Smetanovo Nábřeží, named after the famous classical composer Bedřich Smetana, is the right river bank of Vltava between two bridges – Most legií and Charles bridge. It used to be a free sandy space gradually slanting to the riverbank with fisherman’s lodges and crooked trees. Yesterday, the Institute of Planning and Development of Prague (IPR) has shown Smetanovo Nábřeží will look like after a planned reconstruction, which will start in April and last until the end of June. The sidewalks will be expanded, new trees are going to be planted and the concrete benches will be changed with modern ones. In addition, the tram stop Národní divadlo will be transferred to Žofín Palace. Car traffic on the embankment will remain, but the cars will no longer have designated lanes.
Taiwan will donate 11.5 million dollars to the governments of five European Union states to help Ukrainians who have fled the war in their country, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said Tuesday. Of the total, 6.5 million dollars will be sent soon to the government of Poland, 500,000 dollars to Lithuania, and $1.5 million dollars each to Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Wu said at a donation ceremony at his ministry. The five governments will then distribute the funds to non-governmental organizations in their respective countries that are assisting Ukraine refugees, he said. The 11.5 million dollars in aid was announced one week after Taiwan’s foreign ministry pledged a donation of US$3.53 million to the Governmental Strategic Reserves Agency in Warsaw, which is providing aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland. All the money Taiwan has pledged for Ukrainian refugees, so far, has been drawn from a government-designated fund, which has raised more than 21 million dollars in public donations and will remain open until April 1. Tuesday’s ceremony was attended by several members of the diplomatic corps in Taiwan, including the EU representative Filip Grzegorzewski, Cyryl Kozaczewski of Poland, Martin Podstavek of Slovakia, and Patrick Rumlar of the Czech Republic.
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 Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning to soon set up a representative office in the city of Uzhhorod in western Ukraine, which lies just a few kilometres from Slovakia. According to a new survey conducted by consultancy company PwC, Czech women earn around 20 percent less than men on average. Women are also less represented in leadership positions in companies. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis is set to visit the Czech Republic on Thursday where he will meet with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavský President Miloš Zeman signed the 2022 budget law on Tuesday, which was adopted last week with a deficit of CZK 280 billion. The labour minister warned Czech employers against abusing the plight of refugees saying that attempts to do so would be heavily sanctioned. He said a number of dubious offers had already been registered and reported.
All employed and self-employed individuals working in the Czech Republic pay 15% income tax on their earnings and they have the right to get their taxes back. The deadline for applying for a tax return in 2022 is the 1st of April. It doesn’t matter if you worked in the Czech Republic for 4 months as a foreigner or you live here several years, you still can get your money back. All you need is a Confirmation of taxable income (Potvrzení o zdanitelných příjmech). What is the confirmation of taxable income? This document is the annual summary which you will receive from your employer at the end of the financial tax year. It shows the total amount you earned from your employer as an income figure and it also displays the amount of tax your employer deducted from your earnings and paid to the tax office. If you did not get it from your employer, we can get the document for you. Extend the time to file your taxes If you’re worried that you can’t get your tax return done and properly filed on time or pay what you owe, you can enjoy some of the benefits of extension you...
Cakes, treats, desserts. Chocolate, cream, coffee, nuts. You can have all of that and more when travelling around the Czech Republic. We are introducing confectioneries that are worth a visit. Some offer a very original service; others have brought traditional sweet recipes to perfection. Werich Villa by IF at Kampa in Prague A great café and confectionery in the very centre of Prague and yet in a park. This is Werich Villa on the Prague island of Kampa, only a few steps from the Charles Bridge. The café is managed by Iveta Fabešová, a great confectioner, well-known in the Czech social media. And what makes this confectionery famous? They currently serve desserts such as the Golden Egg or Lemon. The treats look exactly how they sound. But you can also try typical Czech desserts, such as the caramel cream puff or brandy-filled “špička.” Expect perfectly shaped desserts and quality ingredients. Cukrář Skála in Prague They call themselves a dessert factory. But do not worry, this is not a place of mass production. Only fresh basic ingredients and the skilful hands of confectioners. Skála’s desserts might have a modern look, but they are inspired by both century-old Czech recipes and the latest trends in confectionery. You can have original eclairs, crullers and cream puffs, or “indiánek.” The...
Nine minutes, 53 seconds, orgasm. This is the average visit duration of the world’s biggest porn site XVideos. Every day millions upon millions of people visit this one place on the web that hardly anyone talks about. A secret giant. Ranked 10th most visited website in the world. Not even amazon.com gets this many clicks. Videos on XVideos are made available to the global public. Countless users reveal their erotic fantasies with their clicks. Who’s in charge of such a huge platform? Leading heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter give interviews. Whistleblowers expose their problems. But you don’t hear anything about XVideos, especially in Germany. And this despite the fact that many of the companies behind XVideos are located in the Czech Republic. The traces of the porn empire lead from Prague via France to Düsseldorf. Other porn platforms have been experiencing a wave of criticism and anger for almost two years. First and foremost Pornhub and xHamster, XVideos‘ most important competitors. Together, the three giants dominate the porn market. Pornhub and xHamster, for example, have distributed nude photos of people who never wanted to show themselves in public in this way. For a long time, the hurdles against the dissemination of sexualized violence were kept low. This was...
