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Current AffairsHappy Beer Days: new beer and music festival opens in Smichov
The Prague district of Smichov is enjoying an eventful month. Friday sees
the start of its second festival in just two weeks. Lightheartedly named
'Happy Beer Days', it is to take place under the patronage of two Prague 5
councilors and has as its main sponsor the prestigious beer producer
Staropramen, whose brewery is in the area. If the festival is successful,
the organizers hope it will become an annual occurrence, attracting more
and more visitors. Joshua Singer has the story.
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Current AffairsCzech beer production breaks records, again
Beer is one of the most enduring symbols of the Czech Republic, with Czechs
drinking more per head than any other nation and exports growing all the
time. And it seems the country's brewing industry is currently in the
middle of a golden era - figures just released show that Czech brewers are
producing greater amounts of pivo than at any time in the country's history
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Current AffairsAnti-monopoly office gives green light for Heineken Krusovice takeover
The Czech anti-monopoly office announced on Tuesday it was giving the green
light for Dutch brewing giant Heineken to buy the Czech brewery Kralovsky
Pivovar Krusovice, making Heineken the third largest player on the Czech
beer market. But will a massive injection of cash and technology help
improve the image of Krusovice, a brew many beer drinkers turn their noses
up at? More
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Cool Keg - the cool way to drink beer. Czechs are now buying beer by the
barrel. The employees of a Czech advertising agency bare all in aid of
charity and, two young Czechs take a bike ride across Mongolia. Find out
more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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In Business News: small breweries accuse Plzensky Prazdroj of preventing
them supplying beer to some restaurants; Skoda cars are set to enter the
Australian market; Czech portals Seznam and Atlas combine their search
engines in an attempt to fight Google; Volny enters the digital TV via
phone-lines market; and Ceska sporitelna boss Jack Stack makes an unusual
swan song.
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One on OneEvan Rail: For the best Czech beer you have to hit the regions
The American writer Evan Rail spent much of 2006 visiting breweries and
pubs the length and breadth of the country, doing research for his
excellent new book "Good beer guide Prague and the Czech
Republic". In fact, it is unlikely that any other non-Czech has
anywhere near his encyclopaedic knowledge of the Czech Republic's beer
industry and traditions. When we met recently at a Prague centre terrace
bar, I began by asking Evan Rail what the most unusual pivo he'd
encountered on his travels was. More
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Has your car been stolen? Well, steal it right back! The incredible story
of an Austrian lawyer in Prague. Give a cow a pint of Pilsner and she'll
give you two pints of milk - but will it be beer flavored? And, who is
stealing all the manure? Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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