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Prague sends thousands to Texas blast town in honor of shared Czech heritage

Prague said Wednesday it will send thousands of dollars in funds to West, the small Texan town levelled last week by a factory explosion and whose residents are largely of Czech origin. “The government has approved assistance of four million koruna (150,000 euros, $200,000), on the suggestion of Foreign Minister…

Survey: Czech teens’ alcohol abuse spiraling out of control

Shaken awake by police on a park bench, a 12-year-old boy from Prague was so drunk he could neither walk nor talk — grim evidence of an unparalleled alcohol scourge affecting underage Czechs. The boy was one of seven whom police found falling-down drunk in the Czech capital on the…