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Randy Blythe, the singer for US band Lamb of God, was cleared of manslaughter on Tuesday by Prague’s Municipal Court, a charge related to the death of a young fan at the band’s show three years ago. According to a panel of three judges, the singer committed no crime and blame for the death largely lay elsewhere: with the show’s organisers.

The award-winning film Sofia’s Last Ambulance, which is now screening at the One World festival of human rights documentaries, records the experiences of an ambulance crew in the Bulgarian capital over two years, capturing moments of high human drama against the backdrop of a barely functioning system. Travelling with the medics were two filmmakers, director Ilian Melev and soundman Tom Kirk. The latter, who is a guest at the festival, told me it had often been an intense experience.

The Czech Senate voted on Monday afternoon to file charges of treason against the outgoing president Václav Klaus. Heads of all of the ruling coalition parties have expressed disapproval of the move, with the Prime Minister insinuating that it was a vindictive move from the opposition-controlled senate. RP asked political analyst Jiří Pehe about what will be the fallout from the senate's decision.

Bravehearts, which opened the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague on Monday night, follows politically engaged Norwegian students preparing for student elections. However, midway through filming Norway suffered a terrible tragedy, when Anders Behring Breivik shot dead 69 people at a Labour Party youth camp after setting off a bomb in Oslo. One of the film’s protagonists was there.

Lawmakers in the Czech Senate began deliberations on Monday to decide whether or not to press treason charges against the country’s president, Václav Klaus, who steps down in four days’ time. A group of senators tabled the vote in response to a number of steps taken by Mr Klaus while in office, including the declaration this year of a highly-controversial amnesty.

Free tests of alcohol by the Health Ministry at the end of last year revealed that every eight bottle of spirits out of more than 7,000 checked brought in by households contained dangerous substances – 40 of them lethal amounts of methyl alcohol. The results were announced by the chief hygiene officer on Thursday, roughly half a year since a major poisoning outbreak in the Czech Republic.

Dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez arrived in the Czech Republic this week on what is her first trip abroad since Cuba’s communist authorities partially lifted restrictions on travelling. Ms Sanchez, best known for her acclaimed blog Generation Y, is attending the One World festival of human rights documentaries in the Czech capital.

A group of MPs in the lower house are drafting a new bill on legalising prostitution – the third such attempt in recent years. Prostitution in the Czech Republic exists in a sort of legal grey area; prostitution itself is not illegal, but most of the infrastructure surrounding it - brothels, pimping and so on – is.

A complaint to the Constitutional Court against outgoing president Václav Klaus is set to be discussed by the Czech Senate. The charge, which accuses Mr. Klaus of treason over a controversial amnesty he declared at the start of the year, made the agenda of the upper house when the requisite support was acquired on Tuesday. Its backers say a ruling would help define the president’s powers in the future.

A new smart phone application called FareBandit can help you avoid ticket inspectors in public transportation in Czech cities. The app won the top prize this week at the annual AppParade in Prague.