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Twitterers mistake Czech Republic for Chechnya in Boston bombings
Czech Republic laments Twitter geography after many suggest Boston bombings carried out by Czechs. David Trifunov Americans please take note, Czech Republic is a once-troubled yet entirely peaceful ally tucked into the heart of Central Europe. Chechnya is a restive Russian region that survived its… …
Czech pharmacies begin selling medical marijuana
Medical marijuana legally went on sale Tuesday in pharmacies across the Czech Republic for patients suffering from cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or psoriasis. The new law does not foresee health insurance coverage for marijuana, touted by some as a medical miracle drug. The prescription-only drug formally became legal on…
Czech officials baffled by wave of cyber attacks
The Czech Republic has been hit by an unprecedented wave of cyber attacks this week, with investigators stumped over their origin amid concerns they could lead to worse mayhem. “We don’t know anything about the motivation for now, because no one has claimed the attacks,” Radek Holy, spokesman for the…
Horsemeat found in Ikea meatballs in 25 countries
The producer of the Ikea meatballs withdrawn from shelves in 25 countries has found horsemeat in its products, Sweden’s national food agency SLA said Wednesday. The agency was informed by Swedish company Dafgaard that its own tests had confirmed the presence of equine DNA, a spokeswoman for the agency said.…
Revamped historic Czech breweries get back on tap
Rising from the ashes after closure or near-collapse, historic Czech breweries are getting back on tap with new owners seeking to tickle the taste buds of the world’s greatest beer lovers with exotic new flavours. Along with a wave of new micro-breweries, these revamped elders — many with several hundred…
Czech inspectors seize thousands of litres of toxic liquor
PRAGUE — Health inspectors in the Czech Republic said Tuesday they had seized thousands of bottles of counterfeit rum containing deadly amounts of poisonous methanol. The seizure comes after the deaths of 28 people in September and October, when victims in the Czech Republic died after swallowing methanol-tainted, bootleg drinks.…
Bootleg alcohol kills 20 in Czech Republic
A 63-year-old man died Sunday in the Czech Republic after drinking bootleg spirits tainted with methanol, bringing the death toll from an outbreak of alcohol poisoning to 20, hospital staff said. The man was found unconscious Friday at a railway station in the eastern town of Prerov and was hospitalised…
Police search for deadly poisoned bootleg liquor
Czech police raided thousands of bars, restaurants and shops after methanol poisoning caused by bootleg spirits left 19 people dead and others seriously ill. As 20 people remained in hospital, some in artificial comas or going blind, police said they checked over 19,000 premises overnight Friday to Saturday and seized…
Spread of ‘baby boxes’ in Europe alarms United Nations
The United Nations is increasingly concerned at the spread in Europe of “baby boxes” where infants can be secretly abandoned by parents, warning that the practice “contravenes the right of the child to be known and cared for by his or her parents”, the Guardian has learned. The UN Committee…
Czech revolution icon Vaclav Havel dies
PRAGUE — Former Czech president and hero of the Velvet Revolution Vaclav Havel, who steered his country to independence from Soviet rule in 1989, died on Sunday at the age of 75. Havel died in his sleep at dawn in his weekend house in the village of Hradecek, about 140…
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