The 10th edition of the Signal festival of light and digital culture gets underway in Prague on Thursday evening. The event takes place along two routes in the Czech capital and offers video mapping projects, installations and other works. WHEN TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL? The festival runs from Thursday 13 October to Sunday 16 October 2022 from 7 pm to midnight every day. Don’t miss is our packed-off program starting on Monday and a special screening at St Ludmila’s Basilica on the occasion of the Czech EU Presidency, which will take place today from 7 to 10 pm. WHERE TO FIND THE FESTIVAL MAP? This year you will see the Signal Festival on two routes – Center and Vinohrady/Vršovice. To make sure you don’t get lost, we have created a festival map that is easily accessible from your mobile phone in the Signal Festival app. The printed map can be found in the special edition of Deník N, which you can get at all ticket offices or from our volunteers in yellow jackets. Not to forget the rich off program, such as the audiovisual performance VEKTROSKOP in the Prague Observatory and Planetarium. WHAT IS SIGNAL PLUS? Join us for...
Letná in Prague 7 has been named among the 51 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World to visit right now by Time Out. “Although it’s just across the River Vltava from Prague’s densely packed Old Town, vibrant Letná offers great contrast – notably thanks to its abundance of open space. In 1989, hundreds of thousands of Praguers huddled together at Letná Park in sub-zero temperatures to finish off communism,” describes David Creighton. “Today, on summer evenings, they play sport, have picnics, or head to the Letná beer garden for a drink with fabulous views of the Old Town below. The wider neighbourhood (along with neighbouring Holešovice) is part of Art District 7, and the Trade Fair Palace showcases modern art and merits a visit for the functionalist architecture alone. Of all Prague’s districts, Letná has notably bounced back since 2020, and the numerous eateries and independent shops are evidence of its strong local spirit.” The perfect day Grab brunch at Café Letka, then work it off by exploring the neighbourhood’s other green space: ancient Stromovka Park. Refuel with some locally-sourced international fare at The Farm Urban Kitchen and Coffee and take in a gallery or museum – the National Technical Museum, complete with a crop of vintage Škodas, is much...
If your day doesn’t start until you’re up to speed on the latest headlines, then let us introduce you to our new morning fix. From Tuesday October 25 Czechia will bar the entry of Russian citizens with Schengen visas from any EU state who are travelling for the purposes of tourism, sport or culture. Opposition leaders ANO would have come first in elections to the Czech lower house in September with 30.5 percent of the vote, suggests a poll conducted by the Median agency published on Wednesday. Czech Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurecka has proposed that the retirement pensions of senior officials in the former Communist regime should be cut by CZK 300 for each year they spent in their posts, he told reporters before the lower house session today. The proposal would apply to around 3,000 people. On Thursday, the German Parliament will discuss a proposal by the conservative opposition to tighten migration policy, which includes the possibility of introducing permanent checks at the border with the Czech Republic. This was announced by a spokesman for the parliamentary faction of the conservative CDU/CSU union, the most significant opposition force in the Bundestag. Czech...
As of Tuesday, 25 October, Russian citizens with a valid Schengen visa issued by any EU Member State travelling for tourism, sport or cultural purposes will be denied entry to the Czech Republic. This was approved by the government at its meeting on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates) announced at a press conference. According to the ministry’s data, up to 200 Russian citizens arrive in the Czech Republic via the international airport every day. The Czech Republic thus joins the Baltic States, Poland and Finland, which closed their borders to Russian tourists in the previous weeks. The Baltic countries been urging the rest of the EU to do the same – so far without success. France and Germany are reluctant to end tourist visas, fearing it would block the exit of Russians who oppose Putin’s regime. The European Commission last month issued guidance calling for tighter security checks when issuing visas to Russians. The Czech Republic was the first EU member state to suspend the issuance of visas to Russian citizens across the board, the day after the invasion of Ukraine, on 25 February. The ban is still in place, and the Czech Republic later also imposed it on...
