s summer break; law change to be debated again in September (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Social Media Posts / Weather 15 July, 2019 Hot weather set to return to Czech Republic, with temperatures gradually rising throughout the week (15-21 July); temperatures could hit 30 degrees Celsius this weekend (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Celebrities / Science / Sex / Social Media Posts / Sport 14 July, 2019 Participants in British science experiment name Czech biathlon star Eva Puskarcikova the sport’s most beautiful woman; research looked at links between athletic ability and physical attractiveness (VIP sport) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Czech Tourism / Czech Travel / Prague Tourism / Prague Travel / Social Media Posts / Trains 13 July, 2019 Denik picks nine of the Czech Republic’s most beautiful railway journeys, including three that begin in Prague (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Animals / Local News / Social Media Posts / Sport 12 July, 2019 “Fantastic”, the 32-kilo carp caught last year (2018) by teenage Jihlava-area fisherman Stanislav Blazka, officially recognized by Ceska kniha rekordu (Czech Book of Records) as largest carp ever caught in Czech Republic (Nova) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Česká pošta / Social Media Posts 11 July, 2019 Ceska posta denies using secret “U86” code to identify customers whose “Balik Do ruky” (“Parcel Delivery to Hand”) deliveries get sent to nearest post office rather than to their home; blames 1,100+ staff shortage for problems (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link