Czech news in brief for July 4: Saturday's top afternoon headlines

A 19-year-old Czech man died after being hit by a car on the Greek island of Rhodes, the outlet Rodiaki reported, citing police. The crash happened after 10 a.m. on a road through the coastal village of Afantou in the island's northeast. The driver, a Greek man born in 1965, has been detained, and police intend to file charges against him, according to Rodiaki.

Tragedy on the seas: The death comes just weeks after another Czech vacation ended in tragedy. The surviving skipper of a sailboat that collided with a catamaran near Split on June 14, described the crash publicly for the first time today, saying the approaching vessel gave no warning before closing the final 80 meters in about five seconds. Four Czechs died in that collision; a fifth Czech victim was later confirmed dead under unclear circumstances.

Dustin Hoffman, 88, presented The Graduate at Karlovy Vary to a packed hall that gave him a standing ovation, and told the audience that America today is as divided as it was when the 1967 film was made. Hoffman said the parents' generation in the film came out of the Great Depression, and having finally found work through the war, gave their children material things in place of themselves.

More KVIFF news: Jesse Eisenberg received the President's Award at Thermal's grand hall before a screening of his 2013 film The Double. Eisenberg told the audience he is set to take on Polish citizenship in exactly one week, tying the move to family history and a wish to spend more time in Central Europe.

Prague Baseball Week begins its 45th edition Sunday, running through July 8 at Eagles Park in Krč with additional games at Tempo Praha. Czechia opens against defending champion Germany in a rematch of last year's final, with Chinese Taipei, ranked No. 2 in the world, also headlining a field of eight national teams.

History up at bat: The sport's roots in Czechoslovakia trace to the Cold War, when baseball drew suspicion as an American import and instead spread through student clubs and softball conversions, gaining legitimacy through Cuba's standing in the socialist sporting world.

A 40-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after striking the two sphinx statues flanking an entrance to Prague's Rudolfinum with a 1.5-kilogram hammer, causing roughly CZK 90,000 in damage. The man, who struck the sphinxes nearly twenty times, has refused to explain his motive and faces up to three years in prison. The sphinxes form part of decorative exterior of the Neo-Renaissance palace that serves as a concert hall and also hosts exhibitions.

National culture monument: The Rudolfinum palace opened to the public on February 7, 1885, in the presence of Crown Prince Rudolf, whose name it bears. Since 1989, the Rudolfinum, home to the Czech Philharmonic, has been a national cultural monument.

Euronet has altered the interface on its Czech ATMs after a formal complaint reached the European Commission over hidden withdrawal fees. The change followed a viral case in which a tourist saw CZK 4,000 disappear from her account despite a screen quote of roughly CZK 100.

That said: The fix only makes the "cancel transaction" option more visible as a button, it doesn't address dynamic currency conversion quietly inflating the final charge past what the screen shows before confirmation.