Fancy some buuz, khuushuur, or tsuivan? Head to Letná to have a taste of these authentic Mongolian delights. These dishes are served by a man with an equally tongue-twisting name – Dashnyam Boldsaikhan who has fulfilled his lifelong professional dream, and thanks to him, you can taste Mongolian dishes in Prague. But first of all, let’s explain what are these dishes. Buuz is a type of steamed dumpling filled with hand-chopped meat; khuushuur is a classic guilty pleasure, something like a Mongolian langos, dough fried, filled with meat, and typically eaten warm with your hands, while tsuivan is a dish of homemade noodles. Those looking for outright gastro-exoticism should try banshtai tsai, traditional salty Mongolian tea with ghee and meat dumplings. “I’m very satisfied. When you cook a meal, bring it to the table, and people enjoy it, that’s the best feeling,” says Boldsaikhan, also known as Boogi, the owner and head chef of UB Restaurant. The abbreviation UB stands for the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. Simplicity is key – even the dishes from the vast land of Genghis Khan’s descendants are actually simple. Food is a reflection of the national soul, and the former nomads logically didn’t have much time...
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the Czech Republic and Prime Minister Petr Fiala for supporting Ukraine on its path to membership in the European Union during the presidency of the Council of the EU. “Grateful to friendly Czechia and Prime Minister Petr Fiala for supporting Ukraine on the way to EU membership during the presidency of the Council of the EU,” Zelensky wrote on his Twitter account. The President added that Ukrainians appreciate the preservation of EU unity and unchanging solidarity with Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression. “Together we will win!” Zelensky wrote. The Czech Republic handed over the presidency of the EU Council to Sweden on January 1. Zelensky recounts a year that ‘struck our hearts’ in his final address of 2022 President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine delivered a rousing New Year’s Eve address on Saturday night, recalling a year that he said truly “began on Feb. 24” with fear over Russia’s invasion but ended with his country hopeful for victory. “We have overcome the panic,” he said. “We did not run away but united. We have overcome doubts, despair and fear.” “This year has struck our hearts,” he said, according to a translated transcript posted on his...
The start of the New Year has kicked off the largest and most successful fund-raiser in the country – the now traditional Three Kings Collection, organised by the Catholic charity Caritas. Money collected during the “Three Kings Collection” is used first of all to help sick, disabled, and elderly people, mothers with children in need and other groups of socially disadvantaged people especially in the regions where the collection is held. Approximately one-tenth of the proceeds are used for humanitarian aid and development abroad. A group of carolers is made by children dressed as the Three Kings (or Magi from the East), who came to Bethlehem to adore Jesus. The volunteer “kings” go caroling from house to house, leaving their initials – ‘K + M + B’ – above the door frames as a symbol of blessing. The collection takes place in the first two weeks of January. The carolers bear a money box sealed with a logo of the Caritas Czech Republic and their leader – adult – has a Caritas ID card. The Three Kings Money Collection is the largest volunteer event in the Czech Republic. Since 2000, it has raised overall 1.5 billion crowns in aid of the needy. Last year...
Prague is set to see the goodbye concert of Kiss, a return of Maroon 5 and the first-ever visit of Jack Black’s Tenacious D. He is breaking musical records and rewriting the history of what is possible in the music business – for example, when he sold out 100,000 tickets in ten minutes before the release of his debut album. We are talking about the British singer Lewis Capaldi, who will perform at Prague’s O2 Arena on 17 February. The same location will host on 21 February, the English singer-songwriter and guitarist George Ezra. After three years, Maroon 5 will return to Prague with their charismatic singer Adam Levine. For their concert this year, they chose the airport in Prague’s Letňany. They will perform there on 21 June. Less than two months later, the five-time Grammy Award-winning Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd will attract tens of thousands of fans to the same venue. He will bring to the capital a world show called After Hours til Dawn. June will see Kiss perform its 10th concert in the Czech Republic and, since this is part of the legendary band’s End of the Road World Tour, it’s guaranteed to be an epic...
From Jan. 1, Sweden assumes Presidency of the EU, replacing the government of the Czech Republic. On the last day of 2022, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, thanked the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic for the fruitful presidency of the EU over the previous six months “Dear Petr Fiala, congratulations on your successful Czech Presidency of the EU in 2022. Your leadership was instrumental in maintaining our EU unity and ambition on crucial files. From supporting Ukraine to addressing the energy crisis and in delivering on our EU Green Deal. Děkujeme mnohokrát,” Ursula von der Leyen wrote on Twitter. The Swedish Presidency of the EU completes the “EU trio presidency program,” which was opened by France in early 2022 and continued by the Czech Republic. It was these two countries that faced the vital tasks and challenges associated with Russian aggression against Ukraine and its consequences, including the energy and food crisis, and the need to strengthen European security. Political, economic, financial, humanitarian and military support to Ukraine will also remain among the main priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the EU.
The minimum wage increased to CZK 17,300 as of January 1, 2023. The salaries of policemen, firefighters and soldiers were raised by 10%, and the salaries of top politicians, judges and prosecutors by 12.7%. With the end of 2022, the six-month Czech presidency of the EU Council has also ended, with Sweden taking the rains as of January 1. PM Petr Fiala said the presidency was a success that helped promote the interests of Czech citizens and showed the professionalism of the people who participated in it. One-third of restaurants and clubs inspected in the Czech Republic in October were found to be in violation of regulations on the ban on smoking and the sale of alcohol to minors, according to the chief public health officer of the Ministry of Health yesterday. The EU’s use of natural gas between August and November 2022 fell by 20.1%, compared to the average consumption for the same period between 2017 and 2021, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, and submitted by the national statistical institutes of the member countries. The record for the highest-ever January temperature in Czechia was broken on New Year’s Day. A balmy...
