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/ 23 September 2004
Czechs are being offered two beers in return for their blood in an effort to recruit blood and bone-marrow donors. Anyone donating blood as part of the ”beer for blood” campaign taking place in Prague on Friday will receive two half-litre glasses of beer in return.
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/ 7 September 2004
An unemployed Czech man has been given a job by the mayor of the north-eastern town of Stramberk after threatening to commit suicide in a cellphone text message, daily Pravo reported on Tuesday. Mojmir Havrlant (40), sent a message to the mayor, threatening to throw himself off a 30m tower because he could not find a job.
A cocker spaniel owes its life to a man who jumped into an alligator pool at a Czech zoo and rescued the dog from jaws of death, a Prague newspaper reported on on Thursday. The drama happened on Tuesday while Michal Gubik and his girlfriend were walking their female dog at the zoo.
Mention caves and usually images of darkness, musty rocks and bats come to mind. But health specialists in the Czech Republic are putting caves in a more positive light by promoting a special treatment for allergies, bronchitis and other breathing problems called ”speleotherapy”.
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/ 12 February 2003
VÃ clav Havel’s departure marks the end of an era. The Czech Republic president recently stepped down after an extraordinary career that spanned 40 years.
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/ 25 November 2002
Nineteen flags flutter over the concrete blast barriers and razor wire surrounding the entrance to Nato’s Brussels headquarters, where armed guards with sniffer dogs screen cars and visitors with extra care these days.