Politics-free posts from the Czech Republic: a charity project to help orphans organized by Czech model Tereza Maxova, bankruptcy of one of the largest Czech glass companies, and Karel Gott's lasting popularity – at CzechFolks.com; the winner of the Bravest Czech of the Year award, and tips on how to spend winter vacation in the Czech Republic – at Czechmatediary; winter travel to Moravia's capital Olomouc, and a trip to “an actual remnant of the old iron curtain that has been preserved as a memorial” in southern Moravia – at The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks.