The design show marked by a spirit of sustainability is taking place until September 6th, with 77 designers from the Czech Republic and abroad “going green” across two floors of a historic building in Naměsti Republiky. Visitors will experience a variety of design types, including painting, clothing, jewelry, wooden products, glass and paper products, and traditional crafts, along with innovative new design solutions. Projects this year include unique woodwork designs from Eva Pechova, Evista Design, and the Woodcock restoration studio, and production of special protective clothing against knife attack made from 100% degradable materials, named Time for Protection. In addition to the show itself, visitors can enjoy delicious refreshments at Elbi Coffee and a rich accompanying program of design workshops and lectures. From the very beginning, Prague Design Week has been dedicated to introducing visitors to the creative processes behind designs. Visitors this year will experience exciting design concepts and learn about the processes which make them a reality. More information: www.praguedesignweek.cz/en/ facebook
Peres Jepchirchir smashed the women-only race world record in the half marathon in Prague this morning. The 26-year-old Kenyan clocked 1:05:34 at the Prague 21.1KM, shattering the previous record of 1:06:11 set by Netsanet Gudeta of Ethiopia at the World Half Marathon Championships in 2018. Breaking away from the small field just 20 minutes into the race, Jepchirchir set out on a ravaging pace over the 16.5-lap course in Prague’s Letna Park, passing 10 kilometres in 30:32. She slowed over the waning laps but still finished well under the previous mark. “I thank God… I’m so excited… I’m satisfied with the result although I thought I could have run 64:50, but I thank God for what He has given me,” the pious Jepchirchir said after the race. She noted that it was difficult running alone after she dropped the pack and pacemakers. “It was difficult to run alone. If I could have had (good) pacemakers, I could have run 64.” This is Jepchirchir’s second world record over the distance. She clocked 1:05:06 in a mixed-race in Ras Al Khaimah in 2017, a record which stood for just under two months. The athletes were competing on an oval course around the...
Germany may put the Czech Republic on the list of countries with a high risk of COVID-19 infection, as people returning from the Czech Republic could undergo a 5-day-long quarantine. Emerging scientific evidence has made a rethink on the rules necessary, according to Karl Lauterbach, health spokesman for Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) — the junior coalition partner to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives. “If we limit the quarantine time to five days, social acceptance for the measure would be significantly higher,” Lauterbach told German daily Die Welt. “We know that the vast majority of people are no longer contagious five days after the start of symptoms, even if the PCR test is still showing a positive result,” said Lauterbach, who is also a professor of health economics and epidemiology at the University of Cologne. The presence of the virus does not necessarily mean the patient is infectious. In Germany, the number of new Corona infections per day is still at a relatively high level, compared to the numbers in June and July. But few local outbreaks are being reported these days. In Dresden, the virus hit the ‘St. Benno-Gymnasium’ secondary school. At least 100 persons are being sent into quarantine in their homes....
Are you a history lover? At Prague Airport you can visit the 75th-anniversary exhibition of the return of Czechoslovak pilots serving in RAF. The exhibition Konečně doma! Finally home! is located in the corridor between terminals until the end of November and is open to the public and passengers. The exhibition recalls the arrival of the soldiers on 13 August 1945 and subsequent parades, which took place on August 21, 1945, on Old Town Square in Prague. Almost as soon as Germany invaded and occupied former Czechoslovakia in 1939, many members of the Czechoslovak military risked death or harsh imprisonment by attempting to leave their homeland and offer their military services to nations that had taken up arms against Germany. Roughly 2,500 Czech airmen joined the ranks of the Royal Air Force. They served with distinction from the pivotal Battle of Britain in 1940 to the end of hostilities in 1945. While some remained in Great Britain after the war and continued their RAF careers, others returned to Czechoslovakia where a cruel twist of irony awaited them. Initially, they were welcomed home as heroes and began the rebuilding of the nation and their lives in earnest. However; the hero status...
The Czech Republic’s daily number of new coronavirus cases rose to 650, the highest since the pandemic reached the country in March, Health Ministry data showed on Thursday. With that number, the overall count of cases rose to 25,773 in the country of 10.7 million. From Tuesday, September 1, new emergency measures against the spread of coronavirus came into force. Face masks will be again mandatory in medical facilities, offices, all means of public transport, railway stations and polling stations. Moreover, Czechs will have to put on the famous roušky at Prague Airport and at public events where there are more than 100 people. For now, restaurants, and workspaces are excluded from the measure, although regulations might still change in the coming weeks. The Czech Republic was the first country in Europe to introduce compulsory face masks, on 19 March. Masks had been mandatory in all shops up until July 1.
A member of the Czech Republic backroom staff has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of their game with Scotland on Monday. The infected person has “immediately left the team hotel and entered quarantine”, the statement said, while the rest of the players and staff were re-tested and all returned negative results. The entire squad has been sent for retesting and they postponed the departure of their trip to Slovakia for Friday’s Nations League game. This month’s Nations League matches are the first competitive internationals in Europe since November, with subsequent games having been postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a huge blow for the Czech side ahead of their two games this weekend, but their game at Scotland won’t be at risk providing they have enough fit players. The staff member who tested positive has been put into quarantine, but UEFA released details earlier this week that suggested if they had 13 fit senior players, including two goalkeepers, then all games would have to go ahead. A statement from the Czech Republic said: “We can confirm one positive test from the group of the wider implementation team. “All test results are negative. As a result of today’s tests, the departure to Slovakia is...
