Looking for a hair-raising experience? Then make your way to one of the 3 most haunted places in the Czech Republic (if you dare…)! Bor forest The mysterious Bor forest, also called Branišovský forest, is located southwest of Česke Budějovice. This forest hides many scary mysteries and stories told by the daredevils who have passed. Soldiers who have served in the area recall hearing strange melodies sung by a male voice. People have seen a male figure hovering a few centimeters above the ground with glowing red eyes wearing a black jacket and hat. Four hundred years ago, there was a settlement that lined the narrow road that connected the village to the outside world. The area was full of deep swamps where many people met their premature deaths. A few years ago, there stood a hanging tree. Over the course of several years, many people had taken their lives on the tree. Finally, villagers decided to burn down the cursed tree. To make matters worse, one night an unknown flying object crashed into the forest. The area was closed for a year and nobody couldn’t enter it – not even soldiers. Velhartice’s cemetery This story may be unknown...
According to a survey conducted by Broker Consulting, almost every second Czech agrees with the statement that the economic crisis is in full swing and will cause a sharp increase in unemployment. However, about 30 percent of the Czech population does not perceive the situation to be so critical. Last year, 38 percent of respondents did not know whether they expected the economic crisis to come. This year, only five percent remained undecided. “The results show that the topic of the economic crisis associated with the coronavirus pandemic is resonating with Czech society and few have remained immune to it. The facts are that inflation reached 2.7 percent in November and unemployment climbed to 3.8 percent, the highest value since 2016. Thus, the data shows a deteriorating economic situation,” Michal Cibulka, from Broker Consulting’s financial planning methodologies, commented on the results. For 2021, a pessimistic view slightly prevails, with 28 percent of the Czech population expecting their situation to deteriorate more or less. In contrast, 24 percent hope for at least a slight improvement. “The good news is that 40 percent of Czechs do not expect their situation to change any more next year. But the reality will depend on how...
Establishments forced to close due to anti-coronavirus measures should receive compensation from the state of 400 CZK per employee or a cooperating self-employed person per day. The Covid – Gastro program was approved by the government on Monday, said Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (Social Democrats). In addition to restaurants, also retailers, hairdressers, and casinos will be eligible for support. Restaurateurs will also be able to ask for state support, for example, for the wife, who works in the business. It will be possible to combine this state support with other support programs (Antivirus + Covid Rent II). The state will provide support to entrepreneurs whose activities were limited or suspended between October 14 and January 10, and its amount will be recalculated according to the number of days when they had to close their facilities due to government restrictions. However, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) will not compensate for public holidays or those days when the restrictions have been temporarily relaxed. The Ministry has not yet published the date from which it will be possible to request compensation or details regarding the submission of applications. Subsidy program called Covid – Gastro is intended to help the...
The Czech Telecommunications Office (ČTÚ) will launch a price and quality index for mobile services in February. The index will compare calls, SMS, and data services. For fixed location services (ie fixed lines), the consumer will be able to to compare the prices for calling, internet, and television services. At the same time, the ČTÚ is also preparing a decree, the aim of which is to determine the scope, form and manner of transmitting information from operators for the purposes of operating this tool. In recent years, domestic prices of telecommunications services, especially mobile data, have been criticized by some government officials as being higher than elsewhere in Europe. According to a 2018 EU Commission analysis, the average EU customer spends around 33 Euro on 20 GB of data, while Czechs would have to pay almost 55 Euro for the same amount. A 2017 study by the organization telefonujici.cz found that mobile tariffs in the Czech Republic were on average 79% higher than the EU average. The arrival of a fourth nationwide operator was supposed to contribute to their reduction. In the end, the three Czech mobile operators (Vodafone, T-Mobile, and O2 Czech Republic) won frequencies in an auction linked...
Fertility problems are common; one in six heterosexual couples worldwide experiences some form of infertility problem at least once. The Czech Republic is a desirable destination for all methods of IVF (In vitro fertilisationtreatments. The average cost in Czech Republic for IVF is between €2,700 and €5,700, with donors’ eggs between €4,500 and €8,000. In comparison, the price of IVF in the UK can hit a maximum of €10,000 and €14,000 respectively. Czech IVF clinics are also amongst the best in Europe in terms of success rates. According to a 2014 report from the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), the average birth rate for IVF using the patient’s own eggs was around 33 per cent for those under 35 years old, 25.4 per cent for patients aged 35-39 and 13.2 per cent for patients over 40. The average birth rate for IVF treatment with donor eggs was higher, at 46.8% for all age groups. As well as the traditional IVF, there’s also the option to pursue ‘social freezing’, a relatively new treatment designed to freeze eggs or sperm at the peak of your fertility. After collection, the gametes are cryopreserved until the owner is ready to start...
Snow is forecast in most of the country this week after winter weather warnings were extended, according to a regular forecast issued by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institution. On Tuesday, January 5, the meteorologists expect rains, cloudy weather, and snowfalls in the mountains. Daytime air temperatures will range between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius. However, things will get frostier across the county later in the week as temperatures continue to plummet. Wednesday, it will be cloudy again, with scattered rain or snow showers and day temperatures between -1 and 3 degrees Celsius. On Thursday, the sky will clear up a little. Daytime air temperatures will range between -1 and 3 degrees Celsius, while at night it is expected to go down to -4 degrees Celsius. Friday should be cloudy to overcast throughout the Czech Republic from the early afternoon on, with freezing rain or snow in parts of Moravia. Maximum daily temperatures of -2 to 2 degrees Celsius are expected. Sunday and Saturday are expected to be partly cloudy to overcast, with occasional snow showers. Daytime temperatures will range between -3 and + 2 degrees Celsius. Snow in the lowlands in January has been a rarity in recent years. The last...
