Nocleženka is a voucher in the value of CZK 100, which enables one homeless person to spend a night in the warmth of a Salvation Army hostel.
Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic violated the law by refusing to comply with the bloc’s migrant sharing scheme, said the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Eleanor Sharpston. The opinion is not legally binding but is often adopted by Europe’s top court. In December 2017, the European Commission took the three EU member states to Europe’s top court after they refused to take in refugees who arrived in Greece and Italy at the height of the 2015 migrant crisis. “By refusing to comply with the provisional and time-limited mechanism for the mandatory relocation of applicants for international protection, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfill their obligations under EU law,” she said. The three countries had argued that accepting asylum seekers would threaten security and cultural cohesion — and that Brussels had no legal grounds to implement mandatory migration quotas. In an opinion advising the European Court of Justice, Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston said they had no legitimate security grounds to reject the quota scheme. “The principle of solidarity necessarily sometimes implies accepting burden-sharing,” she added. In 2015, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic took in only a handful of the 10,000 asylum seekers they...
The first demonstrations took place in January 1989. Protesters marking 20 years since Jan Palach self-immolated in protest against the Soviet-led invasion of 1968 were brutally dispersed by police. The next protest was held on October 28, 1989, the anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia in 1918. November 17, 1989: the biggest protest for 20 years. On November 19, riot police blocked a bridge to prevent protesters marching to Prague Castle. On November 21, more than 200,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Prague for a fifth consecutive day of protests. Vaclav Havel addressed the massive crowd from a balcony overlooking Wenceslas Square. Half a million people came to listen to speeches from Havel and other opposition leaders. Wenceslas Square, December 19, 1989. On December 29, 1989, Vaclav Havel and his wife, Olga, greeted citizens at Prague Castle after being appointed by the Federal Assembly as the new president of Czechoslovakia December 31, 1989.
Eight speakers from numerous countries and various fields of expertise such as engineering, dentistry, personal growth, human resources or art. That’s what you can get when participating in the unique Better Self, Better World conference that is taking place on Saturday, November 30 in Brno. Are you seeking new motivation in your life? Do you want to push yourself to the next level? Get inspired by the experience and success of others? Then this event organized by Foreigners is exactly what you need. Who will be speaking to you? We can name: PETR LUDWIG – the author of The End of Procrastination book, a science-based, highly practical tool dedicated to overcoming the habit of postponing tasks. The book has been translated into 15 languages and over 100 thousand copies have been sold worldwide. Petr now introduces the book to the US audience. At the conference, he will be talking about the purpose of work and how to retain our inner motivation every day! DANA EMBREE – the Director of Engineering in the American-owned company who is now living and working in her 5th world location. Dana grew up in Communist Romania where raising your hand in school to ask a...
Czechoslovak independence was declared on Wenceslas Square on October 28, 1918, beginning a new era for two nations which had previously been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When the new country was proclaimed on October 28, 1918, its leaders were still in exile. Masaryk was chosen as president on November 14, while he was still in the United States. Beneš, the country’s foreign minister, was in Paris for the upcoming peace conference, as was Karel Kramář, who had become Czechoslovakia’s first prime minister. Three historic lands, which make up today’s Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia, and part of Silesia) were part of the multinational Central European empire – the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During World War I, ambitions to be an independent nation-state were gaining in strength throughout the empire. By the end of October 1918, signs were multiplying that the Imperial-Royal Army was shortly before collapse. The presidency of the Czechoslovakian National Committee resolved to meet the Czechoslovakian government-in-exile in Geneva with the plan of coordinating further steps. However, in the meantime the situation in Prague was developing its own momentum: on 28 October 1918 it was reported that the emperor had sent President Wilson a note according to which Austria-Hungary would accept all...
A man has become the first African American patient to receive a full face transplant – after suffering horrific burns to 60 percent of his body. Robert Chelsea, 68, from California, had been waiting six years for the procedure while doctors tried to find a donor with the same skin tone. In August 2013, Chelsea was driving to church in the fast lane on a summer night when his car overheated. He was on the side of the Interstate when a drunken driver collided with his vehicle. “My car went up in the air, and when it came down, it blew up,” he said. The inferno burned Chelsea severely. “They laid me on a gurney, and I closed my eyes to rest, Chelsea said. “When I woke up, it was six months later.”. After waking up from a coma, he spent another nine months in the hospital. He was released on November 2014 after undergoing more than 30 surgeries. But his lips, part of his nose, and left ear were unable to be reconstructed. Robert was scheduled to have a face transplant in March 2018, but doctors failed to find a donor with matching skin tone, as only 14 percent...
