The Czech Republic once again ranks high in the rating of the 47 best manufacturing destinations. Thanks to a good score in all criteria such as operating costs, labour, political and economic risk and the ability to bounce back after the coronavirus crisis, the country came fifth globally – closely following the top manufacturing destinations of China, India, the USA and Canada – and first in Europe. The Czech Republic swapped positions with Canada this year largely due to an increase in labour cost across the CEE Region. That became the biggest obstacle to plans for reshoring to CEE countries, which was to be one of the potential responses to the disruption of supply chains during the pandemic. Despite that, Lithuania (No.7) and Poland (No.10) still rank among the top ten countries. Out of Western European countries, Spain ranks the highest, making a big leap from last year’s No.29 to this year’s No.12 thanks to improving its economic and political stability and reducing labour costs. In terms of costs (of labour, energy and property), the Czech Republic is not among the cheaper countries, ranking within the second quarter of the index. Out of European destinations, the countries that outperform Czechia...
The 24th annual Respect Festival was moved to the end of August (28th and 29th) due to Spring Covid-regulations; traditionally, this two-day, open-air and family-friendly festival in Prague has kicked off the summer. Inspired by Womad and Womex, Prague’s Respect Festival is devoted to first-rate World and eclectic folk music and a local community of tolerance and diversity. Headlining on Saturday is Les Triaboliques; African groove, the Saharan blues, Latin American folk and the angular guitar sound of English post-punk or rock should not be a good mix, but this UK guitar trio does just that. Ben Mandelson played briefly with Magazine, then moved onto theatrical ethno-pop explorations inspired by the sounds of the Balkans and the Middle East. Lu Edmonds played briefly with The Damned then joined forces with Mandelson. Justin Adams is the best known for playing with the former singer of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, and with Jah Wobble, the bassist of Public Image Ltd. Altogether this is a captivating World Blues by elder British gents: it is their take on the blues from another angle, generation, and vision. Also on Saturday is Sushella Raman, a British-Indian vocalist influenced at her earliest age by South Indian Tamil...
Rosé wine is one of the most beloved drinks for summer. It is light, refreshing, and instantly makes one feel elegant and sophisticated. Its iconic pink tint looks amazing in a wine glass and serves as a perfect compliment at any summertime gathering. What makes rosé even better is its universality when it comes to foods it could be eaten with, especially with grilled dishes. Usually, that kind of food is served with a glass of red, however, during summer and hot weather, a strongly tannic wine may not be the best choice, which is why a glass of rosé will go nicely with both hefty and light meals. How rosé wines are made Contrary to stereotypes, rosé is not the result of mixing white and red wines together. There are several production methods. The most popular is known as “bleeding” (fr. Saignee) – the berries of red grapes are lightly pressed, the skin is torn and the enzymes contained in it start the fermentation process. After a few hours, the skin is removed, but the juice has time to turn into a rich pink color. It is important not to overexpose here, therefore in France rosé is often called...
According to Czech President Miloš Zeman, NATO needs fundamental reform. In connection with what is happening in Afghanistan, he stated that NATO should cease to be a service organization of the United States and should start to feature equality among its members. According to him, NATO should also define its enemy, which is international terrorism, not Russia, for example. The departure from Afghanistan, accompanied by the fact that the Taliban movement has practically taken over power in Afghanistan, is the fault of US President Donald Trump and his successor Joe Biden. According to him, both are “timid”. “In any case, if it was an uncoordinated American action, then one has to ask whether NATO needs reform,” he said. According to Zeman, NATO should cease to be a “US service organization”. At recent summits, he said the leaders of other countries were mostly silent about the US plans to leave Afghanistan. “We need NATO’s collective leadership, a certain equality of member countries. Not a situation where if a US president calls, everyone else will obey,” he said. He added that he agreed with the opinion of French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia is not an enemy of NATO. According to Zeman,...
