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. http://www.tschechien-netz.com/resources/userdata/images/maxtdlogo.gif http://www.czech-netz.com en-en http://www.czech-netz.com/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:54 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0211/new-gas-well.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0211/new-gas-well.html Moravian town of Břeclav is often called the Czech Qatar. Natural gas production wells that work in its neighbourhood bring millions of crowns every year to the country’s budget. Recently oil and gas producer Česká naftařská společnost, s.r.o. has made an Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:40 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0209/prague-castle-findings.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0209/prague-castle-findings.html As Jana Marikova-Kubkova of Archaeological Institute of the Academy of Science informed CZK while excavation works in Prague Castle Czech archeologists uncoverd fragments of a 9th century moat, a rampart dated back to the 10th-11th centuries and an unique Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:54:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0203/rare-tank-to-be-bought-in-peru.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0203/rare-tank-to-be-bought-in-peru.html Ales Knizek, the head of the Czech Military Institute in Prague told CZK that the Czech Defence Ministry intends to buy for the Institute museum’s collection a rare LTP 38 tank made in Chechia in the end of the 1930s. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:31:40 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0201/early-czech-cons.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0201/early-czech-cons.html A collection of early Czech silver coins found in the Czech Republic is exhibited at the National Museum in Prague. Many of these coins were discovered during reconstruction works at Prague Castle. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:01:20 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0198/prague-public-transport.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0198/prague-public-transport.html One of the world’s leaders on the network video solutions and monitoring systems Axis Communications published a press-release stating that during the next six years public buses in Prague are to be equipped with several hundred AXIS 209FD-R IP-cameras fo Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:43:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0195/laser-attacks.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0195/laser-attacks.html During the last year Czech civilian pilots reported at least seven cases of laser attacks on jets landing or taking off at Ruzyne International airport in Prague. As Karel Muendel, a representative of CSA's association of transport pilots, informed ČTK Cz Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:14:30 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0190/skoda-withdraws-production-from-slovakia.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2010-0190/skoda-withdraws-production-from-slovakia.html Aktuálně.cz reported that the Czech car maker Škoda Auto based in Mladá Boleslav is going to withdraw its production of Octavia model range from VW plant located Bratislava, Slovakia, into Czech town Vrchlabí. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:55:40 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0189/emirates-direct-flight.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0189/emirates-direct-flight.html Dubai based Emirates Airline recenly published a press release stating that the company is going to launch a daily flight to Prague starting from July 1, 2010. The flight to the capital of the Czech Republic is the third announced new flight for the comin Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:00:40 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0187/white-rhinos.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0187/white-rhinos.html Four white rhinos, representatives of very rare and endangered subspecies of rhinoceros, are to be moved from the Czech zoo situated in Dvur Kralove nad Labem which is some 100 km to the Northeast of Prague to nature reservation Ol Pejeta in Kenya. The an Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:58:40 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0185/skoda-yeti-of-the-year.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0185/skoda-yeti-of-the-year.html The Czech Club motoring journalists reported that a board of jury consisting of professional Czech journalists gathered in Prague named the newly selected Car Of The Year for the Czech Republic. Skoda Yeti produced at Mladá Boleslav plant became the winne Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:28:40 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0183/honorary-citizen-kundera.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0183/honorary-citizen-kundera.html Famous and globally praised Czech born writer Milan Kundera who was forced to move into France in 1974 and has been living there since then will be awarded honorary citizenship of his Moravian hometown Brno. The city council has made such a decision in or Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:47:40 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0181/mount-rip-for-sale.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0181/mount-rip-for-sale.html According to information published by the Czech Hospodarske newspaper the regional council of Usti nad Labem Region showed its interest in buying or long term renting of legendary Mount Říp located not far from the capitol city of Prague. Currently the ne Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:35:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0178/velvet-revolution-anniversary.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0178/velvet-revolution-anniversary.html Today is the day when 20 years ago crowds of people, students mainly, marched to Wenceslas Square in Prague to express their discontent with ruling then Communist regime. Many of those rebels who took part in that demonstration were severely bitten by sta Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:42:50 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0176/czech-beauties.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0176/czech-beauties.html Aktualne.cz quotes British dating website BeautifulPeople.com that has informed that Czech women are regarded among the prettiest in the world. This online dating service speciaziles on "beautiful people" only. Access to the website is granted to register Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:02:30 +0100 http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0174/sumava-hochficht-cableway.html http://www.czech-netz.com/174/2009-0174/sumava-hochficht-cableway.html The management of the Sumava National Park (NPS) has no objections to construction of a cableway that would link Nova Pec, south Bohemia, and Austrian Hochficht ski area. Such decision was reached after a long series of negotiations that lasted about 13 y Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:16:30 +0100