The Perseids fell from the heavens again. Madonna appeared at an amphitheatre in Prague's Chodov district. Thanks to unprecedented consumer interest in new cars, local automobile manufacturers implemented waiting lists. The media reported that Burma's generals have found Suu Kyi guilty, again. According to Hospodárské noviny, Czech industry has bottomed out and is bouncing back.
"I'd be scared to have that much money," Zdeněk Horwáth, a homeless citizen of Litvínov, told the daily newspaper Právo after he found an envelope filled with 50,000 crowns while looking for food in a trashcan at the town's chateau gardens; he took the money to the police station. Enigmatic frescoes of saints were discovered under a painting at a monastery in Sázava. Every newspaper in the country published pictures of the momentous occasion when the President of the Republic, Václav Klaus, bravely defying exhaustion, triumphed over the nation's highest peak, the Sněžka. The price of sugar rose. ETA terrorists in Majorca carried out three bomb attacks and the Foreign Ministry reported that none of the Czech tourists staying nearby were harmed. The Národní knihovna (National Library) began the construction of an underground storage facility for 2.5 million books at the Klementinum. Kyjov's amateur Divadlo v Karanténě theatre premiered a Romany translation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
"I am thankful to him for saving me,"
said illusionist Zdeněk Bradáč, expressing gratitude to his assistant who pulled him out of the water during training for an attempt to break the record for the longest time spent underwater in police manacles. Research by Mladá fronta Dnes revealed that Czechs are dealing with the crisis by saving money on food and clothing. Eva Pilarová celebrated her 70th birthday. Two older men beat each other with their canes in a dispute over the amount of time it took one of them to pick peaches at a fruit stand on Náměstí Republiky square in Brno. Prague's newly opened Buddha Bar hotel took sixth place in the British Sunday Times newspaper's list of "Most Amazing New Hotels." Stocks have returned to profitability. A ČSA Czech Airlines plane full of tourists had to make an unplanned landing at Larnaca in Cyprus because of an onboard computer failure and the smell of smoke in the fuselage.
"People here are more accustomed to alcohol thanks to frequent wine consumption,"
said Christian Democrat (KDU-ČSL) parliamentary candidate Jiří Koliba, explaining the reason why his election platform contains a proposal to raise permitted blood-alcohol levels to 0.03 percent for drivers with permanent residency in Southern Moravia. Meteorologists informed the public that the end of the summer holidays will be sunny. The price of petroleum rose. The prison services' leadership announced that a crisis brought about by a lack of funds will make it impossible for each prison guard to carry his own weapon and that it will be necessary for several to share one pistol, one baton, and one automatic rifle. The state softened the conditions for "green subsidies" of furnaces and heating. J&T and PPF registered a company called Energetický a průmyslový holding in Cyprus.
"I also know Berdych and Kájínek and President Havel. I know absolutely everyone, I know every criminal in this country. But I simply can't be charged on those grounds,"
sometime TV Nova reporter Radek John told Lidové noviny after it came to light that Věci Veřejné, the political party he founded, is related through various liaisons to Roman Janoušek, a well-known and well-connected lobbyist. The performance Posedlost moved from Divadlo Ponec to another Prague theatre, Divadlo ve Celetné. Photographer Roberto Vano had an exhibition at Galerie Mánes. Unemployment rose from 8% to 8.4% and the authorities say the trend will continue. It emerged that parliament won't have time to discuss all the proposed bills put before it, because of early elections, and that Good Friday would therefore remain a working day rather than becoming a holiday. Statisticians discovered that the most common Czech name is Jiří Novák. Google added the works of Josef Škvorecký to its virtual library. After three months keeping her in an induced coma, doctors awakened the two-year-old Romany girl who suffered near-fatal burns after arsonists set fire to her family's home in Vítkov. Bankruptcy proceedings were lengthened. Scientists discovered that optimism protects women against heart attacks. Lidové noviny warned men that carrying a mobile phone in your pocket harms sperm. After 50 years, Laterna Magika ceased to exist as an independent entity.
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