Current Affairs

Sardinia, love at first sight

The career and passion of Martina Costantino, owner of the Czech Republic’s only tour operator specializing in the Land of Nuraghi, “The most beautiful Island in the Mediterranean”  Sardinia, love at first sight by Giovanni Usai From her childhood during the pre-’89 regime, “when traveling and...

(Italiano) Il Premio Gratias Agit 2023 al boemista italiano Alessandro Catalano

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AMITY, a solidarity project for refugees

Interview with Kimberly Bianchini-Scudellari, founder of a non-profit organisation in Prague that helps Ukrainian refugees, mainly women and children, who have fled to the Czech Republic  Kimberly Bianchini-Scudellari with two Ukrainian refugee children “AMITY’s good fortune is to have a team of skilled and...

Big scales Prague with an origami

The prestigious, world-renowned Danish architecture firm won the international competition for the design of the new Vltavská Filharmonie by Alessandro Canevari Four simple moves: a partial vertical center cut from below followed by a small pull to separate the resulting flaps; a half-rotation along...

Il Boemo

The film “Il Boemo”, a Czech, Italian and Slovak production, tells the story of the life of the composer Josef Mysliveček (Il Divino Boemo, 1737-1781) and especially his career, which took place almost entirely in Italy. The film, starring Vojtěch Dyk and directed by...

The Kladruber, horses for kings and emperors

A Bohemian breed with six centuries of history, having also Italian blood in its vein In Kladruby nad Labem, 25 km from Pardubice, are the oldest stables in the world, a place surrounded by meadows, pastures, lanes and the remains of the ancient riparian...

Czech Republic and Trieste continue to look for each other

More than twelve years after its return on the Czech market, the port of Trieste is aiming to strengthen its position as a container port in Czech Republic and, specifically, in Bohemia. What are the outlooks and issues of this logistical challenge? Almost a...

It’s Friday, let’s go to the countryside!

The countryside houses, where to find shelter during the weekends: a typically Czech phenomenon Boom in purchases. In last two years the interest for holiday houses has almost doubled “I can’t wait for Friday”, is an expression that we often hear as the weekend...

When blind envy is Czech

In the balance between stereotypes, excessive self-criticism and truth, the title of chronically envious people is often attributed to the Czech citizens by themselves It is customary to say that the grass is always greener on the other side, but from the Czech perspective,...

Space and Technology in the Heart of Prague

Visiting the headquarters of the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency In the Praguian district of Holešovice, near the Vltava, rises the building that houses the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GNSS), better known by the acronym GSA. GSA primarily deals with the...