According to statistics from Rozkoš, 60% of prostitutes in the Czech Republic are mothers. Most of these women are single-parents. There is an estimated 10,000-13,000 prostitutes in the Czech Republic. The research, which was conducted over a number of years also showed that the number of prostitutes with two or more children increases year-on-year. During an interview, a mother of two children, over 40, spoke about how both children attend school. She also explained how she got into this line of work, beginning with the children’s father, who allegedly never cared about them. She says she worked several low paying jobs to try to pay the bills and look after her family but realizing it would not be enough she became desperate. “I was forced to take a loan and take on debt, just to survive,” she says, adding, “I’m now working at a nightclub, there are about 10 women. The average age, I would say, is about 30 years old, and they are more or less self-sufficient with young children.” “Before that, I worked at the factory and made just 12,000 gross per month. And now I’m able to earn this in a week. In addition, it is very...
“The world would be much easier if parents listened to their (not only) trans children,” one of the Czech trans people writes to their picture, proudly showing their faces during the The International Transgender Day of Visibility, where trans people around the world share their photos and stories on social networks this day. They are trying to show that they exist and that they are the people we commonly meet on the street, we just might not know. They also show their faces in the Czech Republic under the hashtags #jsemtrans and #jsmetrans. They attached personal comments and messages to other members of the community and the public to pictures or short videos. “Last year I changed my name! I’m no longer in front of the authorities! “, Writes one of the campaign participants. “Never give up, we are exceptional people,” adds more encouragingly. The International Transgender Day of Visibility was born in 2009 as a holiday celebrating transgender identity, as well as a counterweight to the November Transgender Day of Remembrance. “Thanks to day visibility, we can show the world that we want to be seen and that we are not shy about our trans identity. It is often very...
What happened to Miro? He was a brave reporter in Slovakia dealing with energy: had he discovered something big? Is his disappearance linked to the killing of Kuciak and his girlfriend? The same press officers who, in 2005, had managed for the Slovak government the damage of image that the splatter movie, “Hostel”, had caused the small central European country, are now desperately intent on resizing the wave of revelations that risks unearthing hidden truths; not only on the murder of the Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kušnírova, but also on the disappearance of another young journalist of whom nothing is known since 2015: Miroslav Pejko. Thanks to the unsustainable pressure of the public opinion of the country, shocked by the execution of the two young people and disgusted by the revelations of possible connections between Prime Minister Robert Fico and the Calabrian entrepreneur Nino Vadalà, the Ministry of the Interior reopened the investigation concerning the disappearance of Miroslav Pejko, another very young colleague who vanished three years ago. Miro was working for the economic daily Hospodarske Noviny for whom he wrote mostly articles related to the energy sector. The parents describe him as an ambitious boy, the...
The Czech Republic’s Olympic Committee has suggested an overhaul of the country’s national anthem to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia. They have commissioned several new arrangements of the anthem, including a vocals-free version specifically for sporting events. Kde domov můj (Where is my home), was adopted as Czechoslovakia’s anthem in 1918, with one verse in Czech, followed by a second verse with a different melody in Slovak. According to the initiators, the Czech national anthem, which was composed by František Škroup in 1834, should sound more dignified and patriotic. The new arrangement re-instates a largely forgotten Czech-language second verse by original lyricist Josef Kajetán Tyl, and features a more complex orchestral style to that of composer František Škroup’s original. Author: red
A Czech artist is hiring families to spend the summer in one of the country’s busiest tourist destinations as part of a new project exploring displacement and the changing face of mass tourism. Český Krumlov is one of the Czech Republic’s most visited destinations: with 13,000 inhabitants – this city is visited by around two million tourists every year. Brno-based artist Kateřina Šedá is searching for “normal people” to spend three months living rent-free in the centre of Český Krumlov. Participants will be paid to carry out their everyday activities in the historic city centre, which has seen many residents forced out to the suburbs amid growing waves of visitors. “I will offer residents starter apartments, which are usually provided to young families and the socially excluded. I’m also offering them jobs on the basis of what Krumlov most needs – and that is the pursuit of normal life. They will do this in the centre during the high tourist season and we’ll pay them for it,” said the artist. Šedá says that the project — titled UNES-CO — doesn’t criticise the tourism industry, but seeks solutions to calm tensions between locals and visitors by inviting tourists to pause and experience the town like a native. The application, in Czech, is here Author:...
