This year, among other things, one of the world’s biggest topics is climate change. The forecasts are not very attractive and the threat needs to be addressed globally. That is the reason why the Cities Race to Zero initiative was created with a goal to reduce the number of emissions of individual member cities by half. Prague – also joined the initiative. Prague’s commitment is clear: it must halve its emissions by 2030. In the spring of 2021, the Prague City Council approved the 2030 Climate Plan of the City of Prague, which is supposed to significantly help in this effort. The same goal have other 720 cities around the world, which have also joined the initiative. The capital of the Czech Republic also had its representatives attending the UN Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, where the fight against climate change was discussed. “This year, Prague was represented at the UN climate conference for the first time, and it intends to establish international cooperation following this participation. Among the cities represented, we intend to find like-minded partners with whom we can be of mutual inspiration. This is another essential step in the implementation of the Climate Plan, of which some projects are already being implemented. We started with the construction of...
Prague wine store LÁHVE invites everyone to try new French and Italian sparkling wines. The free tastings will take place on the coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday (December 9-11). You can taste about 10 brands of French and Italian wines from the store’s rich collection. Pre-registration is not required. Why is it worth coming 1) A great opportunity to learn something new about sparkling wines and try about ten interesting brands; 2) A great occasion to personally evaluate the modern and unusual for the Czech Republic format, in which LÁHVE works: 3) The opportunity to meet and communicate with new people, including the creators of the store – keen fans of wine and their business; 4) Christmas and New Year are approaching, and the store has a really huge selection of wines (including sparkling ones) from France, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Germany and Austria. You can buy several bottles for the festive table. What sparkling wines you can taste: Anna Spinato (Italy, Veneto region) – a well-known brand, awarded with many prizes, will be presented with a full range of sparkling wines: dry white, sweet white, rosé and red; Bonelli (Italy, Emilia-Romagna region) – white semi-sweet; Corvezzo (Italy, Veneto region)...
The Czech Republic has the second-lowest affordable housing in Europe, but a new project is now hoping to solve this issue with affordable cooperative housing (DDB). Middle-income groups will soon benefit from up to a third of cheaper flats from the first Prague project of this type which will initially be built in Radlická Street in Prague 5. The city is also already negotiating construction in other parts of the city. “Cooperative housing is the fastest way to provide more affordable housing for Praguers – not only for young families or the elderly but also for representatives of professions key to the city’s operation and development, such as teachers, paramedics, firefighters or police officers,” said the Legislative Councilor and housing support Hana Kordová Marvanová, who has long been striving for affordable housing for the inhabitants of Prague. The main advantage of the project is that the city will provide land for the construction of apartment buildings. Thanks to this, the builder’s margin savings compared to the involvement of a commercial developer will save the people of Prague up to a third of the cost of purchasing housing. The procedure for specific DDB residential projects consists first in selecting suitable land...
The Czech online restaurant reservation service Restu.cz will cease operation by 31 December 2021. The main reason is the crisis in the restaurant business caused by the coronavirus epidemic. The company announced it on its website. The service catalog contains more than 17 thousand cafes and restaurants throughout the Czech Republic. Restu.cz allowed users to search for the best restaurants in their area, make reservations, and read and write reviews. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the company has canceled fees for restaurants for its services. If you have an account on Restu, you can download or delete your data in your account settings, which will be available until 31 December 2021. If you do not do so, all data will be deleted from your account. If you have a valid voucher, you can use it until 31 March 2022. Starting from 1.1.2022 the catalog will no longer be available. Starting from 1. 4. 2022 it will no longer be possible to use restaurant or Restu vouchers. If you still have a valid voucher after 31.3.2022 (i.e. a voucher with an expiry date later than 31. 3. 2022), you can email them at [email protected] with the voucher code and the bank...
British rockers The Cure will return to the Czech capital after six years. The group will perform next October 24 at the O2 arena, with forerunners being the Scottish punks The Twilight Sad. Tickets prices range from 1250 to 2000 CZK and will be on sale starting Thursday morning in the Ticketmaster and Ticketportal networks, the organizing agency Live Nation announced. The upcoming concert at the O2 arena will be their eighth in the Czech Republic. The performance is part of a European tour, during which the group will visit 22 countries and give 44 performances. The Cure first performed in Prague in August 1990 as the first Western rock band since the fall of the regime, even before the Rolling Stones. The last time they came to the metropolis was five years ago. For the largest Czech audience so far, they played the year before as the main stars of the Colors of Ostrava festival, on the stage on which they spent almost two and a half hours. They performed the most songs from the album Disintegration, which sold 3 million copies in the late 1980s. The pale face of frontman Robert Smith also emphasized make-up in Ostrava, his...
Nineteen percent of Czechs reject Covid-19 vaccination, with 14 percent fully determined not to get vaccinated, according to a November survey by the STEM agency. Another 6 percent of people are still hesitant to get the jab, and 43 percent of respondents would be in favor of compulsory vaccination, but the same proportion were also against any mandatory vaccination. The number of undecided people in the Czech Republic is declining, however, and more and more people also decide not to get vaccinated. People who are not financially secure, have only elementary education or are in the 18 to 29 age group refuse to be vaccinated more often than other demographic groups. The most common reason for refusing the vaccine is the doubt about whether it is necessary. Some people are also discouraged by the side effects after previous vaccinations. “Simplifying the logistics of vaccination, for example, providing it at home after arrangement with a doctor, would not affect the stubborn opponents too much,” according to the data. Currently, 6.39 million Czechs have been vaccinated, and over a million people have received a booster dose. About three-quarters of people in the country got at least the first dose or plan to get vaccinated....
