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MagazineMagazine
In Magazine this month: a drunk driver caught by police puts his dog in the
driver’s seat. The famous Paris wax museum Musée Grevin is to open to
the public in Prague and a Czech engineering and development company
promises to unveil an electric powered flying bike in the autumn. More
MagazineMagazine
In this edition of Magazine: a security guard hand-cuffs himself by
accident; a man is arrested after failing to notice that his passport
contains an inconceivable expiry date and Brno tests a pissoir for dogs. More
SpotlightThe Sázava Pacific
434.2186 is the number of a famous historic locomotive that has appeared in
countless Czech films including "Páni Kluci" about Tom Sawyer and
Huckleberry Finn, a favourite among children and adults. Last Saturday
visitors to Prague's Main Station were able to see the jet-black steam
engine prepare for a rare but much anticipated journey along part of one
of the most picturesque routes in the Czech Republic. More
PanoramaPig slaughtering feasts on their way out
A centuries old tradition –the pig-slaughtering feast – will soon be a
thing of the past. Those who consider the gory ritual an act of barbarism
are cheering, others for whom it is an important part of village folklore
are determined to maintain it at any price. More
PanoramaStinky cheese sweetshop opens in Loštice
It is the country’s most smelly specialty – Olomoucké tvarůžky –
dubbed by foreign visitors as “the stinky cheese of Olomouc” is not
something you can easily overlook. Its pungent odor hits you the minute you
open the fridge and will render you a social outcast several hours after
consuming it. However many consider it to be one of the country’s biggest
delicacies and the Czech Republic fought and won a six-year war with
Germany and Austria over a protected geographical status trademark. More
MagazineMagazine 2011
In Magazine: a bride spends her wedding night in a drunk tank, Czechs
sample cocktails in the form of a snack, a communist councilor turns up the
heat with nude pics and finally – the real golden brew -beer containing
24 carat gold. More
Current AffairsCzech roads see lowest number of fatalities since 1947
2011 saw vast improvement in the number of road deaths, dropping to 695.
That is the lowest number since the late 1940s, although then there were
only some 128,000 thousand registered vehicles on Czech roads compared to
around four million today. Experts suggest that a number of factors have
contributed to the continuing drop in road fatalities. More
Business NewsBusiness News
In business news today: household energy prices to grow in coming months;
Slevomat.cz buys share in Hungary’s Bónus Brigád; Czech Post expects
rise in profit compared to 2011; Construction sector expects crisis to
deepen. More
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