http://www.czech-netz.com/ Czech Traveler: interesting news and useful facts about Czechia – not only Golden Prague, but also regions. All you want to know before your Czech vacation. en-en http://www.czech-netz.com/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:23:17 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0064/christmas-and-church.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0064/christmas-and-church.html Recently ČTK published results of a poll performed by the STEM agency in the beginning of December. The poll was aimed at defining Czechs attitude towards religion and church, which is a matter of current interest on the Christmas Eve. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:34:30 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0062/josef-koudelka-exhibition.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0062/josef-koudelka-exhibition.html At the moment at The Katzen Arts Center located in Washington DC an exhibition of well-known Czech photographer Josef Koudelka is open. The display is named “Invasion 68: Prague” and quite naturally it shows the pictures of the 1968 Soviet invasion to Cze Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:44:30 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0060/budweiser-dispute.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0060/budweiser-dispute.html A Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar won a victory over American beer maker Anheuser-Busch, now a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, that owns well known all over the world beer brand Budweiser. A Luxembourg-based European Union high court has pronounced a Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:45:00 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0058/karlovo-namesti-reconstruction.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0058/karlovo-namesti-reconstruction.html Prague Daily Monitor informs that Karlovo náměstí (or Karlák as locals name it), the largest square in the Czech Republic and one of the biggest in whole Europe, is likely to be redesigned in the nearest future. The reconstruction is scheduled for 2010. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:46:30 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0056/ballroom-dances-revival.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0056/ballroom-dances-revival.html Despite some people regard ballroom dances old fashioned and boring they still survive and are quite popular. Although Prague is not so well known as Vienna for its ball parties, ballroom dancing there seem to experience real revival. Even the long Commun Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:25:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0054/skoda-stops-production.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0054/skoda-stops-production.html The Czech automaker Škoda Auto, a part of Volkswagen AG, will stop production on December 19 due to recession on the European car market and caused by it fall of demand. The shutdown will likely last until January 11, 2009 according to Jaroslav Cerny, the Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:15:20 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0051/energy-prices-freeze.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0051/energy-prices-freeze.html This Tuesday, Czech state-controlled energy company ČEZ, a. s. CEO Martin Roman declared that it would intend to freeze retail prices for electricity for the next year. This move is determined by anxiety that Czech families and small businesses can be ser Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:37:00 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0050/commies-are-back.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0050/commies-are-back.html Some members of Czech Communist Party (KSČM) – namely Svatomír Recman, Karel Konečný, Eva Valjentová, Zdeněk Dobrý and Jaroslav Borka - due to coalition with the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) have got position of regional counselors in their region Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:50:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0048/dalai-lamas-visit.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0048/dalai-lamas-visit.html The Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political leader of Tibetans, aged 73 now, arrived to Prague on November 29, 2008 in the framework of his European tour. He was invited to visit the Czech Republic by former Czech president Václav Havel and his The Forum Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:34:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0046/beer-tourism-growth.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0046/beer-tourism-growth.html While global economy crisis rages over Europe and tourism and travel industry shows all the signs of slowdown, the segment of beer tours is rising. About 380,000 amateurs of beer are expected to visit Czech breweries by the end of this year or 8.5 per cen Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:37:20 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0044/green-technologies.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0044/green-technologies.html Today’s economic crisis makes managers of almost all companies in all fields wonder how it is possible to cut everyday costs even more. And this kind of situation creates an excellent opportunities for providers of green technologies, for they can notably Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:54:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0042/cancer-treatment-enhancement.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0042/cancer-treatment-enhancement.html A group of Czech scientists working for the Czech Academy of Sciences Molecular Genetics Institute with Michal Dvorak on the head, according to the Academy media department report to the ČTK, made recently a very important discovery – they managed to get Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:10:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0040/communists-crimes.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0040/communists-crimes.html ČTK news agency informed that the new Penal Code was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on November 12, 2008 according to which public denial and doubts concerning the crimes of the communist and nazi regimes against humanity will be acknowledged as a crim Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:15:30 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0038/hyundai-motor-plant.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0038/hyundai-motor-plant.html The first European plant of South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. was officially opened in the beginning of this week in Nošovice. On Monday the new facility began series production (trial production started a week earlier). Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:25:40 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0036/czech-beer-academy-seminar.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2008-0036/czech-beer-academy-seminar.html On November 13, 2008 the third seminar of Czech Beer Academy will take place in the wine cellar of Essensia restaurant, located in the Mandarin Oriental hotel. This seminar’s topic will be “Raw Materials: What Makes Czech Beer Czech?” During this event th Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:25:20 +0100