Lawmakers in Scotland have decided women in need should no longer have to pay for period products. Tuesday, lawmakers passed a bill that makes the nation the first in the world to do so. “Scotland will not be the last country to consign period poverty to history, but we have the chance to be the first,” lawmaker Monica Lennon said on Tuesday. Lennon had introduced the bill, which passed 121-0. Period poverty is when those on low incomes can’t afford, or access, suitable period products. “Periods don’t stop for pandemics and the work to improve access to essential tampons, pads and reusables has never been more important,” she added. PM Andrej Babiš wants the Czech Republic to follow this lead. “Scotland will be the first country in the world to allow free and universal access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads. They want to break down this stigma and fight poverty. Journalists ask me if such a thing would be possible in our country as well. I asked the Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová to find a solution,” Babiš wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. The bill also makes it law that schools, colleges, and universities in Scotland are required to provide...
On November 24, 1985, the construction of the Žižkov Tower began. The project was created under the leadership of the architect Václav Aulický and the structural designer Jiří Kozák in 1984; the foundation stone of the Žižkov tower was laid one year later. And although the aesthetic consideration was not important to the contracting authority at all at that time, the team around Aulický took a long time over the project and designed the object suggestive of a rocket ready to start. The tower stands 216 meters high, altitude of the observatory is 93 m, the hotel room altitude is 70 m, restaurant’s altitude is 66 m, with a capacity of 180 people. It weighs 11,800 tons and is also used as a meteorological observatory. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. In 2000, ten fiberglass sculptures by Czech artist David Černý called “Miminka” (Babies), crawling up and down were attached to the tower’s pillars.
The Czech Republic should begin offering free antigen tests for COVID-19 for all who want them from December 18.
The measures against COVID-19 have heavily affected restaurants. Their biggest help is the in-person collection. Milan Borovič opened his restaurant Jezerka in Nusle three years ago and his business was running smoothly. However, due to this year’s precautionary measures made by the government, he has had to close down and his only means of sales is a walk-up window. Lunchtime periods are starting, yet there aren’t many customers. “We sell on average 25 meals a day,” he says. The state’s contribution helped him with paying his rent amidst these difficult times. According to Václav Stárek, the president of the Czech Hotels and Restaurants Association, the majority of gastronomes find the current aid intensity insufficient. We’ll make do until the end of the year. Hard to say what’s to come after, we’ll definitely do our best,” Borovič says. “I hope that my personnel will wait out the wintertime and plans on opening the garden and grill in March and get people back to the restaurant.” They don’t know if they will survive winter The owner of the Le Camille bistro in Anděl, Kamil Grůževský, suffered the same fate. He had to let go of a fraction of his employees, his...
After more than a month, shops, and restaurants will most likely open on Monday, November 30.
Czech police are seeking help in an unusual case in Horní Planá, near Cesky Krumlov after a deer turned the tables on hunters and snagged a pursuer’s rifle on his antlers before running away. The deer, frightened by a dog, ran toward one of the hunting party, tore his sleeve, and caught a strap of a 0.22 Hornet rifle on his antlers, police said on Tuesday. “The rifle, which the hunter had slung over his left arm – fortunately without ammo – slipped on the deer’s antlers and disappeared with him,” the police said. Police said another hunter later spotted the deer about a kilometer away, still carrying the gun. “The hunters searched the forest but did not find the gun. He had no other choice than to report the incident to the police,” the police said, adding anyone who finds the weapon should contact authorities.
In “the land that vegetables forgot”, as Anthony Bourdain stated on his show “No Reservations” meat has always been a staple in Czech Republic’s kitchen, with men especially prone to reach for meat-heavy dishes in restaurants, cafeterias, etc. Purchasing rates for tofu, soy products, and meat substitutes remain low in supermarkets and restaurants within the Czech male demographics, especially those outside of Prague and over the age of 35. Now, a new ethnographic research study conducted through in-depth interviews in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, by a Durham University Masters student explains why. Male strength: Men believe vegan products, diets, and lifestyles are unhealthy, unsatisfying, restrictive, and bland. Health concerns were also a recurring topic amongst men. The dominant notion within this theme maintained that vegetarian or vegan diets and their corresponding products deplete male strength and energy, confine their choices, limit their satiety, and eliminate their favourite food flavours. “I don’t think men should cut out meat – especially men that have a physical job or go to the gym or are athletic – you need a lot of energy. I know of some acquaintances of mine that tried a vegetarian diet for a while, and all of those men...
