CR: The Botanicus chain of stores offering herbal soaps, extracts and delicacies is a Czech, and growing international, success story. Most tourists will have probably bought something from one of their outlets in the country. The small business was founded in the early 1990’s after the...

CR: The hype over Western supermarkets of the 1990s started fading for Czechs sometime in the early noughties. As healthy eating became more of a priority for some Czech city dwellers, small organic food shops began cropping up in most cities. Organic was all the rage. Yet, many of the...

CR: Senate rejects government plan for VAT hike On late Thursday evening, the Czech upper house voted to reject a key component of the government's fiscal consolidation package - a controversial rise in VAT tax rates from 15 to 21 percent. The opposition Social Democrats hold 41 seats in...

PraguePost: Špaňhel's paintings range from the cathedral to the barnyard   In these pages nine years ago, a review of the painter Jakub Špaňhel's first big solo show in Prague concluded by calling him a highly gifted young artist - a talent to watch. He was fresh out of the art...

PraguePost: Czech Museum of Music showcases music boxes to the digital era   The creation of music has long been the realm of both inventors and composers, and both have long fascinated themselves with the idea of creating objects that, when set in motion, would play music of their...

PraguePost: Rower leads a three-day medal rush after a slow start to the games   ou know what they say about London buses. You wait ages for one, and then three come along at the same time. This analogy also rings true for Czech medals at the 2012 Olympics. The first one took a...

Převzaté reakce z diskuzkuzních fór :   Milan Pepo, Semněvice Středa, 18.září 2013, 10:48:25  Opět musím připomenout. Je zvláštní, aby se stejném názoru shodly tak odlišné zdroje. Christian Science Monitor Inopressa 23.8. 2013. AP, Reuters, SANA, ITAR-TASS a Fondsk.ru 24.8. 2013....