Prague City Hall has launched an advertising campaign aimed at promoting vaccination against coronavirus. As part of the campaign, the city has created a special website. You can read, for example, when the vaccine will be available, to whom the vaccine is intended, which groups of the population will be vaccinated preferentially, and a number of other interesting things that will help you decide whether to undergo vaccination and thus protect yourself and your surroundings. In addition, they released a video showing the benefits of vaccination against COVID-19, targeting the older generation. In the near future, the campaign will include street billboards, social network ads, and advertising in public transport.
Škoda has won a contract for fourteen new electric buses for the Prague Transportation Company. The capital will acquire a fleet of modern environmentally friendly vehicles that do not produce carbon dioxide emissions and thus contribute to cleaner air and a more harmonious environment in the city. The value of the contract, including possible options, is worth up to 207 million crowns, and this will be the first delivery of electric buses carried out by Škoda in cooperation with its Turkish affiliate Temsa. “We will supply vehicles to our capital that do not burden the environment in any way, that operate quietly, and, in addition, have low operating costs, making their operation sustainable in the long run. It will be a new 12-meter completely low-floor bus with comfortable equipment like full-vehicle air conditioning, comfortable seats, a sophisticated information system, and advanced energy management of the entire vehicle fleet,” says Chairman of the Board and President of Škoda Transportation Petr Brzezina. The delivery also includes a possible option for technical support for the future development of other information system and energy management functions (e.g. remote monitoring of consumption or checking battery status) or battery replacements during the projected life of the buses. Škoda...
On Friday night, someone parked three cars on Charles Bridge. One of them has the inscription “sorryvlado” on the side, referring to the website sorryvlado.cz According to the whois.com domain registry, the site is registered by the Association of Outraged Citizens (Spolek rozhořčených občanů), which, according to the company registry, was founded by YouTuber Mike Pán. “We do not agree with the papalism shown by the Czech government. We do not agree with the constant tightening of measures against citizens of the Czech Republic,” the website states. The bridge is 515 meters long and 10 meters wide, decorated by a continuous alley of 30 baroque statues and statuary, erected around 1700. However, all of the statues have been systematically replaced by replicas and the originals have been exhibited in the Lapidarium of the National Museum. It was not until 1965 that all traffic has been excluded from the Charles Bridge since then, making it accessible by pedestrians only. It is not yet clear how the car owners managed to drive unnoticed on the historical bridge. Mikael Oganesjan, nicknamed Mike Pán, is known for deliberately committing offenses and insulting members of the city police. In 2018, his account was canceled due to...
Protesters will gather once again in central Prague today, January 29, to challenge restrictions adopted to combat the Covid-19 spread. The Chcípl PES initiative (PES/DOG Croaked), — the name refers to the government’s “PES” five-level coronavirus alert system – which brings together entrepreneurs who do not agree with the government’s anti-epidemic measures, is preparing a demonstration in Prague today. They want to block government buildings from three o’clock in the afternoon. The organizers will publish more details of the protest on social networks at 2 pm. “It will be a simple and non-violent protest. We will block some government buildings,” said Jiří Janeček from the Malý Janek brewery. The is the last of several protests organized by Chcípl PES. Last Saturday, protesters called on to open pubs, restaurants, and other businesses. On January 10, organized a demonstration in Prague’s Old Town Square, which drew up to 3,000 people to Old Town Square. On January 3rd, hundreds of protesters gathered in Prague with empty beer glasses to rally against the closing of pubs and restaurants in the country. The demonstrators, many of whom work in the hospitality industry, lit candles inside beer glasses and set them in a line stretching about...
The main goal is to minimize the generation of waste, and once waste is generated, to turn it into new resources. The circular economy, with its suite of strategies suitable for urban policymakers, can deliver substantial climate mitigation opportunities, social benefits and economic opportunities. The focus of the strategic plan approved by the City Council was on recycling of construction and household waste, greater use of rainwater and development of urban agriculture. A second life for the city’s bulky waste Each year, Prague households consume approximately 307,000 tonnes of non-food products. Of this, nearly 10% is bulky waste – materials or items too large for household waste, such as electrical goods, appliances and furniture – which are destined for landfill. And as the average household income has risen, so has the level of tossed bulky waste. Potentially, 70% of this can be reused, giving furniture and appliances a second life and reducing the overall demands for brand new products. Prague is also building a growing network of Re-Use Points throughout the city: cashing in on the value this ‘waste’ provides when the circular strategies of reuse, refurbish and repair are utilised. In only half a year of the pilot being...
The latest figures show that the Prague hotel market has borne the brunt of the coronavirus crisis in Europe. Hotel industry in Prague recorded the steepest decline in average revenue per room in 2020, down 84.6% on the previous year, with only Barcelona, Rome, and Lisbon being impaired on a similar scale. Even so, confidence in the Prague hotel market and its long-term potential is hardly waning, as underscored by the unflagging interest not only among investors, who are always on the lookout for good opportunities to buy but also among hotel operators, who have identified Prague as the main target of their activities. “The Czech authorities did not follow the example set by many other countries in using local hotels to accommodate health professionals or as makeshift hospitals. All this hastened Prague’s status as one of the most devastated hotel markets in Europe. Having said that, we must remember that these are temporary factors not directly related to the tourism market, which should recover quickly once the virus has been brought under control,” said Bořivoj Vokřínek, Strategic Advisory, Head of Hospitality Research EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield. Results reported for last summer, when rules were eased for a while, signalled...
