Are you missing concerts and live venues? Tune in to the new United Live Radio – A Non-Commercial radio whose sole aim is to connect fans missing live music with music promoters and event organizers counting the minutes when they can become active again. Despite the difficult situation, the organizers and artists are trying to keep working and bringing their fans what they do best – a magical quality music experience. This new project, United Live Radio, was created for this purpose. The radio will aim to substitute temporarily the lack of activities in clubs and venues, and the absence of concerts and music festivals. Actors of all parts of live music scene of the Czech Republic will prepare specialized programs for listeners. This Non-Commercial Radio is made possible by leading Czech festivals, concert promoters, clubs and venues, wanting to connect the whole music community in this way. Listeners will be able to tune in the United Live Radio on website every day from Friday, April 10 at 15:00 for the next 30 days. “The impact of restrictions on live culture is enormous, and this project, which is being developed in collaboration with festivals, concert promoters, venues, and artists, wants...
By Mandy Archer—Anglo American University Three new paintings, along with twenty-five other works (paintings, film & video) from the Belgian artist Michaël Borremans are being exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Rudolfinum. While this exhibition, titled The Duck, has been closed due to COVID-19, artwork from The Duck and interviews with Borremans can still be viewed on the gallery’s website. The Duck began with a video and a film, bringing visitors onto Borremans’ stage as if he sets up the actors on the screen. There were two videos positioned on the left-side wall and one large vintage film projector at the entrance. The two “paintings” on the left were Borremans’ figures that moved like “moving pictures.” The larger projected image showed a black and white film of three men with blurred faces sitting in chairs each slightly apart from each other. This loops for one minute, with no movement from the men and only a change of lighting. Nothing is static in the almost empty room as the figures move within the frame and alert the viewer to Borremans’ affection for cinema, daring us to forget where we are and tune in to the moving images. The videos...
In an interview for Lidove Noviny, Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech said that "Czechs will be able to stop wearing face masks in June."
Bolt, formerly known as Taxify, tucks into food-delivery market and started its new service in Prague. At the moment, you can find brands and restaurants such as KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Burrito Loco, Lasagneria, YOLO Karlin, Kolkovna, Potrefena Husa, PokeHaus, TGI Fridays, and many others. In the coming weeks, several hundred other businesses will be added, said the company in a press release. Delivery within four kilometers will be free of charge as part of the initial promotional offer. “Bolt has hundreds of thousands of satisfied users in the Czech Republic. Through Bolt Food they will be able to order food from their favorite restaurant and support the businesses during these trying times,” says Roman Sysel, Bolt’s regional manager for Central Europe. Bolt Food Couriers will deliver up to eight kilometers from the restaurant. Bolt also introduced contactless delivery as another anti-coronavirus measure. Couriers no longer come into direct contact with customers; instead, they leave the order in a place designated by the customer. foods can be ordered through the brand new Bolt Food app (Android| iOS). It’s worth mentioning here that meals cannot be ordered from inside the existing Bolt ride-hailing/scooter app. Talking about the launch, the company in...
A lump-sum payment of CZK 25,000 to self-employed workers was one of a number of economic measures announced by the government on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. This provision affects about half a million people in the country. You can apply following this link and download the form, fill in your personal information, check the box on the left „Plná částka“ and sign it. Then, you need to email the form to your local tax office and write in the subject field „Žádost o kompenzační bonus pro OSVČ”. You can also submit the form via your “datová schránka” if you have one or in person at the registry (“podatelna”) of your local tax office. The request should be filed to the Tax Office with the relevant territorial responsibility up to June 30, 2020. There should be a statutory declaration attached to the request stating that the self-employed met the conditions for this bonus. The Tax Office should be disbursing this bonus without a delay and that solely by a cashless payment to the account of the self-employed; the bonus is not to be a subject of possible distraint. Who is eligible The self-employed under the Act on pension insurance, i.e., simply all who are...
The largest Czech gallery does its best to remain open digitally even at the time of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Czech government has officially extended the State of Emergency to April 30, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said on Thursday. Prague may lose up to 64 billion CZK in revenues due to the new coronavirus outbreak which halted tourism As of April, labor offices in the Czech Republic have registered 27,151 people seeking to find employment, a nearly two-fold increase compared to the first week of March. Despite this, at 3 percent, the unemployment rate remains the same as it was in February. The Czech Chamber of Deputies has approved a government bill that allows the police to fine people who are violating anti-coronavirus restrictions. The fine could be up to 10,000 CZK. The government has eased the obligation to wear face masks. It’s not obligatory anymore for people with autism and public transport drivers in a closed cabin. The Czech Republic will donate 25 million CZK to the countries hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The money will be predominantly given to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Cambodia. The money is to be spent on the projects dealing with the immediate impact of the coronavirus, to provide health care and support sanitary measures...
Prague authorities will use the coronavirus crisis to get a firmer grip on short-term rentals like Airbnb. Using state of emergency powers in place during the coronavirus pandemic, the Czech parliament’s lower chamber fast-tracked a plan allowing local authorities to better collect tax and other information on short-term lets. “We want to get more information from Airbnb owners about the capacity of their apartments, how they are being used and the fees they receive,” said Prague’s mayor Zdenek Hrib Landlords will now have to provide information on the location of a property rented through platforms like Airbnb, how often a flat was rented, the total payment received and identify the online service used to connect the owner with the client. Airbnb listed nearly 12,000 properties in Prague last year, according to Prague’s development institute IPR. The district encompassing the city center has lost nearly half its residents. Registered voters totaled 21,556 in 2017 from 36,862 in 1990. According to Deloitte study, only around 20 percent of flats rented via shared accommodation platforms involve a paying visitor actually staying with the owner. The remaining 80 percent are entire flats rented strictly for business. At the moment, every fourth apartment in Prague’s...
Nudists who sunbathed without protective face masks in the Czech Republic have been reprimanded by police and warned that clothes may be optional but masks are not. More than a hundred people, including nudists, descended on the Czech spa town of Lázně Bohdaneč to enjoy the good weather. But with the Czech government insisting that face masks be worn at all times in public, police soon arrived to enforce the rules. ‘Unfortunately, the sunbathing citizens were in one place in larger numbers and some did not even have a mask,’ police spokeswoman Markéta Janovská told local media. ‘Citizens can be without clothes in places designated for this purpose, but they must have their mouths covered and must observe the numbers in which they can go into nature.’ Officers checked on 150 people enjoying the town’s lakes and found roughly half without the required protection. Nude sunbathing is allowed in the area, but emergency rules have banned gatherings of more than two people and require the wearing of face masks in public. All those warned by police subsequently put on masks and no fines were issued. ‘We understand that many people do not have a garden and want to ventilate in...
"Save the Hotel" initiative by Amazing Places and Mevris begins to provide free accommodation for medical and rescue personnel.
The Prague authorities set up a campground in Troja district on Císařský ostrov, where homeless people will be able to respect the prescribed quarantine.
‘Nic’ means ‘nothing’ in Czech and that is the aim of this project – as cultural events cannot take place, cultural institutions and artists need your support.
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