Prague Castle has launched an Alphonse Mucha “e-MOTION” exhibit, showcasing the Czech painter’s world-renowned work in 3D motion and “larger-than-life size”. The exhibition is set up in over 2,000 square metres of the Prague Castle Riding Hall, the largest Baroque-style building in Prague Castle. Mucha’s work is displayed in large, 3D and moving projections, bringing his paintings to life. Visitors will be “immersed in the moments when he created his work” in an exhibit portraying the Art Nouveau masters’ studio. The e-MOTION display will also see the auction of the first NFT of Mucha’s art – a collection of 20 paintings in the form of animated images. The Castle plans to provide a particularly “emotional experience” in the projection of Mucha’s Slav Epic painting, where “visitors will stand in the very centre of the most important milestones in the history of the Slavic peoples”. Open until the 13th of September, the exhibition is open Monday to Thursday from 10:00 to 19:00 and 10:00 to 21:00 Friday through Sunday. Admission is priced at 350 Kč for adults and 250 Kč for children aged 6-15, students up to the age of 26 and seniors over the age of 65. School classes may...
Czech employees generally have good relations with their foreign colleagues. More than half rate them as positive or even excellent. Only a small proportion of people would expressly not want foreign workers among their colleagues, and the majority think they deserve an equal status. This would mean the same salary as the Czechs, but also no special benefits. These data come from the Up Czech Republic employee barometer, with more than 1,000 respondents from domestic companies. The employment of foreigners has recently been widely discussed, especially with regard to the integration of Ukrainians into the domestic labor market. However, foreign workers are nothing new for Czechia. According to the Czech Statistical Office, over 800,000 foreign workers worked in Czechia last year, and this number has been growing steadily in recent years. “The trend of increasing representation of foreigners working in Czechia has been visible for several years. Some are EU citizens who come to work in the Czech Republic because of good working conditions, but others are also citizens of non-EU countries. One reason for this demand is that the Czech population is getting older. Weak cohorts are entering the labor market and at the same time the number of people...
In the center of Prague appeared an unusual sculpture – a figure of a woman hovering at a height of several meters. The work called Vinok is dedicated to all Ukrainian mothers who suffered from the Russian military invasion. The author of the sculpture is Czech artist Veronika Psotková. The installation can be found at Dlouhá 731/33. Vinok is a traditional Ukrainian floral headdress. The custom of knitting decorative wreaths dates back to pagan times. They had magical value as an attribute of the arrival of spring and the Kupala Night, also called Ivanа-Kupala, a traditional Slavic holiday that was originally celebrated on the shortest night of the year, which is on 21-22 and in Eastern Slavic countries according to traditional Julian calendar on the night between 6 to 7 July. The wreath has long become a symbol of the Ukrainian nation. The floral crowns were traditionally designed for girls and young unmarried women as a sign of their “purity”. In the wake of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, there has been a surge in national pride, especially in terms of fashion.
The Czech Republic remains in the top ten of the most peaceful countries in the world after Iceland, New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark, Austria, Portugal, and Slovenia. The 16th edition of the Global Peace Index ranked 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. The Czech Republic was listed in 8th place. GPI is produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the world’s leading think tank dedicated to developing metrics to analyze peace and quantify its economic value.It does this by developing global and national indices, calculating the economic cost of violence, analyzing country-level risk, and understanding positive peace. In particular, the authors draw attention to the level of violent crime in the country, the availability of weapons to the population, government spending on military needs, the number of armed conflicts, the number of heavy weapons and nuclear weapons, relations with neighboring states, the profit from the sale of weapons, the level of social cohesion, respect for human rights, political and economic stability, and the number of prisoners. At the bottom of the list are Russia, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan. Top 10 of the Global Peace Index in 2022: Iceland New Zealand Ireland Denmark Austria Portugal Slovenia Czech...
