According to a global survey of expats, the Czech Republic is more commitment to environment and sustainability than its neighbours Poland and Slovakia. But it’s miles behind ratings of Austria and Germany. In early spring 2020, before coronavirus had spread across the world, InterNations asked more than 15,000 people to participate in their Expat Insider survey. Their results ranked countries based on environmental related issues. Czechia didn’t fair too badly. Whilst it trailed behind Nordic countries such as Finland, it sailed ahead of the UK and countries across Asia while performing better than the global average. It sat at number 16 out of 60 countries and nearly all expats (97%) rate the country’s natural environment positively, compared to 82% globally. The region settled at number 15 in the ‘Products & Utilities’ and the ‘Quality of Environment’ subcategories. The Products and utilities questions ask expats to rate the availability of green goods and services, such as renewable energy, organic food, and sustainable products. Additionally, they rated the country’s energy supply and it’s waste management and recycling efforts. Meanwhile, the quality of the environment category looks at satisfaction with the natural environment, the local air quality, as well as water and sanitation....
With more than 81,000 cases in the Czech Republic, the rate of the virus’s spread is among the worst in Europe – almost as severe as in Spain. On Monday, the country recorded 3,119 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the fourth highest tally since March when the pandemic first hit the country. Of a total of 85,566 cases, 46,636 people have recovered and 758 have died from the illness – with 24 deaths reported on Sunday, the highest daily figure so far. The number of coronavirus cases has risen to a rate of 312 cases per 100,000 over the past two weeks, which is Europe’s second-fastest rate and is moving closer to Spain’s rate of 319. Read: Up to Half of Prague’s Hotels May Close by the End of 2020 Albania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia — are seeing higher case numbers than earlier in the year. France, the UK, Poland, the Netherlands, and Spain are likely dealing with the much-feared second wave and have started taking action to curb it. The Health Minister Raman Prymula has said daily infection rates are among “the worst in the world” – far higher than in the spring, at the peak of the...
As many as 47 per cent of Prague hotels could close by the end of the year, the president of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of the Czech Republic, Václav Stárek, has warned. They also state that closures could hit 30 per cent of hotels in other regions of the country, while the hotel industry as a whole will take at least three years to recover. According to a survey by the association, most hoteliers estimate that attendance by the end of the year will sit between six and ten per cent of the normal rate. Another problem is that corporate events have almost completely disappeared. The use of conference facilities has been at one-tenth of normal since the beginning of the year. Read: Czech Republic to Buy Three Million Vaccines So far, the Czech Statistical Office (CSO) has published data from tourism only for the second quarter of April to June. It was during these months that quarantine measures caused the complete closure of borders. In the second quarter, the number of overnight stays decreased by 66.7 per cent for Czechs and by 96.2 per cent for foreign guests. In the second quarter, 988 thousand guests were accommodated...
Today marks 84 years since the birth of Václav Havel. The last Czechoslovak and first Czech President was born in October 1936 into a prominent Prague entrepreneurial and intellectual family. His father, Václav Maria Havel, a successful structural engineer, was the second-generation head of the family building development tradition. His mother, Božena, came from the Vavrečka family, with art-literary and technical talents. She no doubt represented a great role model for her sons, in whom she cultivated a freedom-loving spirit, but also set the bar of aspiration high for them. As the son of bourgeois parents, Havel was denied easy access to education but managed to finish high school and study at the university level. He found work as a stagehand in a Prague theatrical company in 1959 and soon began writing plays with Ivan Vyskočil. He was a prominent participant in the liberal reforms of 1968 (known as the Prague Spring), and, after the Soviet clampdown on Czechoslovakia that year, his plays were banned and his passport was confiscated. During the 1970s and ’80s he was repeatedly arrested and served four years in prison (1979–83) for his activities on behalf of human rights in Czechoslovakia. After his release from prison, Havel remained...
The very first batch of Pilsner Urquell was brewed by a master brewer from Bavaria on 5th October 1842.
The Czech Republic will have its first batch of three million Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of the year, said Minister of Health Roman Prymula.
Today, Monday 5 October 2020, the Czech Republic comes under a state of emergency.
Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have been on a steep rise, setting a new record high for the second straight day. The country’s Health Ministry said the day-to-day increase in new confirmed COVID-19 cases was 3,793 on Friday, 300 more than the previous day. The Czech government this week called a state of emergency from Monday and imposed measures including limiting gatherings and banning musicals and opera to curb the coronavirus before it overwhelms the health system. The recent surge has prompted several hospitals to postpone non-urgent operations to be able to treat COVID-19 patients. Health Minister Roman Prymula predicted the number of people infected in one day could be higher than 8,000 later in October. The Czech Republic had a total of 78,051 reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 699 deaths. Currently, 42,320 are ill with the virus, with 1,134 hospitalized and 221 in serious condition.
“Aim High – Wall of Culture” (“Mierz wysoko – ściana kultury”) is the name of an artistic project implemented by the National Cultural Centre in cooperation with Good Looking Studio, the aim of which is to commemorate the road to freedom of Poland and the Czech Republic between 1980 and 1989. Art and history collage Eight artists, two murals, one project – this is the gist of the project, which is to be implemented on the walls of Prague and Warsaw. The murals will be inspired by the history of the Solidarity movement that emerged in Poland and its impact on cultural and socio-political changes in Central and Eastern Europe. Various interpretations of the artists will subsequently be combined into the final project in the form of a collage, which will be hand-painted on two walls, in Prague and Warsaw. In this way, a great transnational work of art filled with unique historical symbolism will be born. In search of inspiration The project was initiated during a joint study tour made by the artists in the Tri-City, the aim of which was to explore the history of the 1980s and draw inspiration from the spirit of the socio-political transformation of...
The Czech Republic recorded 3,493 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily count since the global pandemic reached the country in March, data by the Health Ministry showed on Friday. The overall number of confirmed cases grew to 74,255, where 678 people have died in connection with the illness. September was by far the worst month. The number of all infected went up by more than 46,000 from 24,616 to 70,771, according to government figures released Thursday. A month ago, only 172 virus patients were being treated in hospitals and 35 were in intensive care wards. “We have quite a robust health care system,” said Petr Smejkal, chief epidemiologist at the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague. “But the bottleneck of the system is not the ventilators and the machines. The bottleneck is the staff.” Read: Prymula: “I Will Suggest Introducing a New State of Emergency” According to Czech news server iDNES.cz, from Monday, October 5 the attendance limit for events will be reduced to 10 people at indoor venues and 20 people at outdoor venues. The measures will mainly affect culture and sports events. From next week, high schools in regions with a higher risk of...
Staropramen, the second-biggest brewery in the Czech Republic, will test the sale of a hot beer in winter, according to iRozhlas.cz. “It could replace mulled wine”, said the director of the brewery Zdenek Havlena. The beer is produced in the Pardubice brewery, which the company bought a year ago. According to Havlena, the range of beers in pubs have decreased due to coronavirus. This special hot beer aims to rectify some of this loss. “We want to test the product at selected Christmas markets. It is an alternative drink that can complement the classic pre-Christmas svařák and punch,” he added. Due to the virus restrictions in the spring, restaurants reduced the range of beers in their operations, in some cases by as much as half. According to Havlena, specials beers will begin to return to the menu when beer consumption rises to pre-pandemic values. However, “the company does not plan to narrow its portfolio in the future, which includes import specials Hoegaarden or Leffe.” In the future, the company expects an increase in mainly non-alcoholic beers and the so-called beer mixes – i.e drinks based on radlers (shandy in English) with lemonade flavours. Despite the coronavirus pandemic slashing Prague’s beer...
In the attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the Czech Republic, a set of new restrictions were announced this month by the government. Last week Minister of Health, Roman Prymula, took to his Twitter account to reveal the extra measures that would be imposed. After one user asked on Twitter whether sex is still permitted, Prymula replied: “These activities are allowed, but only with a proven partner.” This led many users to speculate on whether Prymula’s Twitter account was a parody account. However, the “new rule” was later confirmed on the same day in an interview with journalists. Prior to this, the minister spoke about reducing the number of group gatherings and gave a British example where the current limit is set at six people in total. Prymula also mentioned that a milder option for the Czech Republic would be 10 to 20 people. The sex restriction rule is already in the works in places such as the Netherlands and Manchester, UK. Despite a clear invasion of privacy, the British government has strongly advised people to participate in sexual relations “within one household.” According to Monday’s news in the local press, the British public were told not to invite visitors...
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