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Current AffairsCubist House of the Black Madonna re-opens in Prague
Those of you who have walked from Prague's Powder Tower towards the Old
Town Square may have come across an unusual building on the corner of
Celetna Street and Ovocny Trh. The House of the Black Madonna named after
the stone sculpture of a black Madonna sitting on top of it, is one of the
world's rarest examples of Cubist architecture. The building was closed in
January 2002, but Prague was proud to announce this Friday that its doors
have finally been re-opened to the public:
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SpotlightPrague's Clementinum
Just a stone's throw from Prague's Charles Bridge, on the Old Town side of
the Vltava, stands the Clementinum, after Prague Castle the biggest
complex of historical buildings in the city. Named after a church on the
site dedicated to St Clement, the Clementinum was established by the
Jesuits in the middle of the 16th century. After centuries as a college,
it is now home to the Czech National Library and the main Prague weather
station.
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Current AffairsPrague's Na Prikope Street places 18th in Main Streets of the World survey
Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, the Champs Elysees in Paris, London's Oxord
street - these and other swanky avenues regularly finish at the top of a
survey called Main Streets Across the World, published annually by real
estate consultants Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker. The latest
survey out this week has shown Prague's own Na Prikope Street has made it
to the top 18. Jan Velinger spoke with Jonathan Hallett, the head of the
Prague branch of Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker. He began by
asking the realties expert whether Na Prikope Street's placing had come as
a surprise, or was instead part of a continuing trend.
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Czechs in HistoryThe Builders of St Vitus' Cathedral
Hello and welcome to Czechs in History. In today's edition: a look at
Prague's most distinctive landmark St Vitus' Cathedral, ever visible above
the city's Little Quarter, its Gothic and Neo-Gothic spires reaching above
the Prague Castle, its most precious jewel and centrepiece. We look at how
it was commissioned and constructed and how it survived times of turmoil
and war. This site for coronations and final resting place for saints
and kings of Bohemia - a cathedral unparalleled in importance in the Czech
lands.
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Current AffairsPrague City Council gives green light to new stadium
Moving on to some good news for Czech football fans, especially those who
couldn't get tickets for September's Euro 2004 qualifier against Holland,
because Prague's 20,000-capacity Letna stadium was sold-out. Prague City
Council on Tuesday expressed its support for the building of a new 50,000
thousand-seat national sports stadium in the city's Strahov district.
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Current AffairsDog licences in Prague to increase to help cover street-cleaning expenses
Visitors admiring the beauty of Prague's spires and the colourful facades
of its historic buildings are often in for an unpleasant surprise. Prague
residents learnt long ago that it's safest to walk around the city with
their eyes down. That's because the streets of the capital are often
littered with dog excrement, which the city authorities spend tens of
millions of crowns a year cleaning up. The money from dog licences is used
to clean up the dog mess, though it is not enough. The city council has
now proposed the licence fee be increased by fifty percent.
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Stepping OutOn board - and wily - at the Paluba games room
It used to be one night a week in Prague on one of the city's steamboats
travelling up and down a stretch of the Vltava River - the Paluba games
club - a place to go with friends or to meet new ones to play a wide
variety of board games you never had as a kid. But, then, Paluba changed
locations: many members wanted a more regular place to visit, and the
steamboat was getting expensive. Today, the Paluba games room has docked
in Prague's Andel district: a club where people of all ages can get
together to match wits.
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Letter from PragueFather in double trouble
The last few days have been marked by various events here in the capital
Prague, all of them in some way connected with road transport and traffic,
as the past week was designated European Week of Mobility. One of them was
a race - with people trying to get to the city centre from various places
by car, bike and public transport. On each occasion public transport and
bikes proved faster than the car, although some drivers complain that the
race fixed and the result was a foregone conclusion. In another event,
mothers with prams and buggies raced against each other along sidewalks
struggling to weave between parked cars.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The coalition government is under pressure from all sides -can it possibly survive? That is the question which commentators are now addressing daily, depending on which way the wind happens to be blowing. Today Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla is seen as having triumphed in the clash of wills with trade unions, who have agreed to desist from further protest actions despite having received no significant concessions from the government. More
Business NewsBusiness News
Prague blue-chips hit a three-year high earlier this week. Meanwhile, the
Czech crown fell to its lowest in over a year and a half against the euro.
The Czech central bank will most likely change its inflation targeting
policy. New Telecommunications Act forces former monopoly Czech Telecom to
rent last mile to competitors. Czech Telecom to sell off some assets. The
largest Czech coal-burning power station out of operation. Power Utility
CEZ eying mulls eastward expansion. Sixteen buildings in Prague's
Wenceslas Square are up for sale again.
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