After reducing emissions, eliminating noise and protecting groundwater and surface waters, Václav Havel Airport is embarking on a new environmental protection program. It aims to reduce the consumption of disposable plastics in the airport environment as much as possible and to encourage passengers to consume this kind of plastic as little as possible. For our company, plastic products are becoming an increasing issue to fight against. Even if we now completely stop the production of all plastics and their products, they will still be a problem for many generations to come. According to a study published in 2017 in the prestigious science journal Science, we have managed to “enrich” our planet by 8.3 billion tons of plastics, whose collection, recycling and subsequent disposal will be a big problem. Moreover, the production rate of plastics remains high and if we do not significantly reduce it, we can be overwhelmed with up to 34 billion tons of plastics in 2050. This scenario not only stresses out many but also begins to affect many businesses and governments that try to avoid it. This is evident by the recent decision of the European Union to definitively ban the use of disposable plastics, which are...
According to data released by the Czech statistical office, summer 2019 was a record-breaking year for tourism in Prague and the Czech Republic as a whole. Nearly 3 million people visited the country, up 1.4 percent than one year ago. Prague welcomed 2,298 million people from July to September. The overall number of tourists accommodated in Czech hotels, bed and breakfasts and campsites slightly increased, meanwhile the number of Czechs who spent at least one day in the capital decreased. The biggest number of tourists in Prague from July to September, around 250,000, traditionally came from Germany. This figure represents an increase by nearly eight percent on the same period last year. 239,000 Poles spent at least one night in Czech accommodation, 15 percent more than a year ago. Slovaks are in the third position (233,000 guests), followed by Americans and Chinese. Visitors from Israel, Russia, Malta, Cyprus, and Croatia spent the longest time in Prague, with an average of three nights. Nationwide, the number of tourists accommodated in Czech hotels increased by 2.6 percent year on year to 7.5 million. The number of overnight stays rose by 1.7 percent to 20.9 million. Compared to last summer, all Czech regions...
Prague will welcome the New Year on January 1st, 2020 with a video-mapping show on the facade of the National Museum. “The video mapping will last ten minutes and is called My, Praha. The show will be screened at the National Museum building and will be repeated three times every hour; the first screening will start at 6:15 pm,” Vít Hofman, spokesman for Prague City Hall “It is a helpful step not only for all citizens of the metropolis who are sensitive to excessive noise but also for animals that face unnecessary stress every year,” Prague City Councilor Jan Chabr said. Earlier this year, some 15,500 people signed a petition to regulate fireworks operation. They were most concerned about the impact of noisy firefighters and firecrackers on children and animals. Meanwhile, the new association Ohňostroj pro Prahu (Fireworks for Prague) wants to preserve the fireworks tradition: “Fireworks have been, are and will be,” says Martin Peter, designer, and choreographer of the last five years fireworks in Prague.” “I would like to give every citizen the feeling that Prague belongs to the people themselves,” explains the association’s director Šaršoun. “I believe that people are interested in fireworks, so we leave the financing to...
French entrepreneur, Alexis Manach, brings French street food culture to Prague. A highly professional team led by him will delight you with fresh, rich and affordable dishes. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 22:00, try French classics on Manifesto Market Florenc or at your doorstep, with the food-delivery company Wolt. A “Bouillon” is an institution in Paris that now can also be found in Prague, specifically at Le Petit Bouillon, a smaller and modern version. The first “bouillon” appeared in the mid-19th century in Paris, created as a place where working-class locals could have a comforting and low-cost meal. It also refers to the level of the boil (slow-cooking food) and the stock to add flavour to their dishes. Discover authentic French food through classics such as Onion Soup, Cassoulet, Boeuf Bourguignon, Ratatouille… All traditional recipes served in less than 30 seconds, packed with flavour and slow-cooked from 4 to 6 hours. Le Petit Bouillon is accessible for everyone, as you can eat in less than 20 minutes and for under 200 CKZ. Sit in the bar and listen to the stories of what they cook and sell, while you see the whole preparation process in a cosy and...
The last playroom ended in Prague 7. In October, the last gambling site at Milady Horákové street was closed. Prague 7 thus achieved zero tolerance to gambling, which the city district enforced due to the City of Prague’s decree in 2015. “It’s great news. In 2015, we set a zero-tolerance against gambling and gaming machines through a decree of the City of Prague 7. Since then, we have been pushing the Treasury to speed up the lengthy process of licensing. It took longer than [expected], but in the end it [happened]. Prague 7 is now completely without gambling and gaming machines. Shops filled with gambling sites and pawnshops. We are pleased that Prague 7 is no longer contributing to becoming a pathological player and destroying life,” said the Mayor of Prague 7, Jan Čižinský. The local referendum on the abolition of gambling clubs in Prague 7 took place in 2014. Although ultimately, it was not due to lower participation than required by law, almost 92% of the more than seven thousand voting citizens voted in favor of zero tolerance. “The signal from our citizens was absolutely clear. At the beginning of the last parliamentary term, 26 gambling venues were allowed...
On November 8 & 9 the European GNSS Agency, GSA, located in Holešovice will be hosting its annual Open Days!. This year, the GSA Open Days 2019 is an opportunity to experience first-hand the power of the Galileo and EGNOS satellites and to understand why Accuracy Matters through virtual reality games, workshops, and seminars by the GSA staff. This is a unique opportunity to get an insider’s look at the European GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) services and the people behind them. The GSA manages the Galileo navigation system. Galileo, since it is newer and based on more advanced technology, is more accurate and reliable than the rival American GPS system. The EU having its own system ensures its independence if the rival systems block access for political reasons. It also allows the EU to customize its own projects and priorities. Galileo currently has 22 satellites in orbit and plans to add 30 more to increase the system’s accuracy. The GSA will also oversee the Copernicus program for Earth observation, which monitors the environment and safety. It aims is to create high-quality Earth observation capacity that provides accurate, timely and easily accessible information to improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate...
The battle at the White Hill was on 8 November 1620. An army of 15,000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt was defeated by 27,000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman emperor led by Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy and the German Catholic League under Johann Tsercleas, Count of Tilly at Bílá Hora near Prague. In the space of an hour, the Catholic Habsburg army routed the Czech Protestants on this hillock, deciding the fate of Bohemia for the next 300 years. The new king, Ferdinand II, punished the Protestant leaders and took it upon himself to bring his country back to Catholicism. In 1627 he canceled religious tolerance and ordered that children be taught in Catholic schools only. German was put on the same level as the Czech language, and traces of Czech culture could only be found in provincial areas. Twenty-seven noble leaders of the insurrection were executed at Prague’s Old Town Square, along with an untold number of common people. The dark era began, and over thirty thousand people, mostly the intellectual elite, left the country and never returned. Catholics all over Europe celebrated the victory. In Rome, Pope Paul V died while leading a...
“Overall, how satisfied are you with your life these days?” people across the European Union (EU) were asked. Life satisfaction represents how a respondent evaluates his or her life taken as a whole. The average life satisfaction of EU residents aged 16 and over was 7.3/10 in 2018, an increase compared with 7.0/10 in 2013, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Finnish were the most satisfied with their lives in the EU, closely followed by Austrians, Danes, and Poles. The Czech Republic finished in tenth place with 7.5 points, ahead of Germany, Spain, and France. At the bottom of the ranking is Latvia with only 31% happy people. In Bulgaria, happy people are 35%, in Croatia – 42%, in Lithuania 45%, in Greece and Romania – 46%. Since 2013, the mean level of satisfaction with the financial situation of their own household in the EU also increased, from 6.0 in 2013 to 6.5 in 2018, whilst the mean satisfaction with personal relations remained nearly stable, 7.8/10 in 2013 and 7.9/10 in 2018. Highest satisfaction with the financial situation in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden Mean satisfaction with the financial situation of the household varied significantly between the...
People attacked it, climbed over, demolished with all their power. Finally, they could breathe; they were free. The fall of the Berlin Wall tore off an avalanche of events that led to the fall of communism in the Eastern Bloc. The 30th anniversary of the reunification of Berlin will be commemorated in Prague’s Holešovice. “We decided to organize a cultural event dedicated to the fall of the Berlin Wall because we feel that in the context of commemorating the 30th anniversary this event reminds all of the fall of the Iron Curtain in Prague. As we have a personal relationship with East Germany, our event takes place in Holešovice, near the Little Berlin district. We also want to conceive this day as an unofficial opening of our new Kabelovna room and commemorate this anniversary every year,” said Lukáš Rychtařík from Championship Music. Visitors can look forward to a busy schedule on Saturday, 9th of November, from 1 pm to 10 pm, with the Minister of Culture, Daniel Herman. During the event, the artistic installation of the Iron Curtain, designed by Vítek Škop, will be unveiled. At the same time, an exhibition of three large-format period photographs will be revealed –...
Before rap become synonymous with gangstas, and mostly misogynistic rhymers there was the hey-day time or “the daisy age” of the perhaps naïve but more peace-loving hip-hop artists, and among the best of this period is De La Soul from the late ‘80s—formed in 1987 to be exact from Long Island, NYC. Back in those days, hip-hop had a sense of humor, it had creative verve, and it grooved relentlessly. There was sexiness to the music and risqué lyrics but without masochistic put-downs and posturing. Public Enemy was already a force (and not a peaceful one for sure), but they had a dignity and spirit that did not rival or counter this newer wave of hip-hop collectives, which also included A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, and the Beastie Boys as more positive hip-hop messengers to the mainstream. Approaching the end of this year’s Strings of Autumn Festival 2019 is a celebration with the legendary hip-hop group De La Soul still together with the original trio, Posdnuos, Trugoy and Maseo to honor the 30th anniversary of their best-known recording “3 Feet High and Rising” and, of course, more importantly for the Czechs to celebrate 30 years since their November 1989...
Light, sound, but mainly stories related to the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. A stunning light show will take place along Národní třída on November 17th. The screening, which is part of the event Korzo Národní: 30 Years of Freedom, will be presented by Memory of the nation: 1989 produced in cooperation with Post Bellum nad 3dsense. About Korzo Národní Korzo Národní is the biggest and longest continually organized celebration of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day in Prague. Since 2014, it takes place on Národní street, where a massive student demonstration started the Velvet Revolution on the 17th of November 1989, which subsequently led to the fall of the communist regime. The festival program consists of various artistic performances on the street, such as music concerts, theater performances for children and adults, photography exhibitions, educational events, authors‘ readings, representation of NGOs and much more. All events run from 10 am to 10 pm and are followed by an afterparty in the music club Rock Café. This year will perform David Koller, Aneta Langerová, Tata Bojs, Prago Union, Dagmar Pecková, Michael Kocáb, Dagmar Havlová, Václav Marhoul and more. Velvet Parade Let’s walk along the route of the student manifestation...
Make a note in your diary: On November 16, 2019, you will have a unique chance to deepen the bond that already exists between you and artists, attend workshops, lectures, book signings or participate in discussions with directors or touring the backstage in small and big theatres. The event has the potential to amplify the visibility of individual theatre venues and ensembles, but also to raise the profile of Czech theatre as a whole in the minds of the public. This edition will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, bearing a subtitle called Theatre and Freedom. In Czechoslovakia, theatre played an important role in the political changes in the 1990s. The reminder of political changes in Central and Eastern Europe invites the audiences to look back on ideals and hopes in the 1990s. The coordinator of the event is the Arts and Theatre Institute. Theatre Night is organized within the European Theatre Night project, which was launched in Croatia in 2008. Last year, 109 institutions from 30 Czech and Moravian towns and cities participated in the project which was visited by 40.000 visitors. In Prague, 52 theatres and ensembles prepared a program for visitors. A recent survey of the European...
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