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In Magazine: Czech scientists get two Ig Nobel awards, President Zeman makes a faux pas in Zlin, a python finds refuge from the cold in an engine compartment and Prague prepares for a boisterous weekend of grape harvest celebrations.

In Magazine: a pub owner is in hot water for displaying a stuffed bear, a hotelier in Mikulov makes headlines after threatening to humiliate visitors who pee outside his hotel, a sixteen-year-old boy out on a joyride smashes into a police car, three Czech women declare war on a cheating husband’s mistress and two literary buffs are turning police reports into poetry.

In Magazine: a man gets a tall fine for waking up the mayor with a complaint, a woman takes her mother’s ashes to an energy company to prove that she’s not about to pay any more bills, a singing lawyer runs for a seat in the Senate and the police catch a foxy thief red-handed.

In Magazine: a 1905 oil painting of Emperor Franz Josef has gone from the waste dump to a Viennese auction house, a stolen Cinderella film costume is mysteriously returned, an 11-year-old schoolboy wins a “minister for a day” award and a twenty-three-year–old student says he has the answer to finding shelter for the homeless.

In Magazine: what do Czech men and women expect on a first date? One Prague hotel now offers the services of a resident butler and the fashion of pop-up restaurants in private homes has arrived in the Czech Republic.

In Magazine: cabinet ministers struggle to master the intricacies of Czech, a passer-by shames a road maintenance company by getting down to work on an unfinished pavement and Czech researchers say men’s facial traits reflect their intelligence, or lack of it, as the case may be.

In Magazine: the trabi is still going strong, though you won’t see it on Czech roads these days, Restaurant Day is catching on in the Czech Republic a new state of the art beer-testing laboratory opens in Prague and, why airing your flat too often could get you into trouble.

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.