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In Magazine: a Czech adrenalin junkie tries to join as many Olympic races as he can, Pilsner Urquell promises Czech medalists a year of free beer, the oldest-serving clerk in the country has worked under 26 ministers, the Danish royal family orders a glass sarcophagus from a Czech firm and the highest Czech mountain peak is actually in Poland!

In Magazine: the country’s largest insurance company sets a trap for bike thieves around the country, a four-year-old Alsatian wounded in Afghanistan has been decorated for bravery by the Czech defense minister and an 85-year-old lady decides to reward police officers for their good work.

In Magazine: why fining your superior may not be such a good idea; a baby palm cockatoo captures Czechs’ hearts, a Czech police officer makes international headlines by taking a musical break from his beat in the centre of Prague and a nativity scene in heaven and hell.

In Magazine: fun-lovers attend a bread-rolling competition in Turnov, the Bata Museum in Zlín exhibits old shoemaking instruments and machines, a life-size statue of the Good Soldier Švejk is unveiled in Russia and Czech scientists conduct research into the déjà vu phenomenon.

In Magazine: what do Czech men and women expect on a first date? One Prague hotel now offers the services of a resident butler, President Zeman says no to a museum in his honour and the fashion of pop-up restaurants in private homes has arrived in the Czech Republic.

In Magazine: Czech students make a christening gift for Britain’s Prince George, preparations are underway for the festival of young wine Burčákfest, how low down on the happiness index are the Czechs and, if you are divorcing, keep an eye on your teeth.

In Magazine: a Russian Matryoska doll joins the saints on Charles Bridge, ornithologists are celebrating the first golden eagle hatched in the Beskydy Mountains after a century-long break, a driver smashes into a police station and Liberec Zoo hosts its annual wood sculpting festival.

In Magazine: a runaway truck crashes nine cars, a thief calls the police to resolve an argument with his accomplice, the theft of a steam locomotive from the Jaromeř museum, and a twelve-year-old Czech boy learns English so as to be able to answer a message found in a bottle.

In Magazine: Young Czechs take the Spanish retain chain Desigual by storm stripping down to their underwear for freebies; animal rights’ activists get themselves branded with a hot iron to raise awareness of how animals suffer in the food production industry; and a good-looking blond stuns Olomouc with her near-naked ride through town on a Yamaha motorbike.

In Magazine: speed dating in Prague’s metro, a Czech teen ostensibly drinking a pint of beer through her ear has become a hit on YouTube, an Ostrava ensemble gives an opera performance in a paternoster and Prague Zoo is offering to cure your animal phobia!