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Giving birth outside police headquarters - if you are in a hurry it's as
good a place as any! A dance marathon in Prague: for how many hours could
YOU keep going? And, at this time of year Czechs traditionally mark All
Souls Day - but Halloween's slowly taking root as well. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsModern banknotes do not compare to classic Czechoslovak notes, says collector
Do you know what the rarest Czechoslovak banknote is? Or where the
country's first notes were printed? One person who knows all about that
subject is collector Miroslav Krist, the man behind an exhibition of
banknotes from around the world currently on at Kozel Chateau, near
Pilsen. When I spoke to Mr Krist this week he began by telling me which
personalities had figured on the very first Czechoslovak notes. More
Business NewsCzech companies among Europe's most notoriously late payers - survey
The results of a newly released survey by Sweden's Intrum Justitia, one of
Europe's leading providers of credit management services, indicate that
Czech Republic is one of the riskiest places in Europe to do business, in
terms of customers defaulting on payments.
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Current AffairsWho wants to be a millionaire?
The number of "dollar millionaires" in the Czech Republic is on
the rise. There are now about 11,000 Czechs with liquid assets exceeding
$1 million dollars, about 1,000 more than there were last year, according
to a new study.
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Letter from PragueCzechs still embracing carpe diem philosophy
Czechs are in the throes of a shopping fever. Fourteen years of a Western
lifestyle have not sated people's urge to buy and buy some more. Few
people need an excuse but if you do there is always some reason - the
Christmas shopping season now starts in October - then come the New Year
sales and then Easter is just around the corner.
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Not all mascots are the kind that you can carry around. Vendelin is twenty
and weighs 6o kilograms. For a catfish and lake-mascot that's pretty good.
The worst time and place to get falling down drunk is in a grocery store
that you've just robbed. And Czech teenagers try their hand at
snow-kiting. Find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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