The Visegrad group, which includes Czechia, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, should expand to include Slovenia, President Miloš Zeman said at the first joint V4 meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine. During the meeting in Bratislava, leaders discussed energy security, inflation and the potential expansion of the Visegrad group to other countries. Zeman said he appreciated that all V4 countries had assisted Ukrainian refugees, noting that cooperation within the group is as useful as other similar formats, such as those within the Benelux countries. “Visegrad has proven its role by preventing attempts to distribute illegal migrants by quotas among individual European countries,” said Zeman, who also spoke in favour of expanding the V4 group to include Slovenia, which he said belongs to Visegrad cooperation. The presidents of Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, used the post-summit press conference to praise Zeman, whose second presidential mandate ends at the beginning of the next year. Polish President Andrzej Duda described him as a witty politician, while President Katalin Nováková said Zeman would be missed at the meetings. Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová pointed to the inconsistent position of the V4 countries on military aid to Kyiv. Hungary had earlier refused to allow Western arms supplies to flow...
Ukrainians rallied Tuesday in the Czech capital of Prague for the second straight evening to condemn this week’s barrage of Russian missile strikes against cities across Ukraine and to demand more weapons from the West to protect their nation. The protesters held blue-and-yellow crosses with the names of the cities hit by the Russian missiles. “Ukraine needs air defenses to be able to prevent the massacres of the civilian population and destruction of our cities,” Anastasiia Sihnaievska told the crowd. “We are protecting our right to live,” said Sihnaievska, who fled her town of Zhytomyr because of the Russian invasion. People chanted “Russia´s terrorist!” and “More weapons for Ukraine!” They unveiled a giant Ukrainian flag and displayed banners that read “Air defense systems for Ukraine,” “We will not forget, We will not forgive,” or “Stop bombing Ukraine.” “It’s great that Europe supports us but we need more help,” said the 21-year-old Ivanna Mykuliak. A student of physics in Odesa, she came to the Czech Republic to work to help support her family in Ukraine. Protesters who were not Ukrainian also joined the rally. “Ukraine is fighting for us,” said Julie Levkova, a Czech who helped organize the protest. “I want...
After years of covid, the largest Czech sports hall, Prague’s O2 Arena, is once again being used. In addition to foreign stars, it has increasingly attracted domestic musicians, for whom it was previously an unattainable benchmark. We bring you a selection of some interesting (not only) musical events that you can see at the O2 Arena before the end of this year. Mirai, October 13, 2022 The Czech mainstream music scene has been experiencing a truly golden time in recent years, with musicians who would have been unimaginable just a few years ago increasingly making their way to giant halls. After Pokáč, who recently played in the Vysočany hall, the band around frontman Mirai Navrátil is now going to try it out. However, Mirai invited several guests to the O2 Arena (including their producer Ondřej Fiedler) and they will perform a collection of their biggest hits to date. 50 Cent – October 17 + 18, 2022 If you as a rap fan are not satisfied with Kendrick Lamar, the week after him, the O2 Arena will be rocked by the production of one of the titans of contemporary American hip-hop, the senior Curtis James Jackson aka 50 Cent. This charismatic...
The 19th edition of the Indian Film Festival will bring the combination of selected films that will allow you to enjoy the Indian cinema in its Bollywood pomposity, as well as from the point of view of independent productions with their no less important creators. This year, you can look forward to a romantic comedy with a new take on gender (Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, Badhaai Do), a lyrical story of a village cinema, and a young boy, who develops a deep passion for moving pictures (The Last Film Show), award-winning documentary about three famous Bollywood star look-alikes (Urf), a family drama based in Kerala about a wife, who no longer wishes to be a simple servant (The Great Indian Kitchen), and the brand new Indian remake of Forrest Gump starring Aamir Khan (Laal Singh Chaddha). All films will be screened with Czech and English subtitles. There will also be a Bollywood party on 14 October at Futurum Music Bar from 21:00 to 3:00. You will get a chance to enjoy a significant amount of music, dance, and joy under the baton of DJ Deepak and the inspiring dancer Om Dance Academy. The festival will take place from 12 to 15 October at Kino Světozor. “Nineteen years ago, when we first screened five Bollywood films for the Czech audience, the most...