Going along the busy Francouzská street, that, after a short distance from Náměstí Míru, steeply descends the south-east side of the hill, on which there is the famous and elegant district of Vinohrady, after a few steps we come to the Administrative district of Prague 10, where we discover a fascinating and interesting area to be explored: the centre of Vršovice. The first records of this district – that borders to the north with Vinohrady, southwest with Nusle, to the south with Michle and to the east with Strašnice – date back to 1088 in the foundation document of the Vyšehrad Collegiate Chapter dedicated to the Saints Peter and Paul. The first settlement at Vršovice took place at the same time as the one in the valley of the Botič torrent, at the time of the first royal allocation on the hill of Vyšehrad. Among the many nobles who possessed this territory over the centuries, there was Pražan Stuka, who was lord of the land between 1311 and 1328, who later sold the entire village and possessions to the Order of the Teutonic Knights. The Germanic order of chivalry built a stronghold in this area, that soon became an active...
Effective 20 September 2021, Blue Air announces direct service from Prague to Milan Linate, becoming the only airline connecting Prague with Linate. All routes will be served by Boeing 737 aircraft. Blue Air will offer flights three times a week, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. “We are happy and thrilled to announce Blue Air direct flights between Prague and Milan Linate, thus becoming the only airline operating the route,” said Krassimir Tanev, Chief Commercial Officer, Blue Air. “This new route provides a unique opportunity for Blue Air to offer travelers an additional travel choice between the two ever-popular destinations, setting a new pivotal milestone in Blue Air’s Network Strategy, and confirming our commitment to deliver best-in-class ultra-low-cost airline experience to the benefit of our customers who can now enjoy more travel options at affordable prices,” he adds. Jaroslav Filip, Prague Airport Aviation Business Director, said: “Prague and the Czech Republic is very popular among Italian tourists and the new route by Blue Air will support the incoming tourism. Thanks to this connection they will have now more possibilities for travels between Prague and Milan. Blue Air’s decision to launch a second direct service this summer season gave us positive signal for the operations...
Prague’s coolest festival! Come and have fun with family and friends at Prague Ice Cream Festival – a celebration of all kinds of ice cream! For a modest entry fee, taste several kinds of ice cream and enjoy the day in a beautiful environment with an interesting program. The festival was established in 2015 and is currently the largest festival of its kind in Central Europe. Participants in the festival are not only from the Czech Republic but also from Poland and Slovakia. At Prague Ice Cream Festival you will find all types and flavors of ice cream – gelato, soft, yogurt, ice roll, sorbets, and ice lollies. Prague Ice Cream Festival offers also entertainment for children and adults, a number of competitions, and tastings. Lovers of fresh fruits, alcoholic and soft drinks, coffee, and good food are also sure to be satisfied. The best part is that you can do taste testing to decide which one is your favorite. All sorts of flavors including vegan and organic will be offered. The festival also helped contribute around 100 000 Kč to Kapka naděje (Drop of Hope) charity and more than 19 000 to Adra charity. Each visitor to the festival will...
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: Director Jan Sikl builds his film out of long-lost footage of the occupation, and screened it on the 53rd anniversary of that event. It’s hard to imagine a more well-timed and well-placed documentary than Jan Siki’s “Reconstruction of Occupation,” which debuted on Saturday, Aug. 21 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The film had its world premiere 53 years to the day that Soviet tanks and military vehicles rolled into what was then Czechoslovakia, and it screened in a theater, the Kino Čas, that sits on streets that saw those military vehicles in August 1968. Much of the footage stems from a time when the new wave of Czech films was flowering, with landmarks like Jiri Menzel’s Oscar-winning “Closely Watched Trains,” Milos Forman’s “The Fireman’s Ball” and Jan Nemec’s “A Report on the Party and the Guests.” And it came at the end of the Prague Spring, the eight-month period that began when Alexander Dubček became head of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and instituted liberal reforms and increased freedom of the press and freedom of speech. Those reforms met with a chilly reaction in the Soviet Union, which held sway over...