Ondřej Vlček, CEO of Avast and one of the wealthiest Czech businessmen, has taken the lead in introducing new models of working, that could revolutionize the way companies work in the future. Avast has not only successfully kept afloat during the Covid-19 crisis, but they have also actually drawn inspiration and adapted exceptionally to the new troubling circumstances. Decisive changes in Avast were made as early as September 2020 last year, when the antivirus giant chose to give their employees the possibility of working at home permanently if they wanted to. This year, Avast has decided to provide two models of work for their employees: the conventional ‘Work from the Office’ model, and the ‘Work from Anywhere’ model. The ‘Work from the Office’ model lets employees spend most of their time in the office, or they can also just visit the office for meetings and if it’s necessary. The latter model, ‘Work from Anywhere’, which is a concept that was solidified because of the pandemic, allows Avast’s employees to work from their homes, cafés, or practically anywhere that suits their interests. This new model of work that has inevitably emerged because of the Coronavirus and its global restrictions, has fundamentally...
The Swedish furniture sellers IKEA have announced they are planning to open the Czech Republic’s first planning studio. The studio will be the first in the entire region of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia and will focus on the planning of kitchens, storage spaces and bathrooms. IKEA experts will be available to work with customers in designing spaces and planning projects. Over the past fiscal year, the company has experienced a massive boost in online sales and intend to improve their online store experience as well as add new dispensing points in new locations in the region of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria. An exact location of where this new video design studio would be has yet to be announced. “We are looking for an ideal place where a lot of Praguers go and where they shop,” IKEA Business Manager Federica Barberis tells České Noviny. A small design location was already featured in a convenient shopping location like Wenceslas Square but had only lasted a year before closing in August of 2019. A spokesperson for IKEA state that its presence on the square was only intended to be temporary. IKEA Planning Studios have previously opened in London, Madrid,...
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic! India is the second-largest country in the world in terms of population. One can not imagine the level of competition between the people for better jobs, places in better universities, or even better-living conditions. Sometimes it leads to migration, whether across India or across the globe. Today there are 4165 Indians living in the Czech Republic. Most of these people are very successful. They run their business, they are doctors and engineers. One of these people is Vansh. He came here with a revolutionary idea: to shoot the best Indo-Czech film. He is a foreigner who might live next door.
The City of Prague is aware of the importance of greenery in the urban area and at the same time, the representatives of the city want to support sustainable rainwater management and other adaptive measures within various investment projects of the Czech capital. Thus, the Prague City Hall will launch a brand-new department of Blue-Green Infrastructure. Its manager will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the city investments in terms of blue-green infrastructure support. From the long-term perspective, Prague is perceived as one of the greenest cities in the world and tirelessly continues planting new trees, having finalized its two separate stages in 2020, even during the COVID-19 state of emergency. Prague City Council’s Program Statement for the years 2018–2022 includes a commitment to plant 1,000,000 new trees in the capital. In 2019 alone, over 350,000 forest tree seedlings were planted. More data on the Prague greenery and environment can be found on the new data website of the city – Pragozor.cz – in the Czech language. In recent years, Prague Council approved several conceptual documents (some of them available for download in English here) relating to the protection and care of urban greenery or generally to the green-blue infrastructure development. Prague already introduced the Principles of...
Czech real estate portal Valuo.cz has recently published an index showing how proximity to a metro station can affect the price of an apartment. Valuo.cz analyzed the average price of apartments located within 400 meters from the Prague metro stations (for some end stations, the radius is 1 km). Apartments at the Staroměstská metro station in Prague are on average almost three times more expensive than on the cheapest Černý Most. The analysis is based on real estate servers from last October to December. It takes into account 65 to 95 square meters of private property within one kilometer of the metro station. Malostranská turned out to be the most expensive metro station in terms of nearby apartments with an average of 211,700 CZK per square meter. Over the year, housing prices have risen here by 25%. The most affordable apartments are located near Rajská zahrada metro station – 75,700 CZK per meter.
If you are looking for a quick delivery to your door, or if you’re running a company or business and want a practical and quick way to have your meals every day, MyFoodPlace can help. This company offers their service as the very first Cloud Kitchen in Prague, Czech Republic. What makes the concept behind a Cloud Kitchen interesting, is that a company usually takes multiple chains of restaurants and food services under their wing, and in general, lets them work from the same location. This concept is both pragmatic, efficient, and also innovative. MyFoodPlace, as an example, collaborates with many different restaurants, to give their customers a plethora of options, such as Corleone, Smíchovna, Namaste India, Žebírkov, and their very own pizza brand Raketou, to deliver a variety of different dishes to your door or place of work. All these food brands work under one roof and are at their customers’ service. MyFoodPlace deliveries have an eclectic range of different foods, from pasta to burgers, salad bowls to Asian cuisine, to even Indian and Czech Food. If you want to expand your taste palette with the different delicacies this company has to offer, then taking advantage of this multicultural...
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