0 Accidents / Driving / Prague Travel / Social Media Posts / Trains 10 October, 2019 Volkswagen sandwiched between two trams following bizarre accident at intersection of Lazarska street and Spalena street, Prague 1-Nove Mesto; nobody injured (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Business / Design / Fashion / Gift Ideas / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Trains 1 October, 2019 Czech Gift Ideas: Watchmaker PRIM produces men’s and women’s watches based on the Ceske drahy railway station clock (PRIM) *edited* [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Buses / Local News / Police / Social Media Posts 1 October, 2019 42-year-old man falls asleep on Zlin Region bus from Vizovice to Zlin and wakes up locked in vehicle in depot; patrolling cop finds him preparing to spend night there because he “didn’t know who to call” (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Buses / Crime / Local News / Public Transport / Social Media Posts / Violence 24 September, 2019 Police called and 46-year-old man hospitalized after fight breaks out on Brno bus over 55-year-old woman opening window to get some fresh air (Nova) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Architecture / Prague Travel / Public Transport / Social Media Posts 23 September, 2019 Prague city government considering reviving Communist-era plan to build new Staromestska metro entrance/exit on Namesti Franze Kafky square; eastern entrance would give tourists easier access to Old Town Square (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Accidents / Children / Internet / Social Media Posts / Trains 15 September, 2019 15-year-old boy fighting for life after receiving electric shock while trying to take selfie on mast carrying overhead lines at railway station in Votice, Central Bohemia (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Czech Travel / Expats / Foreigners / Local News / Politics / Public Transport / Racism / Social Media Posts / Tomio Okamura / Trains 12 September, 2019 Hradec Kralove branch of Tomio Okamura’s far-right SPD party complains on Facebook that “99%” of people on Hradec Kralove-to-Prague train are foreigners, alongside photos of two other passengers; post is deleted less than 24 hours later (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Business / Money / Public Transport / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Technology 11 September, 2019 Contactless card payments of up to 500 Kc could be rejected at some Czech terminals from Saturday (14 September) as new EU-driven “two-factor authentication” law comes into effect; Czech National Bank warns that many businesses are unprepared for the change; contactless payments for public transport tickets may be affected (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] *edited* External Link
0 Accidents / Czech Travel / Driving / Foreigners / Prague Travel / Social Media Posts / Trains 9 September, 2019 Video: Train hits truck stopped between level-crossing barriers in Prague 10-Uhrineves on Friday; eight people were injured, including the truck’s 68-year-old driver, who’s been charged with an “obecne ohrozeni” (“public threat”) offence (YouTube) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Aeroplanes / Czechs Abroad / Social Media Posts / WTF 27 August, 2019 Smartwings flight from Samos, Greece, to Vaclav Havel Airport Prague flew more than two hours with only one functioning engine rather than diverting to closer airport; Czech aviation authority (UCL) begins investigation (Nova) [Social Media Post] External Link