Prague’s restaurant businesses have been innovating and coming up with new ways to keep attracting customers and catch up with their sales. Some sell two portions for the price of one, and some offer weekly home menus, for example. As E15.cz reports, According to a study conducted by Dotykačka, sales for many restaurants fell by 63 billion CZK in 2020, a sharp decline from a sale of 195 billion CZK in 2019. Conditions have become significantly worse, as one in four businesses is on the verge of complete extinction. At the moment, many employees in gastronomy have had to be laid off. On the other hand, cafés and bistros have remained intact during the continuing lockdown, since many of them were already created to adapt and use the concept of ‘take-away’ food even before the lockdown started. Sales for these types of places have apparently fallen by only 15%. Yet there are still restaurateurs who, even after almost a year of pandemic, do not lose hope and have decided to offer their customers an alternative to visiting the hospitality industry. Take a look at our report on Prague companies that have thrown themselves into inventing news for customers. Eat Perfect...
Article written by Kathy Zabinski, Literacy Coach at International School of Prague Oral language, speaking and listening, is an important foundation for learning to read and write. Understanding this, the International School of Prague’s Early Childhood Foundation’s program provides young children with both informal and structured opportunities to grow as speakers and listeners. Children build their vocabulary, begin to internalize sentence structures, and develop listening skills to build social connections and to learn new information. This year our Early Childhood Foundations’ teachers have engaged in a professional inquiry exploring the relationship between oral language, reading, and writing. Working with renowned early literacy experts, Matt Glover and Kathy Collins, and collaborating with international school teachers around the world, we are studying how students tell stories. As Matt and Kathy write, “When we can notice and name how children are composing language in one area, we can use that knowledge to support how they compose language in another area.” For example, if we notice a child making connections across pages and using that to say more about each page in her writing, we can then ask her to try this when reading. Our professional inquiry with Matt and Kathy is focused on...
Where to turn when you or your loved ones have had enough? Here’s a list of specialized centers and English-speaking therapists in Prague that you can reach out to. Prague Crisis and Medical Centers When it’s an emergency. RIAPS Crisis Center RIAPS is a 24-hour psychiatric emergency center at Žizkov. It’s a healthcare facility providing complex patient care in difficult life situations that threaten their mental health. It connects psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, and social workers, helping clients actively resolve their problems. The methods used are primarily crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy, relaxation techniques, and others. +420 222 580 697 – Crisis line, non-stop Chelčického 39, 130 00 Prague 3 Crisis Intervention Center in Bohnice CKI is open to anyone who, for whatever reason, finds themselves in a crisis. You can visit the center in person at any time. The center offers immediate assistance without an appointment 24 hours a day. The telephone operators speak Czech only, but most doctors speak English. +420 284 016 110 Psychiatrická nemocnice Bohnice Ústavní 91, 181 02 Prague 8 Psychiatric clinic of General University Hospital in Prague The VFN Psychiatric Clinic provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic care for patients with mental disorders...
Data from the Czech Statistical Office has indicated that the number of tourists visiting Prague last year dropped significantly to 27 percent of 2019’s numbers. The report finds that only 2,178,267 visitors came to Prague last year. The massive drop in tourism is not surprising during a global pandemic where many European countries have restricted movement throughout the European Union. Last summer, however, saw a 16 percent increase from 2019 in domestic tourism as Czechs from other regions flocked to visit the capital in the summer months. The past year saw about 700,000 domestic tourists visiting Prague followed closely by our neighbors from Germany, Poland, and Slovakia. The number of tourists from Russia and the United Kingdom hovered around eight hundred thousand in 2019 but decreased to 200,000 in 2020’s Covid-stricken Prague. Prague City Tourism is a government-funded organization that has successfully executed marketing campaigns like the At Home in Prague campaign which sought to increase domestic tourism during 2020’s restrictions and saw a 16 percent increase from the previous year. PCT chairman František Cipro says the agency is focused on ways to revive the suffering tourism industry. “Since our new strategy includes a greater focus on the domestic market,...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, we have to deal with many restrictions that have an impact on the very basics of our lives. One of the aspects of our lives that are greatly affected by these restrictions is, of course, work. Not only does it make working more difficult but even getting a job in the first place is very toilsome, to say the least. There is, however, another problem most people currently don’t have to experience – travelling to the Czech Republic for work. The Very First Step It is crucial to mention that if you are a third-country citizen, then in order to be able to arrive in the Czech Republic for work, you first need to get a job. Sure, it may sound odd since searching for a job in a foreign country is much easier once you’re there, but without having a job you cannot get a visa. And without a visa, there is no chance you’ll be even able to enter the country. This, however, only applies to non-EU citizens, so if you are coming from an EU member state, you don’t have to be worried about this. As for the visa itself, it...
Husqvarna Urban Green Space Index (HUGSI) has named Lithuanian capital Vilnius the greenest city in Europe. Prague ranks 9th. By applying computer vision and deep learning techniques on satellite images, HUGSI unveiled that 56% of Prague territory is greenery and by this measure, the city ranks 13th in the world. HUGSI-index was announced for the second year running. In total, satellite images of 155 cities across 60 different countries were analyzed in order to evaluate their greenness and provide valuable insights about the size, proportion, distribution, and health of green space in urban areas. The research revealed that 28% of all Prague territory consists of trees, and 27% of grass areas. HUGSI is a digital innovation initiative developed by Husqvarna in collaboration with 20tree.ai. The ambition is to help safeguard and improve the maintenance of green spaces in urban areas. Husquarna created HUGSI to raise awareness about the value of urban green space among citizens, support city officials and politicians to make data-informed decisions, and facilitate the collaboration across industries and organizations to together make a “smart and sustainable city” a reality. “Since last year we have received a lot of interest and enquires about HUGSI and this year we...
