In the most recent debate from the “Great Changes of Prague” cycle, Deputy Mayor for Transport Zdeněk Hřib and Deputy Mayor for Territorial Development Petr Hlaváček presented new projects that continue the tram boom started in the previous election period. At a debate at the Center for Architecture and Urban Planning (CAMP), they presented the tram ring and further extension of the existing tram lines, the length of which will soon reach 150 km. “Public transport is the backbone of every city,” said Hřib. “In the case of Prague, its role is absolutely essential. Prague’s public transport is considered one of the best transport systems in Europe. In particular, rail transport is key because it is ecological, space-efficient, and in line with our climate plan. We must further develop this strong side of Prague. Improving the quality and development of new infrastructure and improving user comfort and planning according to real data are the main goals for the following period.” The priority is the tram circuit, which will connect Prague around its perimeter. The construction of other sections of tram lines will continue, which in the future will provide service to the developing peripheral parts of the metropolis. Another priority...
Czech opposition party ANO plans to remain with its current European partner, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), after European Parliament elections next year, deputy chairman Karel Havlíček said on Monday. He made the comment after discussions in Prague with the group’s co-chairs in Prague. Illegal drug sales in Czechia continued to move increasingly online last year, the police’s dedicated drugs agency said in an annual report published on Monday. The study said that vendors send banned substances to users via mail order and courier services, with buyers paying for them in cryptocurrencies. The Czech economic confidence index decreased in June to the lowest level in six months, survey results from the Czech Statistical Office showed on Monday. The economic sentiment dropped to 90.3 in June from 94.1 in the previous month. Moreover, this was the lowest score since December last year, when it was 89.7 Some 10,000 refugees could be left without housing from July after the proposed changes to the support, admitted Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan (STAN) yesterday, speaking on Czech Television’s Vaclav Moravec’s Questions. As of 18 June, 344,800 people from Ukraine had temporary protection visas in the Czech Republic. Greenpeace activists...
Místní místním is an NGO that connects local businesses into a network that provides small services to people in need, free of charge. Prague Morning spoke to two members of the organization. The main focus of Místní místním is the creation of a “Solidarity Network” of local businesses that help, support, and empower those in need, such as people without a home or the people with lower income, through providing services including free Wi-Fi, free water, free food, and free entertainment. Místní místním’s “Solidarity Network” currently consists of 23 places, covering 8 Prague districts. The network includes multiple cafés, restaurants, community centers, two second-hand shops, two libraries, and a theater. Those in need are free to come and are then provided services, as much as each of the places is able or willing to give. “Once we get in touch with a new local business and include them in our network, we try to make sure that they are fine with the values of our organization, which are respect, communication, and inclusion,” says Ester Pacltová, one of the founders of Místní místním. “We don’t discriminate against anyone.” Indeed, Místní místním wants to break the barriers of communication between those in need and...
According to the National Drug Control Centre, the sale of drugs has increasingly moved to the internet, especially via social networks such as Telegram. Last year, online drug trafficking recorded a significant increase, according to the annual report of the Czech National Drug Control Centre (NPC) published today. Traffickers use not only hidden websites but mainly social networks to send banned substances to consumers. Payment is often made by means of cryptocurrencies. In particular, the sale of drugs via the social network Telegram has significantly increased. The Czech police emphasize that the anonymity, relative ease, and wide range of substances that can be purchased on virtual markets are in no way inferior to traditional street sales. According to the NPC, last year mainly new psychoactive substances and substances with anabolic or hormonal effects were offered on publicly accessible internet platforms. The distribution takes place via e-shops whose domains are mostly located abroad. Demand is particularly high for substances such as cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, marijuana, and drugs with antidepressant effects. Until 2021, the activity of drug traffickers in this network was negligible in the Czech Republic, according to criminologists. The annual police report points out that the number of Telegram groups...
