According to the state agency CzechTourism, the three most visited tourist sites in Prague were the cable car to Petřín, the Prague zoo and Prague Castle. This ranking remains unchanged from last year. DinoPark in the Galerie Harfa shopping center and the Kingdom of Railways exhibition in Smíchov were also among the ten most visited tourist destinations compared to the previous year. Last year, just like in 2020, about a million people took the cable car to Petřín, and the cable car was not only the most visited tourist destination in the capital, but also in the entire Czech Republic. The Prague Zoo, which had 963,000 visitors last year, saw attendance increase by 13 percent year-on-year. On the contrary, Prague Castle saw a decrease in the number of visitors by 13 percent, down to 444. The director of the CzechTourism agency, Jan Herget, attributed the drop in attendance at Prague Castle to the low number of foreign travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Czech Statistical Office, about 2.6 million people stayed in domestic hotels, boarding houses and camps last year, and about 10.9 million before the outbreak of the pandemic. This year, Herget expects that around five...
A high-speed train collided with an engine in a station in the north-eastern Czech Republic, killing one person and injuring five. Czech Railways said the accident took place early in the morning on Monday in the town of Bohumin, shortly after the Pendolino train departed for Prague. The driver of the train was killed, while four Czech Railways employees on the engine and one on the train were injured. It was unclear whether the engine was moving at the time of the head-on crash. Rescuers said no passengers were injured. The Rail Safety Inspection Office, an agency that investigate train crashes, said the high-speed train was on the wrong line at the time of the crash, and the accident might have been caused by human error.
The Czech Republic has no plans to adopt the euro anytime soon, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said amid rising concerns from Czech economists. As Croatia was recently given the Commission’s go-ahead to adopt the euro in 2023, the Czech Republic has decided to remain outside the single currency. “For the Czech Republic, (euro adoption) is not a topic on the table at the moment,” Fiala said on Friday (24 June). Though the Czech Republic does not currently meet all conditions needed to join the eurozone, experts are calling for the country to accept the common currency amid inflation to achieve greater stability and have a say in the eurozone’s decision-making process. The political will for such a move is lacking, however. “Unfortunately, today’s government will not accept the euro. It is de facto impossible to do so in time, and unfortunately, there is no political will to do so,” MEP and former vice governor of the Czech National Bank Luděk Niedermayer wrote in an op-ed published by Hospodářské noviny. Niedermayer believes it is no longer beneficial for the Czech Republic to stay outside the euro club and calls on the government to at least decide to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERM). Membership in ERM...
The unique team race returned in a big style to Prague’s Stromovka Park on Thursday 23rd June, after a three-year pause caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nine hundred teams of 3 600 runners signed up for the popular race to compete with colleagues or friends over four five-kilometers stretches, filling the maximum capacity of the race to the very last place. “We are overwhelmed by the huge interest the UniCredit Prague Relay has generated. The atmosphere on and around the course was fascinating, it was obvious that people really enjoyed the race,” said Carlo Capalbo, President of the RunCzech organizing team. The first competitors hit the track at 6 p.m., full of enthusiasm and energy, despite the hot weather that prevailed at the Prague Exhibition Grounds. From the beginning on, great spirits, fair competition and joy of sharing a special experience accompanied the four-people team race. UniCredit Prague Relay lived up to its reputation as one of the most popular runs in the Czech Republic. The Kalokagathia Aliance team was the first to cross the finish line, completing the 20-kilometer course in 1:01:40, followed by the Adidas Runners Speed (1:05:01) and OTC Vlčáci (1:08:04) teams. The participants had a chance...
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A memorial ceremony was held at Ďáblice cemetery in Prague on Sunday, one day before the official Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Communist Regime on June 27. The event was attended by representatives of the government and army, foreign diplomats and former political prisoners. Representatives of the government, the army, the embassies of some countries, and former political prisoners took part in the annual event at the monument in the honorary burial ground of executed and tortured political prisoners and members of the Second and Third Resistances. “We have been meeting here for 28 years to honor the memory of the victims and remind the public of what was happening at the time,” said Jiří Línek, chairman of the Association of Former Political Prisoners. In Ďáblice, around 200 victims of the communist regime lie in mass graves. Political prisoners were disappeared and subsequently secretly buried so that not even families could say goodbye to them and no one knew their final resting place. Línek pointed out that today we are witnessing the creation of new mass graves. Multiple speakers likened the former regime to the current situation in Ukraine. The Minister of Defense Jana Černochová (ODS) warned...
