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MarketplaceForeigners no longer big players in Prague’s property market
After years of growth, the real estate market in the Czech capital has seen
a slow but steady decline, with decreasing prices and many more new
listings having turned Prague property into a buyer’s market. One factor
behind the change is waning interest from foreigners to invest into real
estate in the Czech capital. However, some parts of Prague have become more
attractive for Czechs and foreigners alike, while others remain popular
primarily with foreign clients. More
PanoramaThe Blonde Bitch Strikes Again at a Prague theatre house
The increasingly absurd world of Czech politics is proving a huge success
at a small Prague theatre house which is drawing the crowds with a
political cabaret based on real life politics. Actors reciting verbatim
excerpts from wiretappings involving prominent politicians and statements
from the scandalous trial against the de-facto leader of one of the ruling
parties keep the audience in gales of laughter; a sad testimony of the
sorry state of Czech politics. More
Current AffairsNew initiative calls for probe into links between politics and organized crime
A group of Czech NGOs has launched a new initiative to fight the uphill
battle against corruption in the Czech Republic. Entitled You Stole Our
Country, Give It Back, the initiative seeks to put Czech parliamentarians
under enough public pressure to allow for a thorough probe into alleged
links between politics and organized crime. The NGOs behind the new project
include the Czech Helsinki Committee, the Romany advocacy group Romea, the
student initiative Democracy Czech-Up as well as the Anticorruption
Endowment Fund. Radio Prague spoke to the fund’s founder, the businessman
and philanthropist Karel Janeček and asked him what the main goals were. More
SpotlightA bit of Paris in Prague – the Bohemian coffeehouse Café Montmartre
Tucked away on Řetězová street in Prague’s Old Town, Café Montmartre
is one of the city’s oldest coffeehouses. While it looks rather
unassuming from the outside, the former cabaret has a fascinating history.
Famous writers such as Franz Kafka and Egon Erwin Kisch are said to have
spent many a wild night here, and Café Montmartre continues to draw
artists, writers and actors. We spoke to its manager, Iva Nesvadbová,
about the café’s history, its guests and its upcoming anniversary. More
SpotlightThe Prague Police Museum - an institution that explores the history of police and crime in Czech lands
Tucked away in a former monastery in Prague’s Nové Město, the Czech
Police Museum boasts a fascinating permanent exhibit exploring the history
of Czech police, the development of criminology, infamous murder cases and
much more. Sarah Borufka went along and has this report. More
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