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Erhard Falk from the German town of Pfaffenrod has built a monument to the Czech herbal liquor Becherovka in his garden, fans of mysticism are due meet at Kost castle this weekend for their fifth annual Witch Congress, and Prague gets its first coffee museum. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Boot camps have become increasingly popularity among Czech managers. What makes carnivorous plants so popular, and a scruffy devoted little dog whose master died five years ago shows up every day at Motol Hospital to wait for him. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Thousands of Czechs are offering their couches to travelers within the international CouchSurfing Project. Is that a puffball or a truffle? And, the logo of the Czech police force is being used to help sell a variety of articles from knickers to beer glasses. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Czechs are fast developing a taste for adrenalin, artistic blacksmiths from around the world meet at Helfštýn Castle and, ten young men hang from the ceiling by their feet – in order to get into the Czech Book of Records. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

The town of Duchcov, in North Bohemia, commemorates the great lover Giacommo Casanova. A Czech model wins the Miss Euro title and a dissatisfied client drops piles of manure all over the premises of a Czech insurance company. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova

Eating under cover of night: Prague has joined a number of world cities in providing an unusual experience: wining and dining in utter darkness. Why is the Czech Football Union dying of embarrassment? And, a multi-fruit tree in celebration of the EU. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarová.

Prague sees its first-ever Zombie walk. Dancers at Moulin Rouge wear strass panties from Jablonex and, the Schweitzerhaus restaurant in Prater will serve you the best Czech beer in Austria. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Banished by the communist regime as a bourgeois vegetable, asparagus makes a come-back in the Czech Republic. Fakir Petr Fiedor spends ten days lying on a bed of broken glass and, why is a planned overpass for bears creating animosity in the town of Jablůnkov? Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

Five percent of Czechs are believed to be addicted to the internet. Czech salons have started offering “massages for two” and, a Czech town plans a huge birthday celebration – only to find it got the date wrong –by 88years! Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.

A ten-year-old Czech girl has made headlines with her ability to talk backwards. Czechs have taken a fancy to sponsoring animals at the zoo. And Speaker’s Corner at Palacký Sqaure is giving Prague City Hall a headache. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarová.