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Are you considered old or young according to the Europeans? / Jste podle Evropanu mladoch nebo staroch?

A new EU poll uncovers some surprising data. The Europeans consider themselves to be young until they reach their 42nd birthday and call themselves old when one hits the 64th year of age.

The Czechs are even more harsh: a ‘spring chicken’ is anyone under the age of 40 and an ‘old hag’  is anyone who is 60 years old and older.

The most gentle people are the Dutch when it comes to age since they think one is not old until they reach their 70th birthday (I would probably have to agree with them). The harshest of all are Slovaks who will call you an old lady at 58! Now that’s just wrong…
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Breaking news: Czech’Jedi Knights’ are on the rise / Zhava novinka: pocet rytiru ‘Jedi’ se zvysuje

Apparently according to the Czechposition.com the American movie Star Wars has been a great success in the Czech Republic. You want a proof? Just look at the numbers: in a recent nationwide census 15,070 Czechs (0.31%) identified themselves as the ‘Jedi Knights’ believing in ‘The Force’. That’s a BIG number!!! [click to continue…]

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Former Czech president Vaclav Havel dies at 75 / Zemrel Vaclav Havel ve veku 75-ti let

The icon of Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution died yesterday peacefully in his sleep at the age of 75. The whole Czech nation is in mourning, however condolences are being sent from all over the world.

Havel was a politician, a writer, a poet, and a world-known pacifist. He was a political prisoner for 5 years, who later become the last president of the former Czechoslovakia (1st term) and the first president of the Czech Republic (2nd term). He loved music and became a big buddy with the Rolling Stones, who played at the Prague Castle during his going-away party in 2003.

I did not know Mr. Havel personally but I have a feeling that he would agree with this great quote: ‘The purpose of life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave with a well-preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways, completely used up, yelling and screaming, what a ride!’

 

CZ: Vaclav Havel zemrel vcera ve spanku v jeho chalupe na Hradecku ve veku 75-ti let. Je to rana (ac ocekavana) jak pro Cechy, tak pro cely svet.

Vlada se ma dnes rozhodnout, jestli pri prilezitosti patecniho pohrbu vyhlasi take statni smutek.

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September 7th – one of the worst days in the history of hockey / 7. zari bude zaznamenany u hokejistu jako jeden z nejhorsich dnu

September 7th will going to be remembered as a tragic day  for all of the hockey fans out there.

On this day a Russian plane carrying some of the best hockey players in the world, crashed into a riverbank only a few minutes after taking off. The crash killed 43 people – 27 players of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team (3 of them were Czechs and one was Slovak), 2 coaches and 7 club officials. [click to continue…]

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New museum of communist cars / Nove museum komunistickych aut

Kolovazy u Prahy (a small town near Prague) recently opened up a new attraction: A Museum of Socialist Vehicles. It exhibits car models made in-between years 1965 and 1988, which makes about 30 different models, mostly Skoda cars but also Romanian Dacias and Ziguliks. The Museum is showing off some Germany models such as Trabant and Wartburg but those are in minority.

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Czech Film Academy (FAMU) is the best school in Europe / FAMU je nejlepsi filmova skola v Evrope

According to the Hollywood Reporter, FAMU (Film Academy of Musical Arts in Prague) is the best film school in Europe. It ranked  number 7 (!!) from 25 other most prestigious film schools in the world, which is a huge success. The first place won the famous American Film Institute, the second place goes for the University of Southern California, and the third place goes to the Film Academy in Peking. [click to continue…]

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Czechs are the biggest EU potheads/ Cesi jsou ti nejvetsi hulici z cele EU

It’s quite shocking for me but the recent EU study showed Czechs to be the biggest lovers of marihuana. Even countries like Neatherlands or Denmark are bellow us, together with Slovakia (check out the following chart). How embarrassing!

CZ: Je to pro mne docela sok, ale z nedavneho pruzkumu vychazeji Cesi jako nejvetsi milovnici marihuany. To, ze je Nizozemsko a Dansko jsou nekde dole pod nami me opravdu prekvapilo. Slovensko ma take mene zahuleny mozek nez Cesi – to je ostuda! [click to continue…]

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1/3 of Czechs embraces conspiracy theories / Tretina Cechu veri spikleneckym teoriim

Do you believe in (Verite v nasledujci):

  • Area 51?
  • 9/11 terrorist attack was an ‘inside job’?
  • 1969 Moon landing was fake?

Then you are not alone. One third of Czechs would agree with you on those (and other) issues.

‘The idea that the world’s largest public powers have reason to purposefully mislead and manipulate  societal opinion had strong support, with 39.1 percent saying “yes” and 34.8 saying “rather yes,” totaling 73.9 percent.‘

The whole article can be found at Czechposition.com.


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The Czech and Slovak top runners for Miss Universe 2011/ Cesky a slovensky kandidat na Miss Universe 2011

Here are two the two most beautiful Czech and Slovak girls for 2011. Which one will you pick for Miss Universe (vote below)?

CZ: Dve nejkrasnejsi divky z Cech a Slovenska za rok 2011 jsou vybrane. Kterou byste vybrali vy jako Miss Universe (hlasujte v nize uvedene ankete)?

A 20-year-old Dagmar Kolesarova (for Slovakia):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An 18-year-0ld Jitka Novackova (for the Czech Republic):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Disturbing video: Floods in the Czech Republic /Znepokojujici video zaplav v Cechach

Czech Republic is suffering with floods again this spring and it’s pretty bad. The following video is comes from Frydlant, a Czech quaint (or used to be quaint?) town in the north of the Czech Republic.

CZ: Ceska Republika opet trpi vaznymi zaplavami a to vsude. Nasledujici video pochazi z Frydlantu, malebneho mestecka na severu Czech.

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