The Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) has selected the movie Charlatan for Oscars’ 2021 (Best International Feature Film), Silvie Markova told CTK. Charlatan (Czech: Šarlatán) is a 2020 Czech biographical drama directed by Polish director Agnieszka Holland. It is about a Czech healer Jan Mikolášek (1889-1973) who cured hundreds of people using plant-based remedies. This film drama was inspired by the life story of healer Jan Mikolášek, portrayed here by Ivan Trojan, one of the most popular film and theater actors in the Czech Republic today. His younger self is played by Trojan’s own 18-year-old son, Josef Trojan. In the important role of the healer’s assistant is Slovak talent Juraj Loj. The true story of Jan Mikolášek, a well-known and successful Czech healer, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and his familiarity with plants. His remedies and prescriptions, although mostly plant-based, included lifestyle and dietary changes. He healed not only poor people from the villages but also many well-known people, including the Czechoslovakian president, Antonin Zápotocký. “From the moment I read the script I thought the story was quite strong, full of a certain mystery,” Holland said. “This story has grown for several years,” she added. When will the show take place? ...
After today's government meeting, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) said that he "has a clear conscience in connection with the coronavirus epidemic.
From midnight on October 14, all restaurants, bars, and clubs will be closed until the end of the emergency.
Fancy biting into an edible Coronavirus molecule? It may not be your usual craving, but Černá Madona restaurant has begun selling a dessert that resembles a magnified image of the virus. It’s a massive success. Confectioner Olga Budnik came up with the novel ideal during quarantine in the spring of this year. “I found a photo with a magnification of coronavirus on the Internet and I thought in detail about what the dessert should consist of so that it resembles a virus. I was thinking about what to make spikes that stick out of the virus and how to get suitable colours,” she said. The final result is striking. The dessert slightly smaller than a tennis ball and covered with a chocolate crust dusted with cocoa butter spray. Dried raspberries are stuck to circles of white chocolate, made to resemble the spines which stick out of the molecule. Inside of the spiky ball, you will find nothing but luxurious layers of pistachio cream, raspberry puree, and more raspberries. This new offering is an ironic nod to the way Coronavirus has impacted Černá Madona’s business. Vojtěch Heřmánek, the company’s marketing manager, said: “Our turnover has dropped by tens of percent. The...
Czech health officials are considering forcing pubs, bars, and restaurants to stop the sale of alcohol for on-site consumption.
The Czech government will impose stricter social-distancing rules to curb the European Union’s worst coronavirus surge.
The Czech Republic’s daily count of new coronavirus cases rose to 8,618 on Friday, the fourth record tally in a row, Health Ministry data showed. The total number of cases rose to 109 374. The government has announced tighter anti-pandemic measures this week, while trying to avoid a lockdown. More than 38,000 cases have been identified in October so far, compared to over 43 000 in the whole of September. 1,386 cases were registered in Prague, the highest figure since the beginning of the epidemic. There are 1,893 patients in the hospitals, 412 in critical condition. 25 people died on Friday, more than 200 this week, bringing the total number to 905. The government has ordered sports facilities, including pools and fitness clubs, and all cultural venues to be shut for two weeks from Monday. Restaurants have to close by 8:00 p.m., with capacity limited to four people per table. Besides the soaring number of new cases, the number of those who require treatment jumped to 1 893 as of Friday afternoon, compared to 1 028 on September 30. Some hospitals were forced to postpone planned procedures as they were making space for COVID-19 patients. Another source of concern is...
A group of shopping centres in Prague have decided to temporarily switch off their wifi in an attempt to stop students from gathering there. While rules are in place for bars and restaurants, no restrictions have been made on shopping centres. According to some shopping centre managers, this has resulted in young people using these spaces to hang out with their friends. They believe that the existence of free wifi makes it a more attractive place to spend their time. Petra Valentová, marketing manager of Westfield Chodov, explains that the network will be switched off in all centres of the Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield group, including Černý Most Center, and the Metropole Zličín. He continued: “We monitor the movement of teenagers and high school students, and in the event of non-compliance with some of the safety rules, we warn customers and seek redress on the spot.” Prague is under a state of emergency, which means that universities and secondary schools in high-risk areas are now providing distance learning. Primary schools are still asking students to come in, but with new, tighter restrictions being announced by Czech Health Minister Roman Prymula on Friday, this could change. In Prague, there have been 277 new COVID-19...
Prague’s forestry service has announced they will be planting 128,000 tree saplings during autumn, after bark beetles devastated the population. Despite the cold temperatures of the spring, the pests were not deterred, and around 70,000 diseased trees had to be felled. In other words; almost a third of the wood that was harvested this year was done so due to the infestation. Petra Fišerová, of the forestry organization Lesy města Prahy, explains: “In the spring of this year, we planted more than 107,000 trees in the Prague forests; during the autumn, we plan to plant another almost 130,000 seedlings. Almost 70,000 of them will be filled with loose clearings, which remain in the forests mainly after diseased trees felled due to bark beetle infestation. We will plant the remaining 60,000 young trees in newly afforested areas.” Due to the bark beetle, conifers are being withdrawn from the projects. The exact species of the seedlings will depend on the immediate suitability of the habitat but it will not be spruce, which hasn’t been planted in Prague forests for some time. Petr Hlubuček, the deputy mayor for safety and the environment, discussed Prague’s green spaces: “In the last 20 years, 250 hectares of...
Minister of Health Roman Prymula (ANO) announced stricter measures will be released on Friday, October 8.
The Czech Republic reported 5,335 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, its highest one-day tally since the pandemic started, Health Ministry data showed on Thursday. The rise surpassed a previous record of 4,457 reported the previous day as the country of 10.7 million had Europe’s fastest per-capita spike in cases in the past two weeks. In total, it has recorded 95,360 cases since March, along with 829 deaths. According to the Minister of Health Roman Prymula (ANO), stricter measures against COVID-19 will be announced on Friday. “We are in a situation of relatively strong growth. That is why we need tighter measures against the virus. They should flatten the curve because. With such daily increases, we would jeopardize the capacity of the health system within three weeks,” he said. Read: Czech Republic to Buy Three Million Vaccines On Monday 5 October 2020, the Czech Republic came under a state of emergency. Indoor events with over 10 participants are prohibited, the same applies to outdoor events with over 20 participants.
Antonín Panenka – the man whose penalty won the 1976 European Championships for Czechoslovakia – is fighting for his life, according to Bohemians Praha 1905. The club tweeted: ‘Antonín Panenka was today in a serious condition transported to the ICU [Intensive Care Unit] to the hospital, where he is connected to the devices. Panenka, 71, led the Czechoslovak national team to their only international title after he lofted the decisive penalty past a surprised and sprawling German goalkeeper Sepp Maier in the shootout of the final. The shot – now called a Panenka – is a simple technique in which the player gently chips the ball down the center of the goal assuming the keeper will dive to the right or left. It was the country’s first – and so far only – major championship win. “I got the idea that if I delayed the kick and just lightly chipped it, a goalkeeper who dived to the corner of the goal could not jump back up into the air, and this became the basis of my philosophy. “I started slowly to test it and apply it in practice. As a side effect, I started to gain weight, because I was winning...
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