Category: Local News

Local News: Fire crew rescue badger stuck down well in Havrani, an abandoned village near Ceska Lipa, Liberec Region (Liberecka Drbna) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Firefighters / Local News / Social Media Posts

3 June, 2019

Local News: Fire crew rescue badger stuck down well in Havrani, an abandoned village near Ceska Lipa, Liberec Region (Liberecka Drbna) [Social Media Post]

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Cesky rozhlas journalists discover 24 Czech municipalities where joke party “ANO, vytrollime europarlament” received more votes than Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO party in European elections; voters probably misread ballot papers, says Luzice, South Bohemia mayor (iROZHLAS.cz) [Social Media Post]

Andrej Babis / Local News / Politics / Social Media Posts

30 May, 2019

Cesky rozhlas journalists discover 24 Czech municipalities where joke party “ANO, vytrollime europarlament” received more votes than Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO party in European elections; voters probably misread ballot papers, says Luzice, South Bohemia mayor (iROZHLAS.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Cops deactivate World War II bomb found near Plzen’s athletics stadium; 20,000 residents evacuated earlier today (Wednesday) now being allowed to return home (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

History / Local News / Military / Security / Social Media Posts

29 May, 2019

Cops deactivate World War II bomb found near Plzen’s athletics stadium; 20,000 residents evacuated earlier today (Wednesday) now being allowed to return home (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Weather: Parts of Bohemia could have ground frost tomorrow (Thursday) morning, with temperatures dropping as low as 1 degree Celsius in some places, according to Meteopress forecast (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Environment / Local News / Social Media Posts / Weather / WTF

29 May, 2019

Weather: Parts of Bohemia could have ground frost tomorrow (Thursday) morning, with temperatures dropping as low as 1 degree Celsius in some places, according to Meteopress forecast (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Man shoots and kills deputy mayor of Drazuvky, South Moravia then kills himself, apparently because deputy mayor got involved in argument between neighbours over access to water well (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Local News / Social Media Posts / Tragedies / Violence

25 May, 2019

Man shoots and kills deputy mayor of Drazuvky, South Moravia then kills himself, apparently because deputy mayor got involved in argument between neighbours over access to water well (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Clearance sale at Lidl supermarket in Plzen causes 100-metre-long queues “like those for bananas under Communism”; Gerska street store closing for several months for reconstruction (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

Local News / Shopping / Social Media Posts

24 May, 2019

Clearance sale at Lidl supermarket in Plzen causes 100-metre-long queues “like those for bananas under Communism”; Gerska street store closing for several months for reconstruction (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Czechnology: Liberec technical university (TUL) working with Prague firm Combatra on two-seater electric vehicle for young; “Fido” set to launch in two years and cost less than 300,000 Kc (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Driving / Education / Local News / Social Media Posts / Technology

22 May, 2019

Czechnology: Liberec technical university (TUL) working with Prague firm Combatra on two-seater electric vehicle for young; “Fido” set to launch in two years and cost less than 300,000 Kc (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Meet Nur Ashraf Bekai, a Palestinian Muslim woman who teaches English to Romany children in one of the poorest parts of Usti nad Labem (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Children / Community / Education / Expats / Local News / Social Media Posts

20 May, 2019

Meet Nur Ashraf Bekai, a Palestinian Muslim woman who teaches English to Romany children in one of the poorest parts of Usti nad Labem (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Czechnology: Mlada Vozice, South Bohemia firm Geo-CZ creates new video tool for 3D-mapping flooded cave systems; first project maps unexplored sections of nearby Chynovska jeskyne (Reuters) [Social Media Post]

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

18 May, 2019

Czechnology: Mlada Vozice, South Bohemia firm Geo-CZ creates new video tool for 3D-mapping flooded cave systems; first project maps unexplored sections of nearby Chynovska jeskyne (Reuters) [Social Media Post]

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Brno passengers get out and push after their trolleybus breaks down; public transport authority gives them lollipops as reward (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

Local News / Public Transport / Social Media Posts

17 May, 2019

Brno passengers get out and push after their trolleybus breaks down; public transport authority gives them lollipops as reward (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

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