The results of the twelfth annual Místo pro život (Place for Life) comparative survey, organized by the Communa company, were released this year. The best place to live is the capital city of Prague. The South Bohemian Region came in second and Karlovy Vary in third place. On the other end of the list, the Moravian-Silesian region came in last place. The survey evaluated the social and environmental aspects of life and the overall satisfaction of the residents. 3,500 residents of the Czech Republic took part in the evaluation, which included the areas of ecology and environment, childcare and education, infrastructure development, healthcare and social services, work, safety, civil society and tolerance, leisure activities and tourism. “The winner was the capital Prague, which has the highest average wages, the lowest unemployment, and the highest number of universities, as well as doctors and dentists, not to mention, for example, the highest average life expectancy for men,” says David Pavlát from the Communa company. The complete results – 2021 results are in parentheses 1. (13.) Prague 2. (5.) South Bohemian Region 3. (12.) Karlovy Vary Region 4. (1.) Zlín Region 5. (8.) Liberec Region 6. (6.) Pilsen Region 7. (2.) Highlands 8. (7.) Central...
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. Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib announced that the city will reopen its center for Ukrainian refugees from July 11. Prague closed the centre in mid-June due to the large number of refugees in the city. . Jan Graubner, who has until now served as the Archbishop of Olomouc, was officially inaugurated as the Archbishop of Prague during a mass in the Cathedral of Saint Vitus on Saturday. Monseigneur Graubner replaces Cardinal Dominik Duka in the office, who led the Prague Archdiocese for 12 years. Prime Minister Petr Fiala inaugurated the new Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Vladimír Baláš, on Friday, 1 July. The new minister was appointed to the post by President Miloš Zeman on Wednesday 29 June. The state budget deficit at the end of June fell to CZK 183 billion from CZK 189.3 billion in May. The budget posted a deficit of CZK 265.1 billion at the end of June, the worst June result since the Czech Republic was founded, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. Based on the increase...
The Jewish community in the Czech Republic is dealing with a surge of antisemitism, mostly found online and related to the impact the pandemic had on society as well as from right-wing extremists, according to the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic (FZO). Data compiled by the FZO found a total of 1,128 antisemitic incidents in 2021, 254 more than the 874 incidents in 2020. The number represents a 29 percent increase over the previous year. Nearly all reported incidents (98 percent) were expressions of online hate (articles, posts on social networks, anonymous comments and discussion posts). “This increase in incidents is related to the overall atmosphere in society, which, as in 2020, was significantly affected by the COVID-19 disease pandemic,” the FZO said in a statement. “The analysis of data for the year 2021 pointed to a worrying trend of a continuous increase in recorded manifestations of threats, approval, justification or incitement to physical aggression.” The FZO added that there was also a significant increase in antisemitic attacks by the extreme right in the Czech Republic in 2021. “For the first time ever, the number of such registered incidents exceeded the category that includes incidents without a...
The last time the Czech Republic held the rotating EU presidency, in early 2009, the continent was still reeling from the global financial crisis and the portents of the European sovereign debt crisis were starting to appear. On Friday, 1 July, it again took up the presidency of the Council of the EU during another period of emergency. In an exercise in crisis management, the Czech Republic aims to bolster regional cooperation in support of Ukraine and find some common solutions to spiking inflation and the ongoing energy crisis. Prague wants to get more EU money and weapons into Ukraine Prague has affirmed that it wants to do the utmost to get more of the bloc’s money and weapons flowing into Ukraine, “using all instruments and programs offered by the EU,” according to the presidency’s formal list of goals. The Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský vowed last week that his country “will continue to support Ukraine militarily and with material aid and we will continue to strongly back the country’s integrity.” The Czech Republic’s job was made somewhat easier after Ukraine was awarded EU candidate status last week — one of the stated goals of its presidency. Its work will now be to move that process along. However, the...