Through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, Czechia has requested assistance in providing accommodation for 50,000 refugees from Ukraine. According to Interior Minister Vít Rakušan, 25 modular bases need to be built. The Czech Interior Ministry itself has seven modular bases, each of which can accommodate 150 people. The state would use the modular accommodation as soon as the capacities in the gyms and other buildings run out, said Rakušan. According to him, the Czech Republic will exhaust all possible options in two to three weeks. “The state’s capacities are already exhausted, the country is getting into a state where it can only provide refugees with emergency shelter. People will have to stay in gyms, halls and the like, and their accommodation will not be comfortable. And if these capacities are exhausted, we will have to start building tent camps,” said Pavla Jakoubková, a spokeswoman for the General Directorate of Firefighters. According to the latest data, more than 102,000 refugees have been registered in Czechia since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, the realistic estimate of the number of refugees in Czechia approaches 200,000. Most people, about 30 percent, were registered in Prague. According to Jakoubková, the Ministry of...
The Art for Ukraine contemporary art auction is being jointly organized by four Prague galleries: Bold gallery, Trafo Gallery, the Chemistry gallery, and DOX centre for contemporary art. The auction of works by more than 100 contemporary artists will take place on 19 March 2022, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the SOS Ukraine collection organized by Clověk v Tísni (People in Need). With the support of artists with whom they collaborate they are holding a joint auction of the works of more than 100 contemporary artists, who have decided to contribute their works to support war-torn Ukraine. “Art has many positive functions, and this time around it has united not only gallerists and many artists, but also, we hope, those who support us. This will enable us to support Ukraine as best we know-how, and express our admiration for those who set out to create rather than destroy”, said Blanka Čermáková of Trafo Gallery, one of the co-organisers. The pre-auction exhibition of all the works will take place at Prague’s Bold Gallery at U Měšťanského pivovaru 6, Prague 7. The exhibition will have its official opening on Friday 11 March 2022 starting at 7 pm and...
On Sunday morning, Prague police officers were called to Španielova Street in Prague 6, where a man was stuck in an electrical waste container. He got stuck in a box looking for what he could probably steal and then sell. When he found out that he could not return to the ground, he started calling for help and only firefighters who had to cut the container with a chainsaw managed to free him, said police spokeswoman Violeta Siřišťová. “Prague police officers drove on Sunday, shortly before six o’clock in the morning, to Španielova Street in Prague 6, where, according to the announcement on line 158, a call for help was to be heard from the car park. Surprisingly, police found a man in a half-waist wedged in an electrical waste container,” added Siřišťová. The summoned patrol tried to pull the man out, but without success. The police, therefore, had to invite firefighters, who rescued the robber, who was looking for things to be stolen, using a power saw. Due to the fact that the man was stuck in the container for several hours and the temperatures outside dropped below zero, rescuers were also called to the scene. “However, the man...
Prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia will travel to Kyiv on Tuesday to meet President Volodomyr Zelenskiy as representatives of European Union leaders, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on social networks. “The purpose of the visit is to confirm the unequivocal support of the entire European Union for the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine,” he said. “The aim of this visit is also to present a broad package of support for Ukraine and Ukrainians.” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Petr Fiala, and Slovenia’s Janez Jansa will also meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal during the visit. The trip was organized “in agreement with” European Council chief Charles Michel and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, it added. The agenda of the talk is expected to revolve around Ukraine’s immediate needs. “The purpose of the visit is to confirm the unequivocal support of the entire European Union for the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to present a broad package of support for the Ukrainian state and society,” the statement said. Today, we are going together with PM of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, deputy PM Jarosław Kaczyński and PM of Slovenia Janez Janša to Kiev...
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 Czech Republic has issued over 150,000 special visas to refugees fleeing from Ukraine faced with a Russian attack, 7,513 of them on Sunday alone, and Czech immigration police and assistance centres have registered almost 85,000 refugees. The first two trucks with prescription medicine, such as efficient painkillers and antibiotics, will leave the Czech Republic for Ukraine this week, after half a million packages worth over 10 million crowns were donated to it by the producers, Deputy Health Minister Jakub Dvoracek told CTK on Monday. Month-on-month, sales in retail (excluding motor vehicles) increased by 1.6% in January, including a 4.7% increase in fuels, 2.2% for non-food goods, and a slight decrease for food. Compared to last year, retail sales increased by 8.5%, of which sales of non-food goods increased by 14.8%, fuels by 7.8% and food by 0.4%. Airbnb and has announced an offer of free, short-term housing for up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. These stays will be funded by Airbnb Inc., donors to the Airbnb.org Refugee Fund, and the generosity...
St. Patrick, or Paddy, patron saint of Ireland, is coming to Prague for a visit this week. The festivities, that have been around for centuries -St. Patrick was born in the late 4th century in Roman Britain-, pretend to attract Irish music, sports and culture to the Czech capital. Everyone is invited to join the festival and have a chance to win one of their great prizes and contribute to charity. No one needs to buy a ticket for Prague St.Patrick’s Festival, all that is needed is the desire to enjoy the day throughout the city’s venues and entertainment events. Besides winning a prize for being the best dressed in town, the festival includes all kinds of unforgettable experiences. Traditional Irish food and drinks, accompanied by live music, karaoke and sports on TV every night in the city center is awaiting you. To immerse yourself in St. Patrick’s Day, find one of the participating pubs, grab a beer and start. Be ready because the festival is going to start tomorrow at Rocky O’Reilly’s, Durty Nelly’s and Caffrey’s at 14:30. The official website of the festival has all the info you need in order to enjoy this emblematic celebration: programs, venues...
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