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TWO BISON ARE GOING FROM THE PRAGUE ZOO TO THE WILD NATURE OF AZERBAIJAN
Two female bison from the Prague Zoo, two-year-old Prya, and six-year-old Oman, are awaiting transport to Azerbaijan. In the Shahdag National Park, it will strengthen the reintroduced population of these ungulates in the wild. Both females left the Prague Zoo today to first get to know the rest of the herd intended for transport in…...
Three Czech films at Venice film festival to include mixed-reality installation about Ukraine
Three Czech films are set to screen at the Venice film festival at the end of this summer – including a mixed-reality immersive film set in a Ukrainian living room. Although none of the Czech offerings this year are in the running for the Golden Lion in the main Venezia 81 competition, all are competing…...
New Academies, Communications Strategy and More Investments: UN Tourism Sets Course for African Members
UN Tourism continues to deliver on its Agenda for Africa, bringing the region’s Members together around a focus on investments, multilateral cooperation, and education. The 67th meeting of the UN Tourism Regional Commission for Africa took place in Livingstone, Zambia, on 23 July 2024 – welcoming public and private sector leaders from across the region. The Member…...
Veronika Tuckerová: Dissidents like Havel felt their prison experiences were scripted by Kafka
Veronika Tuckerová has been teaching Czech Studies at Harvard University for the past decade. But she has also done extensive research into the Prague German-language author Franz Kafka. Indeed, the academic is currently preparing a book entitled Reading Kafka in Prague: The Reception of Franz Kafka in Czechoslovakia, which mainly looks at changing perceptions of…...
Government agrees on Síkela as new Czech EU Commissioner
The Czech government has decided that the country’s candidate for the next European Commission will be the current minister of industry and trade, Jozef Síkela. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening that Mr. Síkela had a proven track record in both the private sector and government. I spoke with…...
Slalom canoeist Jiří Prskavec eyes Olympic defence in Paris
Canoeist Jiří Prskavec is one of Czechia’s brightest medal hopes going into the Olympic Games in Paris. The kayak single specialist is current Olympic titleholder, a multiple world and European champion – and Czech number one in a sport in which the country traditionally does well. Jiří Prskavec has actually been in Paris since the…...
Night ban on cars in part of Prague’s Old Town to come into force this week
A ban on cars and taxis at night in part of Prague’s Old Town district will come into force on Wednesday or Thursday, Prague 1 city councillor Vojtěch Ryvola told the Czech News Agency. The measure aims to reduce noise at night in the area around Dlouhá Street, where a large number of night clubs are located and where local residents…...
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