The Czech capital has succeeded in the global competition and occupied the seventh place in the ranking of the most popular congress destinations that the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) compiles every year. Prague has moved four positions up since 2016 and ranked among the world’s TOP 10 meeting destinations such as Barcelona, Paris, Vienna, London and Singapore. The Prague Convention Bureau statistics, based on data collected from its member entities, show that Prague, in the long run, has had a stable ratio of international (49.2%) and local events (50.8%). According to aggregated data from the Prague Convention Bureau (PCB) and the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), a total of 1,220 events were held in Prague in 2021, which is 2.9% less than in 2020. Compared to the record year of 2019, this was even a drop by 79.5%. The pandemic has had a significant impact on the number of delegates who attended the events. Year-on-year, their number decreased from almost 182,000 to 146,000 in 2021, which is 19.5% less. Foreign delegates in 2021 came to Prague most often from the US, Britain, Germany, Switzerland and France. Prague belongs among destinations very popular with pharmaceutical, industrial or business meetings. Small corporate meetings with the participation of between 10 and 149 delegates predominate over large association...
The international film festival in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary kicked off Friday amid controversy following a protest by Ukraine over the screening of a Russian film alongside Ukrainian-made movies. Prior to the start of the 56th edition of the festival, several leading Ukrainian filmmakers along with Ukraine’s ambassador to Prague protested the scheduled screening of Captain Volkonogov Escaped. Ukrainian Ambassador Yevhen Perebyinis said in an open letter that it would be “inhuman” to screen Ukrainian films alongside a Russian movie made with support from Russia’s Culture Ministry at a time when Russian troops had “committed atrocities” during their invasion of his country. Organizers said they consider the Russian movie – whose world premiere was at last year’s Venice Film Festival – as being indirectly critical of the current Russian leadership. Four Ukrainian films and eight other nearly-completed movies produced or co-produced by Ukraine will also be screened at the festival. After being canceled in 2020 and delayed in 2021 due to the pandemic, this year’s festival will culminate in a ceremony to honor Australian Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush for his contribution to world cinema. Rush won an Academy Award for actor in a leading role in Shine...
Brno-based RegioJet has switched its Prague-Croatia train service to daily operation. The train route runs through Brno and Bratislava to the Croatian cities of Ogulin, Split, and Rijeka. There you can transfer to buses to other resorts in the country. Comfortable and affordable – a berth in a sleeping car the whole distance of more than 1,000km is only CZK 590 for a seat and from CZK 790 for a seat in a sleeping car.– the RegioJet route will run until the end of September. The service will be daily in the high season, in July and August. It stops en route in Bratislava but not in Budapest. The train in signature yellow colours will pull out of Prague just after 4.30 pm, arriving in Zagreb just after 5 am then, dividing in Ogulin, will go on to Rijeka at 10.15 am and Split at 1.45 pm. In terms of capacity, the head of Regiojet’s international projects said that the capacity this year is more than 600 passengers per train, meaning that it is, once again, 15 wagons. Wagons with seating as well as sleeping cars will also be available. “Perhaps the only change is that we’ve increased the number of...
It’s not always easy to find new things to do in Prague. Hiding in plain sight, though, just a few steps from the Charles Bridge on a charming little alleyway, is Ping Pong Point—the only establishment bringing casual table tennis to the masses in Prague. It’s an unassuming storefront, but inside is a lovely, casual hang-out spot for locals and tourists alike, offering a professional standard pin pong table and everything needed to get started. Petr and his business partner Stan grew up playing ping pong. But when they came to Prague for business, they found a severe lack of available tables. They’d searched for places to play, but not wanting to play in a gym, they came up totally empty. Foosball dominated the bars, and even then, game tables were slowly being replaced by seating areas to accommodate more crowds. What used to be a European bar staple had totally disappeared. During COVID, though, Petr saw an opportunity when a storefront became available next door to him. He knew that he could use the space to create a novel space for the community to gather. Ping Pong Point is perfectly positioned next to a restaurant, and Petr encourages people...
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