Czech Republic Roma Community Stand Firm Against Eviction
Region: Czech RepublicBy Daniela Kantorova In August 2012, the Ostrava City Hall issued a 24-hour eviction order to the owner of the 11 buildings at Přednádraží, asking him to evict all of the residents, giving as a reason an unsafe condition of the buildings, primarily due to broken sewage lines. Three lawsuits have been filed between the various departments of the Ostrava City Hall to establish responsibility for fix... more
Views: 832Mounting Problems for the Czech Government in Diag Human Arbitration
Region: Czech RepublicHana Sediva was a little known Czech member of parliament for the Social Democratic Party (CSSD) between 2002 and 2010. Her legislative initiatives neared zero, she missed more voting than anybody else in the Chamber and she received regular bad press for her weekly flights between Prague and her home town that were paid by the Parliament. In 2003 she was elected as Chairwoman of the Special Parliamentary Inve... more
Views: 1812A nose for a good story?
Region: Czech RepublicI was told a story once in Prague about WWII. I am not sure if it is true. Reinhard Heydrich was a loyal Nazi and loved the music of Richard Wagner. On 27th September 1941, Heydrich was appointed acting Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia. He commandeered as his headquarters the Rudolphinium, Prague’s centre of classical music, by the Vltava river. When Heydrich heard that there were st... more
Views: 2062Czech Republic Continues Bloodletting Successful Entrepreneur Josef Stava
Region: Czech RepublicEver thought about developing a lucrative blood plasma and plasma derivatives trade enterprise with a business model uniquely devised for communist countries short on hard currency? Me neither. But Josef Stava (Josef Šťáva) has. The dictionary definition of the word “entrepreneur” equates to a person who undertakes a new enterprise, venture, or idea, and is accountable for the i... more
Views: 1697Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov: Building a Safer World, One Disarmed Bomb at a Time
Region: Czech RepublicOscar Wilde once said that when good Americans die, they go to Paris. But what about decommissioned nuclear weapons? Where do old nuclear warheads go when they die? Believe it or not, thanks in part to a conscientious Russian businessman named Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov, many of them go to America. In fact, news sources report that 10 percent of recycled Russian nuclear warheads are used to power American homes, ... more
Views: 1450New Awards for our Prague hostels!
Region: Czech Republic
Old Prague Hostel and Prague Square Hostel are now Top Rated Hostel 2008 as voted by Hostelworld.com customers!!! more
Views: 1151Prague, Wow!
Region: Czech RepublicOld Prague Hostel in Prague was recognised as a recommended hostel by Hostelbookers costumers for 2006. And also as Top 10 rated hostel by Hostels.com costumers for July, September 2005. Costumers rated location, cleanliness, security...Our hostel is also recommended by famous LE GUIDE MICHELIN - GREEN GUIDES, Rick Steves´ Guide and Let´s Go! more
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