Foot off the gas! Pilsen is preparing a series of new section speed measurements

Foot off the gas!  Pilsen is preparing a series of new section speed measurements

“Projects are being prepared and will gradually begin to be implemented, it should be ready within about a year,” Luděk Šantora, director of the city’s Information Technology Administration, told Novinkám. The city representatives approved the release of the necessary more than ten million crowns a few days ago. The first will be the monitoring of … Read more

CUT: Karviná – Pilsen 0:0. The goalkeepers shone, the visitors lost Sýkora

CUT: Karviná – Pilsen 0:0.  The goalkeepers shone, the visitors lost Sýkora

Assemblies Homemade: Holec – Krčík, Svozil (C), Bergqvist – Raspopović (68. Kačor), Boháč, Moses, Fleišman – Čavoš (90+4. Traore), Akinyemi (78. Ezeh), Regáli (78. Iván). Guests: Jedlička – Dweh, Hranáč, Jemelka – Cadu (62. Kopic), Kalvach (C), Červ (62. Traoré), Sýkora (14. Souaré) – Šulc, Chorý, M. Vydra (62. Metsoko). Substitutes Homemade: Ciupa, Lapesh, Ayaosi, … Read more

Measles Outbreak at Migrant Shelter in Pilsen Prompts Urgent Vaccination Efforts in Chicago

Measles Outbreak at Migrant Shelter in Pilsen Prompts Urgent Vaccination Efforts in Chicago

CHICAGO – Measles vaccination efforts are intensifying among several local and federal agencies after two new cases were recorded at the migrant shelter in Pilsen. On Tuesday morning there was a meeting at the shelter with staff from Councilman Byron Sigcho López’s office along with staff from the Chicago Public Health and Family and Support … Read more

Demystifying Bedřich Smetana’s Legacy: A Look Beyond the Pedestal

Demystifying Bedřich Smetana’s Legacy: A Look Beyond the Pedestal

No great historical figure escapes it. The public places it on a pedestal and it becomes a monument to inertial worship. Saturday’s 200th anniversary of Bedřich Smetana’s birth is an opportunity to demystify his legacy and remember what he actually means to Czech culture. “For people, it is a myth that we either condemn or … Read more

Apocalypse helps. The Pilsen exhibition shows art from the Middle Ages to the present day

Apocalypse helps.  The Pilsen exhibition shows art from the Middle Ages to the present day

“Who would want to fly on route 666?” asks art historian Kateřina Kubínová suggestively in the book accompanying the current Pilsen exhibition about the apocalypse. Although the selection of artworks dates back to the Middle Ages, it provides ample evidence that the biblical text about the end of the world still resonates even in the … Read more

Final Match of Barbora Strýcová’s Tennis Career at the US Open

Final Match of Barbora Strýcová’s Tennis Career at the US Open

Tennis player Barbora Strýcová played the last competitive match of her career in singles. The 37-year-old native of Pilsen lost twice to Estonian Kaia Kanepiová 4:6 in the 1st round of the US Open Grand Slam as part of the final stop of her farewell tour. Barbora Krejčíková was also eliminated in New York, who … Read more

“The Controversial Final: Injury and Accusations in Czech Handball Championship”

“The Controversial Final: Injury and Accusations in Czech Handball Championship”

It was the 13th minute of the fourth final match in Karviná, with the score 5:5 in the home attack, Dominik Solák finished with signaled passivity, and defender Jan Chmelík unsparingly pulled him to the ground in a jump from behind. The result was an uncontrolled fall to the ground, a broken collarbone, which the … Read more

“Tragic Accident Takes Life of Sidecarcross Competitor in Kramolín Championship”

“Tragic Accident Takes Life of Sidecarcross Competitor in Kramolín Championship”

Tragedy rocked the sidecarcross world championship in Kramolín in the Pilsen region. The passenger of one of the foreign competitors died after a tragic accident in the veteran race. The organizer canceled today’s other races. “Following a serious accident today during the Veterán Sidecar race in Kramolín – a support race of the FIM Sidecar … Read more

Pilsner in Prague, narrative teddies in Basel, MSC in New York | Travel & Tourism

Pilsner in Prague, narrative teddies in Basel, MSC in New York |  Travel & Tourism

Czech beer lovers will soon have one more reason to visit Prague. A new interactive exhibition called “The Original Beer Experience” about Pilsner Urquell – the country’s best-known beer brand – will open on April 21 in the City Palais on the centrally located Wenceslas Square. The opening date was announced by the Czech Tourist … Read more