The Czech Republic could soon begin a free and voluntary mass testing of citizens for the coronavirus, PM Babis announced on Tuesday. “I would be very happy to allow all citizens to have voluntary and free antigen tests at least a week or ten days before Christmas,” Babiš said to Novinky.cz Everyone over the age of 10 years can take an antigen test. After being tested, people must wait in a separate disinfected room and, around 10 minutes later, will be given their results. However, its accuracy is lower than laboratory PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests. The PCR test is regarded as the “gold standard” by epidemiologists, but may take up to a day or longer to produce a result as the sample is sent off to a laboratory. It is, however, the one used most around the world. In Slovakia, the government started using rapid COVID-19 tests on a massive scale on October 31 and November 1, testing two-thirds of its population, with a mandatory quarantine for anyone who was infected. (Anyone who chose not to be tested was required to stay at home, with certificates given to those who took the tests.) Slovakia’s health minister wrote a Facebook...
A traveling exhibit now on display at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) is recognizing talent and creativity that was lost during the Holocaust. “Stitching History through the Holocaust” showcases eight dresses designed by Hedwig (Hedy) Strnad, a dressmaker who lived in Prague with her husband Paul during the Nazi invasion. In 1939, Paul sent a letter and a package containing Hedy’s dress designs to his cousin Alvin Strnad in Milwaukee. Paul hoped Hedy’s talent and Alvin’s affidavit as an American citizen would secure the couple visas to escape Nazi prosecution. The couple did not make it to the United States. They were sent to Theresienstadt, a hybrid concentration camp and ghetto, and later transported to the Warsaw ghetto. “The brainpower, the talent, and creativity that was all lost,” NCSML curator Stefanie Kohn said. “Here is an example of a very talented woman [Hedwig Strnad] who was killed in her prime and never being able to go on and create these beautiful things.” Decades later, Alvin’s son Burton found the dress designs when he was clearing his mother’s basement and gave them to the Jewish Museum Milwaukee (JMM). The museum launched a five-year project with seamstresses and historians to create the eight designs,...
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today unveiled the winners of the International Emmy Awards 2020. The series was directed by Pavel Soukup, written by screenwriters Jaroslav T. Miška and Jan Stehlík and produced Vratislav Šlajer, Jakub Košťál and Milan Kuchynka. The protagonist Marty was played by Jakub Nemčok. The eight-part online series, available on Mall.tv was inspired by real cases of cyberbullying and created in collaboration with the Safely on the Net project. The sequel, called #annaismissing, will be available on Mall.TV from May 2021. #annaismissing will revolve around the investigation into the kidnapping of a child, 14-year-old Anna, for black-market videos. The project is currently in development, and the producers are working closely with the police and experts in internet safety, to not only create a suspenseful format, but also to illustrate the carefully planned system of social engineering and the vulnerability of the victims of online predators. “We didn’t expect anything, our chance was 25 percent in the final competition,” says Šlajer. “After all, the nomination itself in this worldwide gathering of thousands of series has been a huge success for us, especially in the competition of global players such as Netflix and HBO.” The List of International...
The Czech Republic has purchased vaccines for 5.5 million people to be used next year, at a cost of CZK 1.8 billion, and has further doses on reserve for 10.6 million people, at a cost of CZK 4.6 billion. The vaccines will be covered by public health insurance, without additional payments, Health Minister said. According to Novinky.cz, the Czech Republic has ordered the vaccine via the EU. “As soon as the vaccine is available in the EU, the Czech Republic along with other countries will receive an aliquot part in the way agreed within the distribution mechanism,” Jan Blatný said. “If we use all our resources, we will have doses for 16 million people, which is more than the number of citizens in the Czech Republic,” Blatný added. Three million doses to cover 1.5 million people were ordered from Astra Zeneca. Two doses to induce immunity will also be needed for the vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer. A vaccine has been ordered from Johnson & Johnson for two million citizens. According to Blatný, if one of the vaccines is approved by the end of 2020, there will be enough doses to cover 400,000 people by the end of the year,...
Celebrating Christmas this year is going to look a lot different than it did in 2019 due to the ongoing fight against the spread of Coronavirus. Health Minister Jan Blatný hasn’t yet revealed detailed plans for Covid-19 restrictions around the festive season, but here is what we know so far. Prague will likely be under PES Level 3 Minister of Health Jan Blatný (ANO) announced during an interview with CNN Prima News that during Christmas time the Czech government could apply the PES (Protiepidemický Systém) level 3. Under this level, restaurants will be closed from 22:00 to 06:00 and a maximum of four guests will be allowed to sit at one table. The night curfew will end, while in shops there will be a limit of 1 person per 15 m2. Shops, restaurants and bars could open from November 30 All but essential shops have been closed since October 22, when former Health Minister Roman Prymula announced a tightening of restrictions to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. That soon could be changing, as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček “The health situation is improving. All shops and service establishments will open at once, probably on...
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