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SpotlightPrague’s Výtopna restaurant a hit with families, tourists & train fans
Many will remember the joy of getting toy trains as children and watching
them zoom down the electric track. Now, somewhat unusually, that innocent
excitement can now be relived at a popular Czech restaurant. Located in
Brno, Prague and elsewhere, Výtopna is a venue like no other where toy
engines – not waiters – deliver drinks to your table. For a country not
big on theme-restaurants it has become surprisingly popular: a big hit
especially for families with young kids. More
Business NewsBusiness News
In this week’s business news: Prime Minister Petr Nečas announces
estimated additional cuts of 26 billion crowns to the state budget; a Czech
MEP has praised the country’s refusal to join the fiscal compact; the
Agriculture Minister is set to dismiss the CEO of a state-owned brewery;
the country’s nuclear energy exports reach a record level; and, a poll
finds that the majority of Czechs consider the current economic situation
poor indeed. More
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In today’s business news: Consumer prices have risen by 4.7 percent
following a VAT hike, the American Anheuser-Bush purchases the
Budějovický měšťanský brewery in hopes of improving its chances in an
ongoing trademark dispute, public health insurer VZP may see a budget
deficit of up to three billion Czech crowns in 2012, regular and diesel
fuel reach record prices, and the forecast for the Czech construction
sector for 2012 is the worst among the Visegrad Four. 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
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