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In Magazine: a Czech couple caught having sex in public in New Zealand argued that it was perfectly normal in the Czech Republic, the Jablonec Muzeum of Glass is showing figurines of famous politicians, storybook characters and fictional heroes, a third of Czechs try to avoid physical activity, and, the town of Ivančice hosts its annual Asparagus Festival.

In Magazine: President Zeman’s critics offer him as a gift to Russian President Putin, the Czech winner of the North Pole Marathon trained in a cold store; Brno’s Hotel International goes for urban beekeeping and a group of enthusiasts jazz up a former Soviet warehouse for nuclear warheads.

In Magazine: a class of graduates wow their school with a near-naked dance act, a newly-married couple is suing a wedding agency for wrecking their wedding day, a fraudster dupes forty people in Prague with a ludicrous offer and people in Brno have a new communication platform – one of the city’s trams.

In Magazine: a fifth of Czechs claim they have had sex while driving, a library makes headlines by allowing a client to pay with a button, the difficulties of teaching Czech cooks about health food and Czech trabis are ready to take on Australia.

In Magazine: Balloon mail for Baby Jesus, the town of Sušice saves a precious mobile nativity scene, Czech bears wide-awake for their traditional Christmas brunch and, when it comes to Christmas Czechs love all things Czech.

In Magazine: a newly-elected councilor says his political success has resulted in a lot of bad hair days, Czechs like flirting in the workplace, curvy girls strip off in support of the fight against teenage anorexia and the country’s second richest man enjoys a communist-era “retro” lunch on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.

In Magazine: three thieves manage to steal a 300-km freight train, an artillery grenade hidden in the base of a statue turns out to be a time capsule, ornithologists report sighting a black-and-white blackbird and a foreign visitor gets fined for directing traffic in the city center dressed as a clown.

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.