Rekola, a bike-sharing company that offers its service not only in Prague, but also in seven other Czech cities, has started an initiative of sharing snow gliders in Prague, Brno, and Olomouc. Because of the heavy snowfall in recent days, parts of the Czech Republic are covered in snow. This explains the many cross-country skiers and tobogganers sighted out, especially in Prague. Where can you find one of these gliders? Rekola has set them up on popular hills such as Letná, Petřín, Vítkov, Riegrovy sady and Stromovka. That’s just in Prague. On the other hand, if you live in Brno, for example, you can find these gliders under Špilberk Castle, and there are some situated at the Planetarium on Kraví Hora, as well. Lastly, residents of Olomouc will find them in the Little Prince park. The gliders can be rented on Rekola’s mobile application. All you need to do is pay 10 CZK to use them for 30 minutes. Each glider is marked with a number that you enter on the application. When you’re finished using it, you lock the glider back to the designated place and take a picture of it. “At the end of the ride, users have...
Future Females Prague is the local branch of the global organization Future Females, which focuses on educating and supporting the development of female-led businesses. Future Females Prague and the University of New York in Prague are launching a partnership that will empower aspiring and current female entrepreneurs to seek the resources and support they need to develop their businesses. With the current rise of female entrepreneurs and female-led small businesses in the Czech Republic, Future Females and UNYP will strive to promote business development strategies in industries that are of interest to start-up builders, such as tech, IT, sustainability, and consulting. This partnership will encourage a new generation of women to choose the path of entrepreneurship and gain financial independence through realizing their own business potential. “Providing women with role models who have achieved tremendous local and international success is a way to inspire and motivate future female founders,” say Dimana and Barbora of Future Females Prague. Dimana and Barbora will be presenting at joint events and workshops; online for the duration of the pandemic, and at the university and designated locations once it is safe to do so. Meanwhile, UNYP and Future Females Prague are currently collaborating on an...
If you decide you have the means to help Prague’s homeless population, the nonprofit organization Mistni Mistnim (Locals for Locals) is launching three new projects. Vouchers for hot drinks and meals for people in need We are just starting our call to support people without homes who are out in the cold weather to show them that we care! With this project, we will also help our network of solidarity cafés to cover at least some of their basic costs. “We would love to start one more path to connect our Prague community in solidarity – we’re all in this together. There is no better time than now to help each other and, especially, the ‘invisible’ ones around us,” says Ester Pacltová, founder at Místní místním Mobile phones collection Místní místním will collect, in cooperation with our solidarity network, old and new phones, sim cards, pre-paid credit, chargers, which we will then distribute to NGOs or distribute directly to people in the street. A phone can help in many ways, from keeping in touch with family and friends to finding a warm place to sleep, finding a job, contacting social or emergency services. These days a phone is more and...
Hundreds of women in the Czech Republic who were sterilised under an unofficial policy to curb the country’s Roma population are hoping to finally win a long battle for compensation. A bill expected to be debated in the Czech parliament on Wednesday envisages granting each woman a one-off payment of 300,000 CZK. Most of the sterilisations occurred in the 1970s and 1980s during the communist regime of former Czechoslovakia, but activists say the practice continued into this century. Although the Czech government expressed “regret” in 2009 for the sterilisations, it did not offer compensation. Elena Gorolova, who was sterilised at 21 and has helped lead a 15-year campaign for compensation, said some women were offered financial incentives in exchange for being sterilised or told their children would be taken away if they had more babies. Others, like Gorolova, were sterilised during Caesarian births or told the procedure was a temporary form of contraception that could be reversed. Europe’s human rights watchdog has urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying it may be the last chance to deliver justice. Some victims have already died. “This opportunity should not be wasted,” Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic said in...
Customisable catering delivery right to your home, make each weekend special, and enjoy a meal with your family, significant other, or small group of friends. Following a great demand for their home catering delivery at Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, Culinaria catering as created a weekly residential catering service available from Friday to Sunday. Culinaria Catering offers a wide selection of starters, soups, salads, main dishes, sharing platters, desserts and baked goods. Weekends are the time to spend with your loved ones, and what better way to maybe your weekend better than ordering delicious homemade food from a customisable menu. Order tasty and unique dishes that will be delivered to your home or office every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Look out for their ever-changing menu based on seasonal ingredients and themes based on universally and mainly American holidays. Their eShop offers you one-stop shopping when it comes to planning your weekend meals or small gatherings. Each order and all items are cooked fresh, made to order, and packed for reheating in family-sized amounts of 500 gr. or 1 pound, 1 kilo or 2 pounds. Start your meal with Alaskan Salmon Chowder or maybe a Bacon Corn Chowder, a hearty type...
Heavy snowfall across the Czech Republic on February 7-8 left Prague’s iconic buildings and parks coated with snow and pedestrians getting around with cross-country skis. Non-traditional scenes took place mainly on Prague’s Petrin Hill, where, in addition to children with sledges and bobsleighs, also adults had some… fun! The best example? A man dressed in the iconic Borat swimsuit was filmed while skiing on the slope. However, the Minister of the Interior, Jan Hamáček (ČSSD), pointed out that skiing on Petřín is illegal. “It is not in accordance with the law skiing or snowboarding off the marked track,” he told CNN Prima News. The Czech meteorologists predict the temperatures will drop to minus 12 degrees, and even minus 20 degrees in some areas. Currently, the warning against the freezing temperatures is valid from this Tuesday at 22:00 until the situation is resolved. Mezitím na Petříně #petrin #borat #freeride #odnasehozpravodaje pic.twitter.com/OuWoPZOoRk — Pokornja (@pokornja) February 8, 2021
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