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. Outgoing Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO would win the election to the Chamber of Deputies if it were held now with the gain of 29.5 percent of the vote, according to a poll conducted by the Median polling agency in November. The group Chcípl PES will stage a number of protest meetings against the Czech government measures to combat the COVID-19 spread before the end of the year. Most of the events will be held in Prague. Some school principals are planning to extend Christmas holidays for their pupils and students in view of the Covid situation, despite the fact the Ministry of Education does not envisage such a move. The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world is currently under construction in Moravia. Called Sky Bridge 721, the structure is being built in the mountain resort of Dolni Morava, above the valley of Mlynsky Potok at an altitude of over 1,100 meters. Nineteen percent of Czechs reject Covid-19 vaccination, with 14 percent fully determined not to get vaccinated, according to a...
Did you know that the world’s longest suspension bridge will soon be completed in the Czech Republic? The suspension bridge is being built in the mountain resort of Dolní Morava in the northeast of the Czech Republic. Hikers will step on the bridge at an altitude of 1,125 metres. The bridge will span the valley of Mlýnský Potok, connecting the opposite ridges of Slamník and Chlum After crossing the valley, visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the local nature and history. In collaboration with local authorities, the municipality of Dolní Morava and the Museum of Czechoslovak Fortifications, have created an educational trail called the Bridge of Time with elements of augmented reality. The total construction will weight over 400 tonnes and the main rope will have over seven centimetres in diameter. The longest suspension bridge in the world is currently located near the Portuguese town of Arouca. It measures 516 meters in length and its height above the ground reaches up to 176 meters. Dolni Morava is already a tourist attraction thanks to its Sky Walk. Erected in 2015, it’s a wooden structure 55 metres above the ground that will take you beyond the tree tops and even...
On Saturday evening, for the first time this advent, the City of Prague (DPP) sent a fleet of festively decorated vehicles to the streets travelling to the Three Kings. Among them are the Škoda 15T For City tram No. 9401, the T3 tram No. 6921, the popular Mazačka and the Irisbus Citelis retrobus. This year, the cable car on Petřín also joined in, both cable cars to Petřín, including the upper station, have been decorated and Passengers can ride them on regular flights. In addition, DPP also decorated the historic two-axle Ringhoffer tram No. 2210 and the Museum of Public Transport. Together, all the vehicles are decorated with more than 13,000 lights, interior holiday decorations and special exterior stickers with winter and Christmas themes. The Christmas decoration of the DPP fleet began last Monday evening in the Motol depot. All the Christmas vehicles will run in Prague’s public transport until the Three Kings (until January 6, 2022.) Their current timetables can be found by passengers and public transport fans on the homepage of the DPP website.
Airline company PLAY is happy to announce its operations between Reykjavik and Prague starting in May 2022. PLAY will be operating two flights weekly between these destinations from May 5, 2022. PLAY is a new low-cost airline operating flights between Iceland and Europe. The Icelandic airline is based in Reykjavik’s Keflavík International Airport and started operations in June 2021. PLAY operates three new Airbus A320 neo aircraft. “The entry of PLAY airline is a good sign that the Czech market is still attractive for new carriers who perceive the potential of direct flights to / from Prague. Iceland has long been a popular destination for outbound tourism and the new line may also offer convenient connections to the US with transfer in Keflavík in the future,” Jaroslav Filip, Director of Prague Airport Aviation Business, said. Next year PLAY will fly to 23 destinations in Europe and in spring 2022 will begin its hub-and-spoke operations to the East Coast of North America, adding three more Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet. This will open up the transatlantic part of PLAY´s operations, which means that people in Europe and North America can choose PLAY to travel over the Atlantic ocean. PLAY is based...
Since the new government restrictions have been introduced in the Czech Republic, involving the abolition of Christmas markets or restrictions on the opening hours of restaurants and bars, interest in New Year’s Eve stays in Prague has dramatically decreased. The operators of accommodation establishments and the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of the Czech Republic (AHR) reported that people have not been registering new reservations- they are instead waiting for the situation to develop. AHR President Václav Stárek says that the government should state as soon as possible what restrictions will apply at the end of the year. According to Stárek, after the declaration of a state of emergency, which applies until December 25, and new restrictions, there has been many booking cancellations, especially from abroad. The manager of the Bauer Hotel Group, Jakub Svačina, has recorded a decrease in reservations of tens of percent since the new restrictions were announced. “At present, there are no new reservations for New Year’s Eve, potential clients from abroad and the Czech Republic are certainly waiting for the restrictions,” added Ivana Peterková, CEO of Prague Hotels – Chateau St. Havel. Many in the hotel business are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the restrictions...
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 foreign minister Jakub Kulhanek has condemned the Myanmar court’s verdict sentencing Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison. “This is another blow to democracy in Myanmar,” he said. Pakistani customs officers are filing an appeal against the release of Czech model Tereza Hlůšková, who was acquitted by the Lahore court in November of charges of heroin smuggling. Czech shopping malls and retailers offered over 30 locations for vaccination against Covid-19. There are currently five vaccination centers in operation in shopping centers, in Prague (Westfield Chodov and OC Černý Most), in Brno (Olympia), Ostrava (Forum Nová Karolina) and in Karlovy Vary (OC Varyada). “Dozens of kilometres of motorways a year should be built in the Czech Republic in the years to come”, the candidate for transport minister in the new government, Martin Kupka, told reporters on Monday. His priorities are the preparation and construction of high-speed railways and their connection to the European network. Rohlik.cz together with energy company E.ON is building its own network of charging stations. By 2022,...
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