The Czech Tax Administration has introduced controls and checks on taxi drivers using the shared-economy platforms Uber, Bolt and Liftago, to detect fraud related to non-payment of income tax, value-added tax and road tax, as reported by daily E15 on October 23. This will last for months and will cover the past three years. “We will compare the tax returns of entities with their income, which we are able to obtain through the mobile application of individual services,” said Lukas Hertus from the press department of the General Financial Directorate, as daily cited, adding that penalties for non-payment could run to 20% of the amounts defrauded. “We know about inspections and we work with the responsible authorities. We prevent drivers from committing fraud by providing them with decent earnings,” said Liftago’s Director Ondrej Kratky. Liftago is a Czech start-up, which created a technology platform to optimize urban transport in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It works with certified taxi drivers only. In 2018, it increased its turnover by one-third to almost CZK300mn (€11.7mn) last year.
Autumn? No, thanks. Temperatures in the Czech Republic could rise to 22 degrees Celsius this week, and until mid-November, the temperature will be above the average. Precipitation will be slightly less than usual in this period. It should rain mostly during the week of the 28th of October. This week should be the hottest. Minimum night temperatures will usually be around nine degrees, and the maximum daily temperatures will generally be between 17 and 22 degrees. “The coldest week is likely to be from the 4th to the 10th of November with the lowest night temperatures around two degrees and a weekly average during the day of around nine degrees,” said meteorologists. The long-term average temperature in the Czech Republic between the 21st of October and the 17th of November is 5.2 degrees. The coldest year was 1965 when the average temperature fell to two degrees and the warmest in 2013 when it exceeded eight degrees.
It was December 4, 1989, when the so-called exit clauses—aka special permits—were finally abolished, which was not possible to leave former communist Czechoslovakia without (with the exception of several Eastern Bloc countries). For the first time in many years, Czech tourists could travel freely into the world. But at a time when they didn’t have this option, how and where did they travel? Since 1970, Czech and Slovak citizens (formerly Czechoslovaks) could travel more or less freely only to some countries of the socialist camp, namely Bulgaria, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, and Romania. The visit to these states was covered by a so-called permanent exit clause, which has been part of the passport since that year. To other countries (including socialist countries) it was not so easy. The Soviet Union and Poland needed a verified invitation; the journey to the West was virtually closed for most of the population. Even if one wanted to visit one of the Western European republics, they had to undergo an incredible martyrium: first, they had to process an application for a foreign exchange promise addressed to the Czechoslovak State Bank. This was the only official way to get a foreign currency (in a...
Paris has been voted the most beautiful city in the world in a new ranking. Travel website Flight Network compiled the list of 50 cities by surveying more than 1,000 travel writers and agencies around the world. The travel professionals who contributed to the list were asked to nominate a city that exemplified what they thought was the best combination of natural and manmade beauty, the juxtaposition of nature and architecture and city culture. The in-house travel experts at Flight Network then analyzed and categorized the results based on the number of votes each city received. The top 50 most beautiful cities Paris, France New York, US London, England Venice, Italy Vancouver, Canada Barcelona, Spain Cape Town, South Africa San Francisco, US Sydney, Australia Rome, Italy Singapore, Singapore Lisbon, Portugal Amsterdam, Netherlands Prague, Czech Republic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Budapest, Hungary Istanbul, Turkey Tokyo, Japan Vienna, Austria Buenos Aires, Argentina About Flight Network Flight Network is one of Canada’s largest online travel websites delivering the lowest airfares. It is part of the Etraveli group which was one of the first companies to offer the ability to book flights online. Flight Network helps customers find the best travel deals with 24/7 support, has 150+...
The Czech Republic is progressing towards gender equality at a slower pace than the other EU Member States.
One person was burnt to death and 10 others were injured, including two in severe condition, in a traffic accident on the D1 motorway from Prague to Brno on Sunday evening, according to local media reports. The accident happened at about 7:30 p.m. Five cars and a tank truck crashed on the D1 highway. The truck overturned across both lines of the motorway and went ablaze. Four cars were burnt down. A police officer directing traffic away from the scene was also injured by passing driver. He was helicoptered to a Prague hospital. The fire has been put out and the motorway has been closed in both directions. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The side of the D1 highway was still blocked early on Monday. Kamerový záznam ze včerejší nehody na D1 km 49 ve směru na Brno. pic.twitter.com/WV3T9BGIPy — ŘSD (@RSD_oficialni) October 14, 2019 V místě nehody pokračují záchranné práce. Odklon dopravy je na EXITu 66. pic.twitter.com/mP6Dr236Rp — Jan Rýdl (@JanRydl) October 13, 2019
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