1 in 10 Czechs drink like fish, 1 in 10 are teetotallers and the rest have the occasional tipple adding up to 10 liters of pure booze per head per year. All that and more was revealed by a recent survey.  read more »

How Czechs travel seems to be impacting on where. The most popular destination for vacationing Czechs has been and still is Croatia. However, a recent Croat ban on importing certain kinds of foods has caused almost 10% of the 900 thosand Czechs planning a trip to cancel their holiday there (in favor of Italy or some other place). Why?  read more »

According to new stats, the number of Czechs seeking the services of a shrink has grown by almost a third since 2000. Experts claim that one of the reasons for that is more information about psych treatments. Supposedly almost half a million Czechs ended up on the couch in 2006 including 17500 hospitalisations due to mental illness.  read more »

I don't know what's more interesting about the story: that there is a crisis in pork production in the CR or that there is a publication called PigProgress.net?  read more »

Poll: Most Czech doctors do not use patient's informed consent - Prague Daily Monitor  read more »

Czech children not poor, but have emotional problems - UNICEF Czech children do not suffer from poverty and they have good health care and education as compared to children from some two tens of developed countries, but they have more problems in relations with parents and peers, according to a study that UNICEF released today.

MF DNES Praha - Pravé zabijačkové hody, ale hlavně karnevalové masky a spousta zábavy. Tak vypadal čtvrtý ročník Karlínského masopustu, který odstartoval v sobotu v jednu hodinu po poledni.

Češi propadli adopci na dálku - www.lidovky.cz Odborníci mají pro rostoucí zájem o adopce na dálku vysvětlení. Zatímco dříve byla z drtivé většiny motivace lidí dána výchovou – tedy že lidem v nouzi by se mělo pomáhat – nyní vstupuje do hry nový motiv. „I když ta touha pomáhat chudým převládá, motivace pramení i z dobrých materiálních poměrů Čechů, jejichž životní úroveň se každým rokem zvyšuje,“ konstatovala za občanské sdružení Adra Marie Racková. Organizace Adra zprostředkovala dálkové sponzorství pro 1100 dětí v Bangladéši.

Wigan news - Wigan Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More Miroslav Macheček, a teacher from Prague in the Czech Republic, spent five months in prison and endured a living hell after being accused of indecently touching the 10-year-old as she stood holding her mother's hand in the delicatessen queue at a Wigan supermarket. ... "I did a joke with the child and touched her on the right shoulder. The mother looked toward her daughter and saw my hand there, I did not do anything wrong. " ... "In my country you can do a joke with a child, but here you can get in very serious trouble."

Češi propadají kouzlu masáží - www.lidovky.cz Masážní studia hlásí plné stavy. S rostoucí životní úrovní si totiž Češi dopřávají kvalitní péči o tělo a masáž vnímají jako druh relaxace po náročném pracovním dnu.

Average Czech spends CZK 13,395 on holidays abroad in 2006-ACCKA - Prague Daily Monitor Prague, Jan 9 (CTK) - The average Czech spent CZK 13,395 on holidays abroad last year, five percent more than a year ago, Czech travel agencies association ACCKA spokesman Tomio Okamura has told CTK.