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Prague is to get the first Buddha Bar Hotel in the world! A lamb with six
feet is born on a Czech farm. And, Prague elects its Metro-sexual of The
Year. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsNight tram patrols to begin in January
Anyone who has spent time in the Czech capital will likely be familiar with
the city's night trams - a dependable means of getting around the city in
the late hours. Over the years the trams have proven exceedingly popular
and efficient. All the same, the system has not been without its flaws:
namely, the question of safety in the late hours, as well as representing
a loss in
revenues by
non-paying commuters. As it stands, many currently travel without paying
at night simply because they can, something likely to change when, in
mid-January members of the municipal police will begin patrolling a number
of late-night lines for the very first time. More
Current AffairsPrague weighs means of improving conditions, safety on night trams
For more than a year, city officials have been considering ways of
improving conditions on Prague's night trams and night busses. Though
popular, night trams often witness scenes of drunk and disorderly conduct.
There are also many non-paying passengers, including many of the city's
homeless. The city and Prague Public Transit. could now agree on a new
step: to introduce night inspectors who would monitor well-used routes to
try and improve conditions. More
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Nothing like a tomato battle to beat the blues! A keeper at Prague's zoo
risks his life to save a baby gorilla -and a father and son catch a 36 kg
big head on a white bread roll. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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With football the name of the game -even elephants are playing it at
Prague's Troja Zoo. A Czech claims to have built the biggest kaleidoscope
in the world and, a Czech strongman pulls a car for 27 metres by his
penis! Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsPrague Transit to introduce new "Porsche" trams
Ask just about anyone who has ever visited Prague what commuting in the
capital is like, they'll likely mention the classic red-and-white trams
that criss-cross the city. For generations the tramcar has been as much a
symbol of the Czech capital as any, an efficient and picturesque manner of
getting from A to B. And, although in the 90s, modern low-level cars were
introduced, one can still travel by older models. But, in December you
might not want to: Prague will see the introduction of an altogether new
tram: the much-awaited 14 T. More
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A woman in the Czech Republic is accused of stealing 280 tons of
cheese-flavoured pretzels! Who says you have to be skinny to be beautiful?
Miss XXL jiggles her love handles for an appreciative Prague audience. And,
waiting 40 years for a plant to bloom. Find out more in Magazine with
Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsThe battle for the underground: Skoda to compete with Siemens for metro business
Just about every tram and trolleybus now operating in the Czech Republic
was built by a company now owned by the transport engineering company
Skoda Holding. But while the Plzen-based company is the undisputed master
of the above ground rails, having bought out or partnered with the
country's leading bus and railroad manufacturing companies, it has been
less successful on its home turf underground, which has been the domain of
the German engineering group Siemens.
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The very first on-line birth in the Czech Republic! Toasting the New Year
with the Water Sprites - why do some Czechs pour fire water into their
river on New Year's Eve? And, how much respect do Czechs have for their
Parliament deputies? Roughly as much as they do for their cleaner. Find
out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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