Month: December 2018
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The first Czechoslovak president Masaryk came to Prague 100 years ago. He was greeted by crowds of people iROZHLAS
The first Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk after arriving in Prague at Wilson ‘s railway station Source: stock photos Profimedia More photos (10) At one o’clock in the afternoon on December 21, 1918, it was very crowded at Prague’s Wilson Station. Crowds of people pressed on the pen and eagerly looked out for a single…
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The tragic fire of the hotel in Náplavní arose from a cigarette butt, the security was turned off
According to an expert statement from the field of fire protection, the fire was most likely caused by throwing a cigarette into the courtyard, where the garbage lay and the leaves were inflated. He then spread through the door to the reception area, to the hotel lobby, the hall on the first and second floors.…
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Novoron ohostroj in Prague commemorates thirty years since the Velvet Revolution
Pbh novoronho ohostroje is designed for the thirty years since the Velvet Revolution. The preparation took him about a msc. It is necessary to welcome all aspects, smoke effect and artistic wear. There is a woman and there is no darkness. Then I sit down and start to think about how to do it and…
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Strasbourg shooting: the toll of the Christmas market is getting heavier
Paris CNN — A fifth person has died of their injuries following the attack on the Strasbourg Christmas market on Tuesday, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN on Sunday. A gunman burst into the market on Tuesday evening as crowds shopped for holidays, killing three people and injuring 13 others. The fourth victim, Antonio Megalizza,…
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Without a new government, there is only Prague 11 in the metropolis, while it is led by a number of unelected councils
The Prague 11 City Council is a little overwhelming, consisting of seven parties and 45 judges. Due to this, even more than two months after the election, the town hall in Jinm Mst is newly held. As the last in Prague. At the same time, the local council went there twice, but each session ended…
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A large overview of nativity scenes in Prague. We will advise you where to go to see Jesus
The exhibition has been taking place in the Church of Our Lady of the Snows since the beginning of December, where a 4.5-meter-long mechanical nativity scene by Jiří Votruba or a work built according to the Třešť Nativity Scenes with historical figures measuring 3×2.5 meters can be seen. You can also admire the more than…
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Strasbourg shooter: French police continue their hunt for the suspect
A Home Office spokeswoman told CNN it was an operation involving “checks”. Since the shooting, authorities have called Tuesday’s incident a terrorist attack. The suspect, identified as Cherif Chekatt, 29, has a long criminal history that includes 27 convictions in France, Germany and Switzerland, mainly for theft and violence. On Tuesday, more than 700 police…
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Death toll in Strasbourg, France, mass shootings rise as police try to catch attack suspect dead or alive
PARIS — French security forces were trying to catch the suspected Strasbourg shooter dead or alive, an official said on Thursday, two days after an attack near the city’s Christmas market. Local authorities, meanwhile, raised the death toll to three. The attack left 13 injured, five of them in serious condition, said the prefecture of…
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Why does Prague not have walls? The royal city looked completely different in the past
The walls protected Prague from attacks from time immemorial, but only rarely did they fulfill their role as the way in which military art developed, in fact they were a thing of the past in the second half of the 19th century. The last wave of fortifications, ie the construction of the so-called New Walls,…
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Deadly shooting near the Christmas market in Strasbourg, France
A suspect on a terror watch list was wanted on Wednesday after three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured in a shooting near a Christmas market in Strasbourg. Police had raided the suspect’s home hours before Tuesday’s attack as part of a burglary investigation. Cultural sites and sports centers were closed…