Following the onset of the pandemic, the restaurant industry had to fundamentally realign itself beneath a new paradigm. Establishments that relied on brick-and-mortar storefronts folded if they couldn’t adapt, forcing local joints to evolve faster than ever. Fortunately, it created an opportunity for inspired, creative individuals who saw what the market demanded. Tomáš, founder, and “chief burger flipper” (as you can read on his business cards :)) of FATFUCK Smash Burgers, is one of those individuals. In December of 2020, Tomáš looked around at what he had and saw an industrial kitchen and a dream of the perfect burger. As the gastro economy demanded delicious food that could withstand delivery and appear fresh on a doorstep, FATFUCK was born. It’s no ordinary burger. Tomáš had a vision, and an underlying philosophy: the bun makes the burger. He taught himself to bake during isolation, and after months of trial and error, he had made something special—a bun that defines the Fatfuck burger. It’s a Hokkaido-style milk bun, unimaginably fluffy, soft, and remarkably resilient against the juicy burger patties it contains. The bun doesn’t come into existence easily, however. In the beginning, Tomáš would wake up early every single morning to prepare the...
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. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala expects the EU two-day summit to agree on Ukraine’s candidacy as an expression of solidarity, though the accession process will be neither fast nor easy. Fiala also said the key to the shift in the integration of the Balkan countries in the European Union was unblocking the tension between North Macedonia and Bulgaria. . Agriculture priorities of Czechia’s EU presidency will include food security, reducing pesticide consumption, preventing deforestation and supporting forestry, Czech Agriculture Minister Zdeněk Nekula said. “If the EU does not help countries in northern Africa, food shortages, famine, and another refugee crisis could be triggered.” The Ministry of Health announced the approval of the National Cancer Plan 2030 by the government. The plan defines the future of cancer treatment in Czech hospitals. The project will use CZK 15 billion from the European Union through the National Recovery Plan (NRP). A new museum has been opened in Lány near Prague dedicated to Alice Masaryk, daughter of first Czechoslovak president T.G. Masaryk, and the Czech Red Cross,...
The Czech Republic will organize an informal EU summit on the alliance’s potential expansion eastward, once it takes over the rotating presidency of the EU Council, PM Petr Fiala told journalists at the EU summit in Brussels on Friday. Mr. Fiala said he had been asked by the President of the EU Council Charles Michel and French President Emmanuel Macron to organize such an event so that EU leaders could address an issue that has become highly topical and needs further debate. The Czech head of government said he considered it a good way to start the Czech EU Presidency which the country takes over from France on July 1st. “The EU leaders asked me to prepare, together with the French President Macron and the President of the EU Council Michel, a framework for an informal summit on wider European cooperation with non-member States that could be held in Prague. Ukraine could be one of the guests,” said Fiala. “It is possible that the first meeting of the European political community will take place in Prague after the summer, under the leadership of the current EU presidency of the Czech Republic”, said Michel, at the end of the European summit....
The new mobile application XPass wants to reduce the number of sexually motivated crimes and create a safer sexual environment. With its help, people can express their official consent to sexual intercourse. The application can be downloaded for free for iOS and Android from today, project founder Alena Sadílková told reporters. “The ambition of the project is to significantly reduce the number of sexual crimes, but also false accusations,” said Sadílková. According to Amnesty International and Pro Fem, one in ten women in the Czech Republic was raped, she added. Sadílková: “The application responds to the trend of legislation of Western countries and the European Union on the obligation of the person accused of sexual violence to provide evidence that consent to the sexual act was given,” said the authors of the project. In the application, people can express consent for various sexual practices. It is also possible to set up a contact person for situations in danger, and it has a mechanism against granting consent under duress. “It was important for me that the consent was not misused,” Sadílková said. The information is stored in the application and can only be accessed at the request of criminal law authorities....
Currently, about one tenth of offices in the Czech Republic are pet-friendly, but that number is gradually increasing. Some offices in Prague allow dogs on certain days of the week, while in other places dogs are always welcome and they receive full attention. Fans of going to work with a dog even celebrate the international day “Take your dog to the office” on June 21st. When workers returned to offices, many wondered what would happen to their four-legged friends. “Many households bought a dog in a pandemic, which got used to the daily presence of the owner at home. With the owners returning to normal working life, it can be very stressful for the animal to stay home alone all day. Dog behavior and the psyche work on the basis of habit, so sudden separation can have negative effects for them,” explained veterinarian Leoš Železný in a report for journalists. If someone in the household is unlucky and has to leave the dog at home, someone else can take him to work without a problem. While about 45 percent of companies welcome animals abroad, in the Czech Republic it is just over 10 percent, according to the findings of recruitment...
Prague City is in active preparation for the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU which will start on 1 July and will last for six months In a few days only, Czechia takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union – a high responsibility, that each member state takes in turns and that gives it the chance to set up the priorities of the EU agenda for the next six months. During this period, the country holding the Presidency welcomes high-ranking European politicians to meetings and events. Naturally, the host cities become the centre stage of European policy, alongside Brussels and Strasbourg. Prague has just pledged its readiness to meet the challenge by announcing a jam-packed program of events under the slogan Prague Meets Europe. The program centred around Prague’s hosting of the European presidency starts on Friday, 24 June, and will last until the beginning of July. It is meant for the residents and visitors of the metropolis, while the goal, according to the city website, is to show that “the European Union is not just an institution, but that the European Union is first and foremost people”. On 24, 25, 30 June, and 1 July, there will be a European...
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