The Charles Bridge Museum in Prague will mark the 666th anniversary of the foundation of the Charles Bridge on July 9 (Sunday). All of them will take place in the early morning and are free of charge. At 5:00 a.m., there will be a historical costume procession with the King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and his wife. A medieval procession of knights on horseback, musicians, entertainers, city officials, and other entourage members will march from the Lesser Town to the Old Town Bridge Tower. At 5:31, on Křížovnické náměstí Square, a reenactment of the ceremony laying the first stone of the Charles Bridge will begin. It was on this day, at this hour and minute in 1357, that the emperor gave the start to the construction of the bridge. Interestingly enough, the date July 9 and the time 5:31 were chosen on the advice of astrologers who, according to the location of the planets, considered it most favorable for the beginning of construction. In the middle of the 20th century, Czech astronomer Zdeněk Gorsky hypothesized that the date and time were chosen not only because of the favorable horoscope but also because of the magic of...
The Czech Republic and six other EU countries have called for a faster process of EU enlargement into the Western Balkans. The declaration was adopted at the foreign ministers’ meeting in Austria on Friday, according to the APA Austrian news agency. The statement was jointly signed by Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky, and the foreign ministers of Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, and Italy. Schallenberg referred to the initiative as ‘Friends of the Western Balkans’. In a call for action directed towards the other member states of the EU27 and the European Commission, the signatories of the Gottweig Declaration are advocating for “gradual and accelerated integration with concrete steps for 2024 and beyond”. “We feel that the EU enlargement process has sometimes been too slow, complex, and bureaucratic,” said the group. The ministers assert that the process has yielded few tangible results so far, particularly for the people of these countries, especially the youth, leading to “disillusionment and alienation towards the EU”. The ministers also cautioned that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine poses a threat to both the EU and the Western Balkan countries. Furthermore, the recent violent events in northern Kosovo have demonstrated that unresolved tensions...
The Czech Republic and another six EU countries called for a faster process of EU enlargement into the Western Balkans, in a declaration adopted at the foreign ministers’ meeting in Austria yesterday, according to the APA Austrian news agency. The Czech government will on Wednesday discuss a draft law that should put into practice a package aimed at consolidating the public finances, the Czech News Agency reported on Sunday. The proposal, which amends more than 60 laws, contains measures that require legislative changes. A memorial for the victims of the Nazi atrocity at the Czech village of Ležáky in East Bohemia was held on Sunday. The last survivor of the 1942 tragedy, Jarmila Dolezalova, laid 11 white roses at the memorial, symbolizing the 11 children murdered in Ležáky as part of retaliation for the killing of the Germans’ regional governor. European cities have seen a year-on-year deterioration of more than 50% in traffic congestion. In Prague specifically, drivers spend an average of 57 hours a year in rush hour traffic. Smaller Czech cities are also increasingly plagued by traffic jams – for example, drivers in České Budějovice spent 35 hours a year. Czechia is not in a...
A new initiative has been launched in Prague 3 to address the issue of dog waste left on public streets. The campaign, known as “Out with your dog? Only with a bag!” aims to encourage dog owners to clean up after their pets and tackle the lack of access to bags and bins. Prague 3 allocated 2.4 million CZK last year to provide unique bags and bins specifically designed for dog waste. Despite this investment, some dog owners still neglect to pick up after their pets, resulting in pollution and inconvenience for other members of the community. In response, Prague 3 has introduced this new “Ven se psíkem? Jen s pytlíkem!” campaign. To facilitate responsible dog ownership, the district has installed over 320 stands equipped with bags for dog waste. These stands are regularly replenished with 50,000 bags each week. The central message of the campaign emphasizes that cleanliness is a shared responsibility, placing the onus on individual dog owners to act responsibly. The bags are conveniently accessible at several locations, including the district’s information center, cultural center, and town hall. The campaign is spearheaded by Michal Vronský, the mayor of Prague 3 and a dog owner himself. Vronský highlights...
