Category: Local News

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Accidents / Firefighters / Local News / Social Media Posts / Tragedies

6 August, 2019

26-year-old man trapped down well in Velke Pavlovice, South Moravia, is found dead following near-55-hour rescue attempt; concrete slab complicated firefighters’ efforts (iROZHLAS) [Social Media Post]

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Environment / Local News / Social Media Posts / Sport

5 August, 2019

Klatovy, Plzen Region council’s technical services department breeds special “Miss Basketball” carnation to mark town’s hosting of European women’s Under-20 basketball championship (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Crime / Drugs / Law / Local News / Social Media Posts

4 August, 2019

Methamphetamine-fuelled Ostrava remand prisoner spent nearly a month digging metre-long tunnel through cell wall, using equipment including nail-clippers and spoons, only to have it discovered hours before escaping (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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

2 August, 2019

26-year-old woman charged with killing her mother with axe in Trebovice, Pardubice Region, reportedly following argument about daughter being out of work (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Crime / Expats / Law / Local News / Prostitutes / Sex / Social Media Posts

2 August, 2019

Update: 46-year-old Moldovan national Anna Kroft sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for March 2018 acid attack in Plzen brothel, apparently in dispute over non-payment; judgment isn’t final (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Accidents / Local News / Social Media Posts / Trains

31 July, 2019

Video: A goods train carrying limestone derails near Marianske Lazne, Karlovy Vary Region, on Sunday (28 July); the clean-up operation continues and the railway line remains closed (HZS Karlovarskeho kraje on Facebook) [Social Media Post]

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Czech Travel / Local News / Odd / Social Media Posts / Trains

30 July, 2019

“Suicidal” man claiming to be superhero ties himself to mast at railway station in Decin, Usti nad Labem Region; Prague-Dresden-Berlin-Hamburg trains delayed (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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

26 July, 2019

Update: Cops charge 36-year-old man who claimed to have spotted and photographed puma near Kromeriz, Zlin Region, with crime of “spreading alarmist news”; photo was downloaded from the internet (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Foreigners / Local News / Pivo / Social Media Posts

25 July, 2019

India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Foundation NGO protests use of Gandhi’s image on Plzen-area craft brewery Pivovar Chric’s “Mahatma” IPA; Gandhi was teetotal from an early age (Deccan Herald) [Social Media Post]

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Local News / Social Media Posts / Strange & Spooky

23 July, 2019

Crop circles appear overnight on farmland in Brezina, near Rokycany, Plzen Region; design seems to feature a spiral and a fish, plus a third, as-yet-unidentified character (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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