Prague City Beat

Wow. Now this is great use of government money. Check out this Prague Post article…
Prague City Hall wants to use public funds for free Internet access .
Of course the telecoms are panicking and will no doubt try to influence a decision against this action. The mayor though seems to [...]

Turn yourself into the icing on the cake with the Apetit Praha catering company’s edible-paper printing service.
For 150 CZK, the company, via its cukrárna on Revoluční street, will print your photograph on an edible A4 sheet, suitable for slapping on any flat food surface you fancy.
The firm also sells blank A4 sheets for 18 CZK [...]

An interesting selection of mainly Czech posters from an unusual company.
Agentura ProVás s.r.o. is a private firm that, according to its website, “has the aim of creating work opportunities for citizens with health problems, thus freeing them of economic uncertainty.”
As well as selling replica posters, ProVás also offers a commercial postering service, at various locations [...]

The fate of Swedish terrorism suspect Oussama Kassir, arrested December 11th in Prague, remains unclear.
Detained at Ruzyně airport, en route from Stockholm to Beirut, the Lebanese-born 39-year-old is accused of trying, in 1999, to help set up a “terrorist camp” in Bly, Oregon, training Islamic jihadists.
(According to a fax allegedly sent by one camp organizer [...]

Wow.. another English publication bites the dust.
From the Post (who i am sure must be delighted to see another rival disappear..)
The Prague Tribune, a 12-year-old business and lifestyle magazine published in Czech and English, releases its last issue this month, forced under in what analysts call a fierce print market where [...]

A travel book with a difference, Patricia Schultz’s 1,000 Places to See Before You Die aims to list the world’s top attractions.
So which Czech attractions, you might be wondering, rank alongside Botswana’s Okavango Delta, the covered souks of Aleppo, and the Buddahs of Borobudor?
The Czech Republic, in fact, is well-represented, with seven entries in total, [...]

The British media’s enduring Škoda fascination took on a new dimension last week, with the news that David Tennant, the latest actor to play traveling timelord Doctor Who, drives one of the Czech-made cars.
They’re apparently much bigger on the inside than they are on the outside.
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