The Minaret or the ‘Turkish Tower’ is located on the grounds of the Lednice Castle Gardens. This attractive tower was built by Prince Alois Joseph I according to plans by architect Josef Hardtmuth – the famous pencil inventor and founder of the Czech firm Koh-i-noor, a major manufacturer of pencils and crayons. – at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. It is an exceptional construction of this character in Europe and stands almost 60 metres high – making it one of the tallest on the continent. However, we need to specify that it is not a religious building: it was built to give the park an exotic note, bringing the symbolic element of the Islamic culture to central Europe. The slender tower has three viewing platforms and serves as an unconventional lookout tower in the summer months; 302 stairs take you to the top. While the Minaret can be easily reached on foot through the chateau grounds, a cruise route also leads to it; boats depart from the jetty below Lednice Chateau. The lower part of the tower has eight rooms with ceilings, walls, and floors richly decorated with oriental ornaments. According to experts, this decorative work was carried out by artists from Arab countries....
Ever since Covid-19 brought concerts and tours to a crashing halt this spring, the global live music industry has been in a bind. It was one of the earliest industries forced to shut down, and it will likely be one of the last to reopen. In the meantime, promoters and booking agents have lost jobs, venues have shuttered, artists have been cut off from one of their most reliable streams of income, and thousands of tour crew members have faced a financial and existential reckoning. Many artists have moved their gigs to 2021 in the hope that it will not be necessary to cancel them… once again. Dead Can Dance announced their return to Prague on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th March at the Prague Congress Center. The last concert by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry was sold out in two hours. Famous guitarist Joe Satriani postponed his European tour for a year due to a coronavirus pandemic. He is scheduled to perform at the Congress Center on May 15. In addition to songs from the new album, the concert program included classic songs from the guitarist’s repertoire such as Surfing With The Alien, Cherry Blossoms, and Flying In A Blue Dream. The Finnish...
From January 15, people of 80 years and older will be able to register themselves for COVID-19 vaccination, for the rest of the Czech population, it will open from February 1. Vaccination will be “voluntary and free” and it is planned for over 5.5 million people or 60-70% of the total Czech population of 10.7 million (according to June 2020 data from the Czech Statistical Office). The dates of vaccination will be distributed automatically – priority will be given to people with chronic diseases (for example, diabetes, obesity, lung or kidney disease). In the second phase, will be vaccinated government members, general practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, and state emergency services (firefighters, police, etc.). According to the forecast of the Ministry of Health, vaccination of the general public (stage three) should begin in May 2021. PM Babis said that shipments of vaccines from EU-approved manufacturers will arrive in the Czech Republic every Thursday during January. The Czech Republic reported 6,220 daily cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Monday. There are 119,561 active cases currently, the highest since late October. The number of hospitalised patients is 5,777.
It’s been 17 years since “Love, Actually” first hit theaters, but the scene in which Andrew Lincoln silently confesses his love to Keira Knightley with a bunch of poster boards still gets a lot of mileage. The latest example: Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib using this unique method of communication to deliver a New Year message to all the citizens of the Czech metropolis. Přeji krásný nový rok všem lidem dobré vůle. Ať je lepší než ten loňský. Věřím, že bude! ☺️ pic.twitter.com/wSBUxQUpIT — Zdeněk Hřib (@ZdenekHrib) January 1, 2021
We are now very familiar with robots – machines that possess artificial intelligence and perform tasks that humans find arduous or simply unattractive. What you might not know is that the word robot comes from the Czech for “forced labour”. It was first used to mean an artificial humanoid in the stage play R.U.R. written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, which premiered on January 2, 1921, by the Unity of Klicper Theater Amateurs in Hradec Králové, and the official premiere was at the National Theater in Prague on January 25, 1921. The acronym stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti and translates to English as Rossum’s Universal Robots. The title refers to the creations of Mr. Rossum, a Frankenstein-like inventor and possible inspiration for Metropolis’s Rotwang (who was himself an inspiration for Dr. Strangelove). Čapek told the London Saturday Review after the play premiered that Rossum was a “typical representative of the scientific materialism of the last [nineteenth] century,” with a “desire to create an artificial man—in the chemical and biological, not mechanical sense.” While others credit Karel Čapek, as the author of R.U.R., with coining the term, he insists it was in fact his older brother Josef, best known as a painter, but also noted as a writer and a...
Prague is planning to grass over some of its tram lines as part of a program to make the city greener. Green tram rails are becoming more and more popular in Europe, and Prague wants to follow this trend. As part of the project Gene Funds for Cities and Landscapes, the Prague Public Transport Company is testing new unique mixtures of plants for evergreen tram tracks. Not only are grass tracks aesthetically pleasing, but they also go some way to supporting town landscapes that lack green space. This can have significant benefits for health and well-being, making cities more attractive. Moreover, grass tracks can reduce traffic noise, improve air quality, and cool the summer heat. “Embedding rails in grass acts as a better absorber of sound and vibration than traditional light rail embedment materials such as concrete and other hard surfaces,” said Prague’s Deputy Mayor for Mobility Adam Scheinherr One more benefit is the fact that the repair of the tram line on the grassy surface can be carried out faster than the repair of the paved line, which takes significantly more time, is more expensive, noisier, and duster. The researchers, in cooperation with the transport company, sowed the first three test...
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