The tender for a new bloc at CEZ’s Dukovany nuclear power plant could be launched by the end of this year, Industry Minister Karel Havlicek said on Sunday. State-controlled CEZ should be able to launch the tender – the Czech Republic’s largest single investment estimated to be worth at least 6 billion euros – once bidders have responded to a security questionnaire. “In my view, it is a matter of maximum one month from the moment the security questionnaires arrive,” Havlicek said in a Czech Television talkshow. Bidders are supposed to submit their responses to the questionnaire, prepared by the interior and industry ministries, by the end of November. “I can imagine (the tender being launched in December), maybe already in November, if the responses come sooner, because all signalled they have no problem with the questionnaire,” he said. Westinghouse of the United States, France’s EDF and South Korea’s KHNP are seen as potential bidders to expand the nuclear plant after companies from China and Russia were excluded. Czech authorities excluded China from the tender in January and dropped Russia in April amid a security row with Moscow over a deadly blast at an arms depot.
Letná, part of the Holešovice (Prague 7) district, is known as an exciting place where everyone would like to live. The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and other important cultural institutions are part of this genius locus that people like to talk about. The place comprises interesting architecture, urbanism and people with artistic backgrounds. Let’s have a look at one of the facades, in rondo cubist style, at Kamenická street No 35. One of the best-known examples of rondo cubism was designed by architect Otakar Novotný in 1923-1924. The facade of the six-floor residential building is reminiscent of the principles of dynamic baroque architecture. Its very unusual appearance has a basically rhythmical geometrical composition and compared to cubist architecture is rather simple. The building was originally named the Rental House of the Association of Prague Teachers. Nowadays its apartments are mostly family heritage. It is also fascinating to see it in the context of the other buildings in its neighborhood. If the term rondo cubism sounds strange to you, you should know that it is used to describe the characteristic style of architecture and applied arts that was developed in the ’20s in Prague. Don’t be afraid to admire this particular one of the many houses on the street, even if the uninterested people...
In the three weeks of its operation, almost five hundred people have used the services of the mobile vaccination center. The bus has been vaccinating people in many different places in the metropolis without the need for prior reservations. The bus will have several more stops throughout Prague this month. The individual stations of the vaccination bus are located in popular places or cultural events spots around the city. On August 27, the Vaccination Bus will stop at the parking garage in front of the Černý Most Center and at the Rašín embankment for the Auta na náplavce event (August 28 and 29). For the last two days of August, the bus will head to the Prague Zoo. The current schedule of habitats is available here. In the first weekend alone, 180 people received a vaccine jab at the Prague Zoo stop, and a few days later, 107 people were vaccinated in front of the Eden Shopping Center. Dozens more have joined in the Letňany Shopping Center, at the Olympic Festival in Stromovka, or in the Troja Botanical Garden. The bus uses the Comirnaty vaccine (BionTech / Pfizer), as well as the Janssen-Cilag single-dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson), but it...
There is unanimous agreement among Czech politicians, including President Miloš Zeman, that there is no way that the Czech Republic would recognize the Taliban government. Around the world, governments are mostly waiting for how the future government deals with fundamental human rights, especially concerning women and girls. “There is no way we would consider that,” said Jiří Ovčáček, the spokesperson of President Miloš Zeman, when asked whether Czechia should recognize the new Afghan government created by the Taliban. Representatives of parliamentary parties view the issue in the same way. “Definitely not. The Taliban is a terrorist organization. I do not see a single reason why the Czech Republic should recognize its government. On the contrary, we must be well prepared for what its government will do so that we are not surprised,” replied the chairman of Civic Democrats (ODS), Petr Fiala, to the same question. The chairman of Christian Democrats (KDU-ČSL), Marian Jurečka, reacted similarly, saying there was no reason to recognize the Taliban government until it was clear how it would conduct itself in Afghanistan. Likewise, “guarantees of human rights with an emphasis on the status of women” would have to be clear, according to Jurečka. He also mentioned...
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