More and more people are abandoning the idea of building their own family home this year. Unfavorable mortgages, expensive building materials and unavailable craftsmen have caused a sharp drop in the number of newly started construction of single-family houses, which is comparable only to the cooling of the market in 2013. Until interest rates are … Read more
After two years and for the first time since its singer Till Lindemann was acquitted by the police of alleged sexual harassment, the German band Rammstein will return to the Czech Republic. He will perform on May 11, 2024 at Prague’s Letňany Airport. Almost to the day, exactly two years later, she will present herself … Read more
The Czech music scene is going through difficult times. The gifted bass player of the rock band Jamaron, Filip Karlík, has gone to heaven. He was only 25 years old. “It’s hard to believe, but unfortunately it’s true,” wrote members of the group with which Karlík played for ten long years. Music fans were surprised … Read more
The concert was planned to be held in October in the Prague Municipal Building – an “art deco” house owned by the city. However, the vice-mayor of Prague suggested canceling the concert after talks with the Ukrainian embassy. Netrebko is included in Ukraine’s sanctions list, but previously she was accused of actively supporting Putin’s regime. … Read more
Radek Cihla Photojournalist write me Do you notice your surroundings? If so, then we are bringing you the next part of our series, in which we will show you photos of streets, buildings or interesting places in the metropolis. Can you recognize places in Prague by the details captured for you by the viewfinder of … Read more
The development of the consumer electronics market after market saturation during the covid-19 pandemic has the first significant victim in the Czech Republic. According to e15, the Japanese company Fujitsu will stop selling personal computers in our market. It continues with the business around servers and data centers. The ground is starting to burn under … Read more
Fifteen minutes before the start, the grassy area of the airport in Prague’s Letňany is wet with heavy rain. Where metal plates are not laid, muddy areas slowly expand. And there are more as the crowd rushes to the stage. The frequency of puddles is not surprising – the English band Depeche Mode will soon … Read more
It took ten years to build, and the hard rock was advanced centimetres. Nevertheless, in 1593, the kilometer-long tunnel saw the opening of the sluice gates to feed the water from the Vltava river on the orders of Emperor Rudolph II. Royal branch in today’s Stromovka, Prague. Even after 430 years since its completion, it … Read more
Four graduates of Prague’s Czechoslovak Academy of Commerce have produced a “smart” Novus bollard, which they believe could prevent accidents on the roads. It has a built-in solar panel and can also light up, thanks to the scarecrow it warns animals. With the help of Bluetooth technology, it activates other bollards in a row. At … Read more
In the Czech Republic, real estate is becoming cheaper than ever before. In the first quarter of this year, the prices of new apartments in Prague fell by six percent year-on-year, which is the most significant drop since at least 2009, when the CZSO publishes its relevant statistics. These are realized prices of apartments in … Read more