February 23, 2006

We are now on day13 of the Olympics and here is an update on Team Czech. So far, the Czech Republic has earned two silver medals - Kateřina Neumannová in the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing 15km Pursuit, who finished just 1.9 seconds behind Kristina Smigun of Estonia, and Lukáš Bauer in the...  

Forgot to mention a recent movie experience. A couple weeks ago, we spotted a listing of Miyazaki's movie Spirited Away at a local theater, which usually shows foreign films (more on that in a moment). The listing said it was English verse with Czech subtitles. Perfect.This past weekend, we make it to the...  

A link to a clever ad – mostly of interest to people who don’t see many adverts from the west.  

For fans of the traditional brown bottle of Staropramen beer, now is a good time to start stockpiling. Staropramen Brewery recently announced that its flagship beer will have a new look and design when it hits the shelves in March.  

When Roman Stanek and Radovan Janecek, co-founders of software company Systinet, started their business in 2000, they had enough experience to know that the financing options for expansion were limited.  

It looks like the senior opposition Civic Democrats (ODS) are betting the fastest way to a voters\\\\\\\' hearts is through their stomach.  

\"Sorry, the bank is closed. ... We\'re laying traps for robbers.\" Customers of Ceska sporitelna, one of the country\'s largest banks, might as well have found this message posted in the windows of 50 branches in south Moravia Feb.  

In December 1992, four weeks after being elected the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton invited then Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to a meeting at his office in Little Rock, Arkansas.