Five men brutally attacked a foreigner in the center of Prague, believing he was Ukrainian. The assault resulted in the victim losing sight in one eye. The Prague Police’s Extremism and Terrorism Department is currently investigating a case of physical harm based on the victim’s nationality. According to the victim’s statement, the attackers mistook the man for a Ukrainian and assaulted him on Jungmann Square in Prague 1. The severity of the assault has caused permanent damage, resulting in the victim losing vision in one eye. As part of their investigation, law enforcement authorities have obtained CCTV footage capturing five individuals who need to be interviewed in order to clarify the details of the case. The men were seen driving around Prague’s city center and later left the scene of the crime in a taxi, heading to 5 May Street. If anyone recognizes these individuals in the footage, please contact 158. The case is being investigated for charges of rioting, which carry a maximum prison sentence of eight years upon conviction.
Who else could open a unique ice cream showroom and museum in Prague than Honza Hochsteiger, an enthusiastic expert on the entire history of ice cream production? After four long years of hard work, the owner of the Crème de la Crème ice cream parlour is opening an exceptional place where visitors can see dozens of beautiful objects from the history of ice cream, a working replica of the original ice cream bar, and two historic ice cream laboratories. The space offers more than 200 exhibits. The most valuable treasures of the museum are the Czech Frigera ice cream makers, which are not exhibited in any other museum in the world. On the other hand, the oldest are the Baroque ice cream recipe books – Francois Massialotte’s book dates from 1693, in its original and pristine condition. “The museum must be fun, but above all, it must be educational, which is why we have set up a section dedicated to refrigeration technology and a working model of an ice cream machine in a section. Part of the exhibition is interactive – visitors can run several ice cream machines themselves to see how the machines that wrote the history of the ice...
The Czech Philharmonic’s regular open-air Concert will take place on June 26 at the end of this year’s season. The event will take place once again at Hradčanské náměstí, opposite Prague Castle. Musicians under the direction of conductor Petr Altrichter will perform works by outstanding Czech classical musicians such as Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Zdeněk Fibich and Vitezslav Novák. The concert will start at 20:15. Admission to the open air concert is free. However, limited seating is available, and no reservations are possible. Most of the audience is standing. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra is the best known and most respected symphonic orchestra in the Czech Republic. It was founded 127 years ago in Prague. In 2008 it was listed among the 20 best orchestras in the world by English magazine Gramophone. The Czech Philharmonic has won many awards, ten Grand Prix du Disque de l’Académie Charles Cros, five Grand Prix du disque de l’Académie française and several Cannes Classical Awards. It was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2005, and also two Wiener Flötenuhr awards, with Pavel Štěpán, Zdeněk Mácal and Václav Neumann (1971 and 1982) (Supraphonline). Program: Antonín Dvořák Festive March, Op. 54a (6′) Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor, Op. 46 (3′) Rondo for Cello and Orchestra in G minor, Op....
The Czech cabinet yesterday approved a preliminary draft of the state budget, expected to run a deficit of CZK 235 billion, with revenues expected to be CZK 1.899 billion and expenditures CZK 2.134 billion, Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura (Civic Democratic Party, ODS) told reporters. Seven activists from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany occupied an excavator in the Bilina coal mine in the early hours of this morning, and the operation of the mine was stopped for safety reasons, Severoceske doly mining company spokesman Lukas Kopecky told CTK. Czechia has fallen in the World Economic Forum’s global gender equality index, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday. The country is currently ranked 101st out of 146 countries, 25 places lower than it was last year. Its sudden slump is mainly down to its low score in the area of equal representation of men and women in politics. The multinational online retailer Amazon opened a new distribution centre in the small town of Kojetín in the Olomouc Region on Monday. The 50,000 square-metre centre should employ up to 2,000 people, the company said. Czechia is not in a conventional war with Russia, but it is engaged in an information war, Czech President Petr Pavel said in...
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