Meat products such as ham sausages, canned foods, sausages are comprised mainly of meat substitutes in the Czech Republic. One-fifth of the products received an inadequate mark. “We tested a total of 88 samples, 21 of them scrawled. The reasons for the lack of stamps were in all cases the same – non-compliance with the declared values, ie deceiving customers with untrue data on the packaging, and failure to meet the requirements of valid legislation,” said Hana Hoffmann, editor-in-chief of dTest. The consumer usually consumes less meat than he thinks or a substitute in the Czech Republic. The actual meat content tends to be 20 percent. “The biggest difference between what you get and you want is shared in Tesco Herkules, which lacks 20 percent of the meat. Interestingly, the fact that quite often the producers don’t keep the declaration at 16 percent, like Krahulík, Masokombinát Polička, Tesco ham and Pork Luncheon Meat Guding,” said Hoffmann. Using meat-substitutes instead of meat shows non-compliance with the minimum content of pure muscle proteins and the presence of foreign proteins. This is the second common problem. Proven presence of foreign proteins has tainted ham sausages. Several times poultry protein was discovered and the consumer was unaware since labels have been misleading. Such...
Visitors to Prague as well as locals should be warned that stores larger than 200 square meters will close on Easter April 1st and on April 2nd. The law came into effect in 2016 and aims to make the Easter period less about commerce and more about the holiday spirit, allowing people to slow down and spend time with their families. The law prohibits sales but does not require the store to be closed, according to some legal experts. All retail shops over 200 square meters must be closed during seven of the most important national holidays on the Czech calendar. New Year’s Day (January 1) Easter Monday Liberation Day (May 8) Czech Statehood Day (September 28) Independent Czechoslovak State Day (October 28) Christmas Day (December 25) St. Stephen’s Day (December 26) Exempted from the new regulation are all shops under 200m, pharmacies and gas stations (thanks for that), and shops located in hospitals, airports, and train stations. As for those, who open their doors in violation of the law? Fines can go up to one million crowns, while repeat offenders risk paying five times that amount. Author: red
Sarka and Angus Grundy agreed to help a refugee family for six months and became close friends with a Syrian couple and their daughter. The two couples met through a programme sponsored by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, which pairs Czech volunteers with refugees who need help learning the ropes in their new country. “This has become a real friendship,” says Sarka. The original agreement was for her to help Syrian refugees Farid* and Wafa* and their daughter Hiba for six months but now, long past beyond the allotted time, she jokes: “No one can stop us being friends.” Volunteers help refugees navigate their way through the bureaucracy and learn Czech ways of doing things, but Sarka says this family has needed little practical assistance. Farid and Wafa are not the real names of the Syrian couple in their thirties. They have been in the Czech Republic for almost five years but are still reluctant to disclose their identities, fearing reprisals against relatives in Syria. “When a refugee or asylum-seeker comes here, he may find a job but it is always below our level.” says Farid. He has learned Czech but his professional qualifications from Syria are not recognized, so he works...
If you’ve lived in the Czech Republic for some time now, your attitude to life has probably changed a lot thanks to the Czech cultural influence. Let’s face it, you know you’ve basically become a native Czech if these apply to you! 1) You say dobrý den and say Nashledanou to all the people you encounter during the day: neighbors, shop assistants, and even strangers in the elevator. 2) The weekend is sacred, so it’s useless to worry about work issues from six o’clock on Friday evening. 3) You know a lot about dumplings and can easily name a few of their varieties. 4) You adore “collecting” discounts in stores and on various discount websites. 5) Words like Václavák, Staromak, Kulaťák are in your lexicon. 6) There are no “urgent matters” to you anymore. In life, there are no worries or problems that can’t wait until tomorrow. 7) The best rest is an active rest. If your weekend was not spent in the fresh air, then it was wasted. 8) You never leave your house without your backpack. 9) You embrace equality and consider it normal not to pay for a girl in a cafe and don’t usually give her a hand when...
A Swedish father, whose love of Czech beer is quite astonishing, has vowed to fight against a ruling which says that he cannot name his three-month-old son “Pilzner”. The father changed his own name to Matz Pilzner Johannesson as an adult. Speaking to Swedish TV he said, “I only drink Pilsner and since I was young, I have been referred to as Pilzner.” “My father was also known as Pilzner because he used to drink Pilsner.” The Swedish tax agency, Skatteverket rejected the name as they believed it would “give offense or be seen to cause discomfort for the bearer.” The family have said they will continue to fight to carry on their family tradition. Author: red
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