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Current AffairsGrowing number of rodents in city to be curbed in one month's time
The growing number of rodents in Prague is to be curbed by pest-controllers
hired by the city council in about one month's time - that news has come
coinciding with a number of reports showing that rodents including
sewer-rats, have begun spilling onto certain streets in some areas of
Prague, even in broad daylight. Besides causing shock for some, rats
represent a serious threat in the spread of diseases, which can be
life-threatening.
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Current AffairsPrague society combats problem of stray cats on the streets
Visitors to Prague may notice that - unlike many other major cities - you
very rarely see a stray dog on the streets here. Perhaps this is partly
down to the fact that Czechs - as a nation of dog-lovers - are loath to
leave an abandoned dog to fend for itself against the elements. Cats,
unfortunately, don't seem to occupy the same special place in Czech
hearts, and the number of stray felines roaming Prague's streets remains a
persistent problem. The Prague Society for the Protection of Animals is
one organisation tackling this issue. It runs a number of cat shelters
around the city. We paid a visit to one of them.
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Talking PointFab prefabs: a look at the panelaky
Communist-era housing in the Czech Republic is typified by the apartment
buildings known in Czech as "panelaky," or panel buildings.
While the communist system that bore them fell thirteen years ago, the
panelaky remain living monuments to socialist realism - housing projects
for the masses that aimed to promote socialist development.
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Current AffairsThe changing face of panelaky
Hundreds of thousands of Czechs live in "panelaky" - the concrete
panel apartment buildings that were constructed during the communist era.
These buildings are often criticised for being depressingly drab and
poorly constructed, but life in them has generally improved since the fall
of communism - and some people think that life in a panelak is still the
way to go.
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