If your day doesn’t start until you’re up to speed on the latest headlines, then let us introduce you to our new morning fix. The heads of state of the four Central European countries belonging to the Visegrad Group are holding a summit in the Slovak capital Bratislava. Czech President Milos Zeman and his V4 counterparts are discussing the war in Ukraine, the global security situation and the energy crisis. Labour Minister Marian Jurečka will submit to the government a proposal to raise the minimum wage from January. Minister’s proposal the minimum wage should correspond to 41 percent of the average wage in Czechia. According to current data, it would amount to around CZK 350. The minimum wage is now CZK 16,200. Czechia has no plans to withdraw its diplomats from Ukraine or temporarily close its diplomatic mission in Kyiv, in connection with the bombings of Ukrainian cities, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said in a statement for the Ukrainian news agency. On Tuesday morning, shares of Czech energy group ČEZ fell nearly 7% on the Prague Stock Exchange, continuing a recent downward trend. The more significant drop started last week when the government announced the specific...
Prague’s most prestigious concert hall, Rudolfinum, will host on October 13 a recital piano solo by Italian award-winning pianist Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara. Solo pianist, who graduated from the Milan Conservatory with top honors, Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara studied with the pianist Vincenzo Balzani and Rosalyn Tureck. Bach interpreter is the winner of international awards such as Ragusa Ibla Grand Prize – New York, Competition of Pisa, Competition Neglia of Enna. Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara, has recorded with the Pana Music of Milan, Bongiovanni of Bologna and the RAI in Palermo and Rome in the Chapel of the Quirinale piped Rai. His international tours are always very appreciated by the public and critics who recognize his style in the performance of JS Bach and WA Mozart and early Beethoven. The artist has performed more than 1,000 concerts in Asia, America, and Europe, on the music scene of important theaters such as Carnegie Hall in New York, The Sala Verdi and the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Presidential Theater Ankara and the theater in Montreal, the most important rooms of Japan with orchestras such as the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Mexico City, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the New World of...
Year-on-year inflation in the Czech Republic reached 18 percent in September, according to data published Wednesday by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU). While the previous month saw the first dip in inflation for more than a year, it grew by 0.8 percent in September, reaching the highest year-on-year rate since December 1993. In year-on-year terms, rising food and energy prices remained the major causes of inflation. Flour prices, for example, jumped 64.1 percent from last year. In its commentary on the inflation report, the Czech National Bank (CNB) noted that the published figure is below their forecast of 18.8 percent. Still, the CNB predicts that inflation will peak at just above 20 percent in the coming months and slow down in the next year. The bank also predicts that in the first half of 2024, inflation should decrease close to its 2 percent target. Inflation in the euro area reached ten percent in September up from 9.1 percent in August, according to the preliminary data released in September by Eurostat. As stated in the relevant announcement, looking at the main components of inflation in the euro area, energy is expected to have the highest annual growth rate at 40.8 percent...
Multi-platinum, award-winning group Blink-182 have announced their biggest tour ever, a colossal global outing with Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker reuniting for the first time in nearly 10 years. Produced by Live Nation, the worldwide trek includes their first-ever performances in Latin America along with stops in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand starting March 2023 through February 2024. The band will also drop their new single “Edging” this Friday, October 14, marking the first time in a decade that Mark, Tom, and Travis have been in the studio together. The tour announcement also features multiple festival appearances in Latin America and the US, including Lollapalooza alongside co-headliners Billie Eilish and Drake, the new Adjacent Music Festival with Paramore, and the 2023 edition of When We Were Young with Green Day among others. In Prague, Blink-182 will perform on 19 September 2023 at O2 arena. Ticket prices from CZK 1,400 Live Nation Club and Idnes pre-sale from 13/10 at 10:00 – 17/10 at 9:00 Fan Club and O2 pre-sale from 12/10 at 10:00 – 17/10 At 9:00 Spotify pre-sale from 14/10 At 10:00 – 17/10 At 9:00 Tickets on sale on Ticketmaster and Ticketportal from 17/10/2022 At...
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