January 1, 2023, will mark 30 years since the foundation of the Czech Republic, and its capital city will celebrate with lights, flags, and a special tram. 1 January 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the independent Czech state. As part of the celebrations, Prague will illuminate some buildings in the national colours from 4 p.m. on this day, specifically the New Town Hall on Mariánské náměstí, the Petřín Lookout Tower, the Rudolfinum, as it was here that My Country was sung on 1 January 1993, and the walls under the Metronome on Letná. “The Czech Republic will celebrate this special anniversary on the first of January. We have therefore decided to commemorate it in a subtle way by lighting up the buildings and flying Czech flags in the streets of Prague. For all that it has faced over the last thirty years, it undoubtedly deserves it,” said Zdeněk Hřib, Prague Mayor. “We have traditionally installed the flags on public lighting poles at historically significant places in the centre of the capital. A total of 59 of them already adorn Wenceslas Square and Na Příkopě and Národní streets. However, the tricolour colours will also appear in other important places. We...
Czechia is heading to the polls to elect a new president in January to replace the controversial Miloš Zeman after a ten-year tenure in office. While it is unlikely that any candidate will win the majority of the votes in the first round, three have emerged as leading contenders to enter a run-off. The ANO party, which sits with the liberal and centrist Renew Europe Group in the EU Parliament, supports former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, currently polling at around 27%. The centre-right and national-conservative SPOLU alliance of ODS (ECR Group in the EU Parliament), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 (EPP Group) endorsed three candidates; Petr Pavel, a non-partisan and former military general, polling at around 25%, and Danuše Nerudová, a non-partisan and economics professor, polling at around the same level. Currently rising in the polls, she would be the first woman to hold the position. The last of the three candidates endorsed by SPOLU, Fischer, has little chance of making it into the second round as per current polling (5-6%). Fischer is a former diplomat and senator. He won 10.2% in the first round of the 2018 Presidential election. Marek Hilšer, head of his own centrist Marek Hilšer do Senátu...
The Czech Republic has taken delivery of coronavirus drugs Paxlovid and Lagevrio, with the Health Minister working on making sure the drug reaches pharmacies as quickly as possible. Patients with national health insurance will not have to pay for them. At the moment, both drugs can be bought only in some hospital pharmacies and only with a paper prescription. Paxlovid is an oral antiviral pill that can be taken at home to help keep high-risk patients from getting so sick that they need to be hospitalized. So, if you test positive for the coronavirus and you are eligible to take the pills, you can take them at home and lower your risk of going to the hospital. The drug, developed by Pfizer, has a lot of positives: It had an 89% reduction in the risk of hospitalization and death in unvaccinated people in the clinical trial that supported the EUA. Studies outside of the laboratory have since confirmed Paxlovid’s effectiveness among people who have been vaccinated. It’s cheaper than many other COVID-19 drugs. Lagevrio, from the US company Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, is less effective, reducing the risk of hospitalization or death by 48%. Lagevrio is authorized for the treatment of mild to moderate...
Dress up and join us for a final glimpse of 2022! ROXY Prague is going to dye in Avatar’s blue, plant a lush treeline and party like there’s a happy bright tomorrow. “The party is designed as a straightforward adventure and a future romance. For this grand finale of #BE30, a celebration of Roxy Prague’s 30th anniversary, we can’t think of any better company than our residents Chris Sadler and Michal C, joined by our very close mates SNBM, Subgate, Lumiere, Vilem, Ondrej K, and Yannick,” said the organizers. House main stage: Chris Sadler (UK), Michael C, SNBM, Subgate, Yannick Deep house 2nd stage: Lumiere, Vilem, Ondrej K Find more info here
Reduta Jazz Club is an iconic music venue in Prague with a wide international reputation. The first of its kind in Europe, Reduta’s history tells of the enduring and passionate traits of Czech culture. We take a look at the history of this revolutionary venue. Reduta Jazz Club was born out of the turbulent 20th century in the then Czechoslovakia. During these dramatic years, Europe faced two World Wars, The Cold War and many more conflicts that destroyed, repressed and severely altered the cultural landscapes of the area. In the middle of this, the Czech Republic was forced to continually reinvent itself, redefining its borders and political allies, and it was from this atmosphere of uncertainty that Reduta came to life. The first of its kind in Europe, Reduta opened its doors in 1957 through a commitment to art from the owner and other aspiring artists in Prague. From its opening onwards, Reduta Jazz Club became an icon in Prague. It represented a place of expression in a time of political conformity, and this bred some of the most exciting jazz and cabaret performances of the time. The signature performance style here was the ‘Text-Appeals’: literary cabaret that fused improvisations in both words and...
2023 will offer Czech citizens several “long weekends” with public holidays falling on a Friday or Monday. 1) The first ‘long weekend’ traditionally awaits us in spring: Good Friday and Easter Monday provide four consecutive weekends from 7 to 10 April. 2) The second weekend won’t last long. Labor Day falls on a Monday, and we will have three days off in a row, from April 29 to May 1. 3) The third ‘long weekend’ is Victory Day, which also falls on Monday. We will have three consecutive days off, from May 6 to 8. 4) The Fight for Freedom and Democracy Day falls on Friday, which means that we will again have a three-day holiday in a row, from November 17 to 19. 5) Christmas holidays: December 25 falls on Monday, meaning that there will be a four-day holiday, from December 23 to 26. *January 1, 2024, falling on a Monday, could be considered the sixth “long holiday. At the beginning of new year, we will holidays from December 30 to January 1. **In addition, the coming year 2023 will give us a chance to organize a five-day weekend in July. The holidays Cyril and Methodius Day and Jan...
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