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It has also been recorded in Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, the Netherlands and Slovakia.

They include former Soviet nations such as Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia and Bulgaria which adopted the position in 1988; and others including Sweden and Cyprus.

The study was conducted across five European countries -- Czechia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK to identify the attributes that are most important to consumers buying meat or dairy products.

The Canadians followed with 4-0 win over Czechia, more widely known in English as the Czech Republic.

“There was some animosity out there, and I take that as a compliment to Czech,” MacLeod said of an outing that featured several big hits and a shoving match that resulted in roughing penalties issued to Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin and Czechia’s Noemi Neubauerova in the third period.