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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
Current AffairsCzechs win stinky cheese war after six-year struggle with Germany, Austria
The Czech Republic scored a major diplomatic victory over neighbouring
Germany and Austria this week after the European Union granted the
cherished protected geographical status to the country’s pungent
Olomoucké tvarůžky cheese. That means only the original cheese produced
in the village of Loštice - near the Moravian city of Olomouc - can sell
the product under that name; everything else is an impostor.
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A former minister walks the entire stretch of a highway after losing a bet
it would be completed on time, Czechs poke fun of the government’s sugar
cube campaign ahead of the country’s EU presidency and, a restaurant
owner kills his business by going on a reality show. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsOlomoucké tvarůžky will not receive protected status from EU for time being
Olomoucké tvarůžky – famous yellow cheeses produced in the Olomouc
region in the Czech Republic – are instantly recognisable for their odour
and gummy texture: they are most definitely an acquired taste. But they are
also a product of which many Czechs are justifiably proud. Since 2004,
representatives have sought EU protection recognising the tvarůžky as a
distinct local specialty, something which is not going to happen, at least
not yet.
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Business NewsBusiness News
In Business News this week: the Czech Republic has posted record trade
surplus in 2007; shopping space in the country is expected to expand by 50
percent; Czechs want to include Olomoucké tvarůžky on EU’s list of
protected foods; a pint of Pilsner Urquell beer is cheaper in Germany than
in the Czech Republic and Czech soft-drinks producer has launched a
sugar-free version of Kofola.
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The town of Lostice has its own "monarch" who feeds on smelly
cheese, a school full of bats attracts zoologists from around Europe and
Harry Potter summer camps are this year's hit among Czech school kids.
Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsCzechs and Sudeten Germans in disagreement over Carlsbad Wafer status
You open the pack and you're greeted with the sweet smell of butter,
vanilla, and caramel. I'm talking about the Czech Republic's famed
Karlovarske Oplatky or Carlsbad Wafers. Thin wafers filled with crushed
almonds, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon that also come in various other
flavours like chocolate, caramel and lemon.
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ABC of CzechThe milky way
Hello and welcome to the ABC of Czech in which this season we explore Czech
vocabulary related to Czech food and cuisine. Today we'll be looking at
dairy products - mlecne vyrobky.
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The Cow Parade, which has been to 18 cities around the world, is coming to
Prague. And, why is it risky to steal when there's fresh snow on the
ground? Find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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