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Viktoria Plzeň, Czech province in the limelight

Celebrating with overflowing beer mugs rather than champagne glasses, Viktoria Plzeň, the Czech champions, have just earned qualification for Europe’s most prestigious competition, the Champions League. It could not be celebrated any other way in this small western Bohemian town of 170 thousand inhabitants,...

An Italian lawyer at the courthouse in Prague

Impressions on a civil hearing in the historical Spálená courthouse Unlike the suburban courthouse where Joseph K. appeared – the protagonist of the famous “Trial” by Franz Kafka – the premises of the Spálená street Municipal Court in Prague are right in the centre...

Czech anniversaries

100 years ago film director Otakar Vávra was born, who reaches 100 years of age this year The director, screenwriter and film expert, Otakar Vávra, considered the father of Czech cinematography, has celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Born in Hradec Králové on 28th...

The offer of Slovenske elektrarne is becoming more and more interesting for Czech clients

Dominant Slovak power producer, Slovenske elektrarne, a.s. already has its branch in the Czech Republic. It is offering high standard services and reliable power supplies to many Czech companies. “People in the Czech Republic do not know much about the company Slovenské elektrárne and,...

Governor Hasek wins tug of war on Brno GP

The South Moravian Region persuades the Prague government to ensure the necessary resources for the future motorcycle event of the year. Mission accomplished by governor Michal Hasek who, during his recent visit to Rome, had promised to defend the event at all costs, “that...

The Yellow revolution of Jančura

After having beaten the competion, with his luxurious yet low cost buses, now the owner of Student Agency challenges the railway monopoly of České dráhy. One can only be led to thinking that in the following months we will see wonders in the passenger...

Humans for sale

Sex trade in the Czech Republic: among houses of pleasure and exploitation, seedy tourism and crime. How much is the Czech tourist boom due to sex tourism? Prostitution in the Czech Republic is not illegal, but organized prostitution (such as brothels or other places...

Czech Republic and Italy frontier countries. We understand each other”

Pasquale D’Avino, the new Italian ambassador in the Czech Republic, rejects the binomial of Czechs = eurosceptics”. This is a country which is making a huge contribution to Europe. Regarding the Eu opening to the Balkans and the crisis in north Africa the Czech...

Low-cost Assembly Shop or Value Added Laboratory?

This year the beginning of March has been quite eventful regarding the quantification and evaluation of investments in the Czech Republic. The questions being asked are these: what kind of attractiveness does the Czech Republic offer to investors? What is the expected trend? And...

“After Prague, we want other great stations in Central and Eastern Europe”

“Hlavni nadrazi is no longer the neglected station that it used to be – a grey box which passengers could not wait to get away from”. These are the words of Andrea Odoardi, CEO of Grandi Stazioni Ceska republika, the Czech de jure company,...