Category: Local News

Key witness in conviction of Russian footballers Aleksandr Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev seriously injured in fall from hotel balcony in Spindleruv Mlyn, Hradec Kralove Region (RFE/RL) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Crime / Foreigners / Fotbal / Local News / Social Media Posts / Sport

16 May, 2019

Key witness in conviction of Russian footballers Aleksandr Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev seriously injured in fall from hotel balcony in Spindleruv Mlyn, Hradec Kralove Region (RFE/RL) [Social Media Post]

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Video: Pardubice cops arrest young man “directing” traffic on zebra crossing (Tydenik Policie) [Social Media Post]

Driving / Local News / Police / Social Media Posts

14 May, 2019

Video: Pardubice cops arrest young man “directing” traffic on zebra crossing (Tydenik Policie) [Social Media Post]

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Strict policing earns Lazne Bohdanec, Pardubice Region (population 3,525) the nickname “Czech Singapore”; town’s four cops issued fines totalling 1,352,000 crowns in 2018, mainly for speeding offences (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Driving / Local News / Police / Social Media Posts

13 May, 2019

Strict policing earns Lazne Bohdanec, Pardubice Region (population 3,525) the nickname “Czech Singapore”; town’s four cops issued fines totalling 1,352,000 crowns in 2018, mainly for speeding offences (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Two prisoners who escaped from unguarded workplace in Prague 5 turn themselves in in South Moravia; one complained that he didn’t know the local area and his shoes were hurting him; the other called the police after being assaulted (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Local News / Police / Social Media Posts

7 May, 2019

Two prisoners who escaped from unguarded workplace in Prague 5 turn themselves in in South Moravia; one complained that he didn’t know the local area and his shoes were hurting him; the other called the police after being assaulted (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Hunt continues for bison that escaped from farm near Cesky Rudolec, South Bohemia last month (April); most of the original 18 now recaptured (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Local News / Social Media Posts

5 May, 2019

Hunt continues for bison that escaped from farm near Cesky Rudolec, South Bohemia last month (April); most of the original 18 now recaptured (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Revnice, Central Bohemia breaks own record for tallest Carodejnice pyre: 19.35 metres (22 metres if you include the “witch”) (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Events / Local News / Social Media Posts

30 April, 2019

Revnice, Central Bohemia breaks own record for tallest Carodejnice pyre: 19.35 metres (22 metres if you include the “witch”) (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Panic as woman spots kingsnake on curtain of Plzen-Brno train carriage window; cops catch non-venomous snake at Ceske Budejovice and find it new home at zoo in nearby Hluboka nad Vltavou (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Local News / Snakes / Social Media Posts / Trains

30 April, 2019

Panic as woman spots kingsnake on curtain of Plzen-Brno train carriage window; cops catch non-venomous snake at Ceske Budejovice and find it new home at zoo in nearby Hluboka nad Vltavou (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Video: Zoo workers and local police try to catch pair of unwanted ostriches released into the countryside near Strmilov, South Bohemia by their former owner (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Local News / Police / Social Media Posts

29 April, 2019

Video: Zoo workers and local police try to catch pair of unwanted ostriches released into the countryside near Strmilov, South Bohemia by their former owner (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Pardubice Airport’s new 266-million-crown terminal currently handling as few as one flight per day; Boeing 737 MAX grounding has forced Ryanair and Smartwings to cancel several services (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

Aeroplanes / Business / Czech Tourism / Czech Travel / Economy / Local News / Social Media Posts

25 April, 2019

Pardubice Airport’s new 266-million-crown terminal currently handling as few as one flight per day; Boeing 737 MAX grounding has forced Ryanair and Smartwings to cancel several services (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Local News: Drunk driver crashes into funfair merry-go-round in Velke Opatovice, South Moravia (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Alcohol / Carnies / Driving / Local News / Social Media Posts

25 April, 2019

Local News: Drunk driver crashes into funfair merry-go-round in Velke Opatovice, South Moravia (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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