Kateřina and Tereza, food lovers who run the successful Instagram channel kamvpraze, will share with us at Prague Morning a weekly food tip. We’ll discover together new openings in the city, hidden cafes, bistros, or well-renowned restaurants. This is a pretty new Asian restaurant in Kaprova street, near the Oldtown square. Hanzu is a “sister” of very famous Asian restaurant Sasazu Restaurant, which you all surely already know. During our visit, we tried five dishes since the portions are meant to be shared with others so they aren’t that big. So what did we get? We began with beef tataki, continued with sasa crispy roll with tuna and salmon and for the mains, we got vegetarian dim sum Har Gow dumplings and curry with tofu and jasmine rice. At the end, we could not resist and tried also coconut tiramisu, which was truly DELICIOUS. On the other hand, we were not that impressed by the sauce of beef tataki – it was a bit too sour for us. The only con of this place is very high prices, which again considering the location are quite expected but at the same time, we still believe they are a bit too high. Have you already...
European Heritage Days will be held in the Czech Republic from 12 to 20 September. You will be able to visit hundreds of historical sites for free or for a reduced entrance fee. Every year, usually during the second weekend of September, the doors of the most interesting monuments, buildings, premises, and areas are opened to the public. About 400 state-protected buildings have joined the event (the number of participants continues to grow, usually it reaches 1000). The list includes castles, palaces, churches, monasteries, museums, theaters, old houses, gardens, but also industrial buildings: factories, mills, breweries, craft workshops, mines. The accompanying program features lectures, concerts, competitions, and more. The opening ceremony will take place in Olomouc. Below is a list of Prague’s monuments that participate at the event. Old Wastewater Treatment Praha 6 – Bubeneč Technical monuments Czech Police Museum Praha 2 Sacral architecture – monumental (churches, monasteries…) “At Jacob´s Ladder” Church – Prague 8 Praha 8 Sacral architecture – monumental (churches, monasteries…) Brabec villa garden – Prague Troja Praha – Troja Historical green vegetation – gardens, parks … Grab´s Villa – Prague 8 Praha 8 Architectural monuments – urban architecture Chapel of St Claire – Prague Troja Praha –...
Josef Prokeš, a driver for the Brno Municipal Transit Authority, objected recently to driving a city bus displaying a campaign advertisement for the “Freedom and Direct Democracy” (SPD) movement with the slogan “For Healthy Schools Without Inclusion”. He refused to drive the vehicle as long as the advertisement, which features the bigoted slogan and the faces of the chair of the movement, Czech MP Tomio Okamura, and the party’s candidate for the Czech Senate, Tomáš Andrle, was in place. The driver said he considers the slogan an attack on his children. “It may be all the same to the company what people – children – their vehicles are attacking, but I’m sorry, it’s not all the same to me. That ad might as well read ‘For a Healthy Society Without Jews.’ I do not intend to participate in this, to be part of spitting on the children who are being included, to insult them, especially not my own daughter. I have two children disabled by autism, that slogan greatly offends me,” he said. The Transit Authority allegedly first asserted that it was lawful for the advertisement to be on the bus and allegedly threatened to put an unexcused absence in the driver’s file...
Slovak President Zuzana Caputova has voiced support for the Czech Republic’s ongoing visit to Taiwan, calling Beijing’s threats to Czech Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil “unacceptable.” In reaction to the 89-member Czech delegation to Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday (Aug. 31) during a press conference with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, that Vystrcil had “crossed a red line.” He said the Czech Senate leader would “pay a heavy price” for publicly challenging Beijing’s “one-China policy” and encouraging supporters of Taiwanese independence. Read: ‘I Am Taiwanese’: Czech Senate Speaker Channels JFK in Taiwan Speech Despite the threats, Vystrcil said the Czech Republic will not bow to Beijing’s inappropriate demand and described his visit as a domestic affair. He also said the trip was made to honor the memory of the Czech Republic’s first president, Vaclav Havel, who was a strong advocate of Taiwan’s re-entry into the United Nations. In a Twitter post published on Tuesday (Sept. 1), Caputova emphasized that “Slovakia stands by the Czech Republic” and said Beijing’s relations with the European Union are based on “dialogue and mutual respect.” She said Wang’s threat to Vystrcil was contrary to the nature of this partnership. Read: Czech Senate Leader’s...
Father of the Homeland, the greatest Czech, or just simply Emperor Charles IV. Walking through Prague it is almost impossible not to “encounter” him or his legacy at least. Charles was born in 1316 to John of Luxembourg and Eliška Přemyslovna, the last heir of the historic Bohemian ruling dynasty. His original name was Václav, in honor of the king Wenceslas (from whose line his mother came from). Married as an act of politics, the marriage between John of Luxembourg and Eliška was an unhappy one. Fearful that his son would be too much under his mother’s influence, John sent young Wenceslas to live with his uncle, King Charles IV of France, where he stayed for seven years and received his education. Greatly influenced by this, he chose the name Charles as his confirmation name, meaning to honor his uncle, and becoming Charles IV of Bohemia. Read: These Are the 7 Best Universities in the Czech Rep. for Academic Performance In France, he met his first wife, the beautiful Blanche of Valois. Though both of them were only seven years old, they married, and united Czech and French kingdoms. Unfortunately, Blanche died in her thirties, in 1348, and Charles decided to marry other princes. Ultimately,...
Hungary has decided to exempt tourists visiting from three neighboring states from a lockdown of its borders that took effect on Tuesday
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