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A seventy three year old granny from south Bohemia has won 20 million crowns in the lottery, a Czech town has introduced three dimensional zebra crossings to get drivers to slow down and, the National Theatre in Prague has asked for public donations to help finance the repair of statues gracing the building. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

The statue that predicted the fall of the coalition government. A group of disabled people go for adrenalin sports - and football star Milan Baros is to get a statue built in his honour in his home town of Vigantice. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Forget about mud slinging, girls in the Czech Republic prefer cream cake fights. Why has the town of Usti nad Labem put a three metre dwarf on its main square? And, the man who buried himself underground for ten days to set a world record. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

The Czech legendary genius Jara Cimrman has had a plaque unveiled in London. Is the theatre seat too small for you? Then lose some weight! Those are "EU standard size" seats! Will some Czechs have to give up dumplings to see a play? And, why would hockey star Jaromir Jagr need watering? Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Even if it's art -what's it doing parked here? The Prague police give one of the art exhibits on Wenceslas Square the Canadian boot and a huge parking fine! EU membership gives ballooning a boost and an eleven year old king rides through his village - traditions are still very much alive in some parts of the country. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

How do you encourage people to have babies? One mayor has tried booking a hotel and paying for dinner. Forget the DVD -the cinema train's coming! And, museums seen "in a new light" -after dark. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Czechs elect the book of the year in the Big Read, three Czech singers wow Russia and -have you ever seen snails race? The snail racing tradition in this country dates back to 1901! Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

An ostrich in the Czech Republic has just laid the biggest ostrich egg in the world! The woman who murdered a man because he criticized her hairdo and, the former Czech porn star Dolly Buster shovels manure in her promotion clip for the European elections campaign. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Brunching on the border - at a five km long breakfast table, burning totalitarian symbols in place of witches and rolling a beer barrel to Germany. Find out about the whacky EU celebrations that failed to make the news. More in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

The violin that's different from all others but still makes sweet music. Record breakers on the Old Town Square and the man who fell asleep at a rail crossing waiting for the train to pass.Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.