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Are Czechs racists? / Jsou Cesi raciste? May 30, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 4:37 pm
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statistics yahoo image89% of young Czechs believe that Czech Republic has discrimination issues. According to the Ipsos Tandor statistical poll 75% of these people thinks that Czech nation discriminates mostly against race, where as 43% of them also think that women are discriminated against as well. The article doesn’ t go into the race discrimination issue at all, which is a shame because I would like to know more about it. But it sure goes on and on about the discrimination of women:

 
 

Imigration in the CR on the all-time high / Migrace v CR stale stoupa May 22, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 4:42 pm
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According to the National Security Council of the Czech Republic more than 390,000 immigrants came to the Czech Republic in 2007. That is 22% increase when compared to the last year’s figures. Why this sudden increase?

  1. Czech economy is doing great
  2. unemployment rate is low (5%)
  3. government subsidizes programs for various industries

Although it is easier to get in the Czech Republic when compared to other countries in Western Europe, it is much harder to stay, which a lot of immigrants don’t know.Marie Jelinkova, the spokesman of the Prague Multicultural Centre further explains: “You can come to the CR when you have a certain purpose (job, study). Once you lose you purpose, you are expected to leave..“. And what countries do most foreigners come from? (more…)

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Now only the rich Czechs can afford to grocery shop / Pouze bohaci v CR si mohou dovolit nakupovat potraviny May 16, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 3:48 pm
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groceries yahoo imageDid you know that prices of some food items in the Czech Republic went up 20 - 30% since the beginning of the year? That’s outrageous! I thought we had it bad here in the United States with the ever-climbing gas prices. The magazine Radio Praha digs deeper to find the cause of this Czech groceries crises (click here)

CZ: Vite, ze vetsina ceskych potravnin je od pocatku tohoto roku o 20 - 30% drazsi? Kolik ted vubec stoji Fidorka? 50 kourn, nebo i vic?? Ja tady v Americe placu nad cenami mistniho benzinu, zatimco v Cechach to maji mnohem horsi. Nad duvody teto potravinarske krize se pozastavuje magazin Radia Prahy (kliknete zde).

Source: http://www.radio.cz/en/article/103977

 
 

Czechs not ready for Euro / Cesi nejsou dostatecne pripraveni na Euro May 9, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tanja @ 4:19 pm
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Euro yahoo image Every 2 years the EU commission assesses the situation of those countries of EU which in the future are planning to use the Euro currency system. The criteria range anywhere from the proper rate of inflation, share quotations to the rate of interest and other financial measurements. The Czech Republic for example does not fulfill the required inflation rate (in 12 months the IR = 4.4% with the EU limit being as low as 3.2%). Besides the CR other European countries such as Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Sweden, were going through a similar scrutinizing investigation. (more…)

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And the all-time favorite Czech food is…/ A nejoblibenejsi ceske jidlo je…. April 23, 2008

Filed under: Czech traditions — Tanja @ 3:51 pm
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Czech food yahoo imageThe “My Czech Republic” website did a poll on people’s favorite Czech meal and here are the results:

1. Beef goulash with dumplings (Hovezí guláš s knedlíkem) - 18% [27 people ]
2. Beef sirloin with dumplings and vegetable cream sauce (Svícková na smetane, knedlík) - 21% [ 32]
3. The winner: Roast pork, dumplings and sauerkraut (”vepro-knedlo-zelo”) - 28% [42 ] (more…)

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Who makes the most money? / Kdo vydelava nejvice penez? April 5, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 3:28 pm
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money google imageMoney is always a hot topic. Do you ever wonder who makes the most money? Is it the Germans? The Swiss? Or maybe the Dutch?? Well, the truth has finally been revealed. The biggest salaries are currently being earned by the Swiss, specifically those who work in Zürich. The current European salary table looks like this: (more…)

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Are you talking in spoken or written Czech??/ Mluvite hovorovou anebo psanou cestinou?? April 4, 2008

Filed under: Czech traditions, Czech news — Tanja @ 3:59 pm
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dictionary yahoo image It’s kind of embarrassing but the most common Czech words are :

  • voni ( the colloqial “oni” meaning “they”)
  • proste (colloquial “right”)
  • teda (”well”)
  • bejt (the colloquial “byt” meaning “to be”)

Do they not look familiar to you? That is because they are used in spoken Czech. So unless you have the Dictionary of Spoken Czech near by you are pretty much left guessing to what those words might mean. Profesor Cermak, the creator of one of the above mentioned dictionaries, recorded in his research sample speeches by over 500 people and discovered that the spoken Czech uses huge number demonstrative pronouns such as “that”, “there”, “here”, “that” as well as the pronoun “I”. Also particles such as “vzdyt”, “no”, “aby”, “ze jo” (”after all”, “well”, “right”..) are very common through which we express our +/- attitudes, expectations or doubts.

What are one of the most frequent Czech nouns? (more…)

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Czech Republic rates as one of the safest EU countries / Cechy jsou jednim z nejbezpecnejsich EU statu March 27, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 4:40 pm
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thief yahoo imageAccording to the Eurostat’s new statistical data the Czech Republic rates as one of the safest countries of the European Union. Surprisingly, the most dangerous EU states are:

  • Sweden
  • Belgium
  • Great Britain

Only every 30th Czech is predicted to commit a crime, whereas every 7th Swedish person has a high probability of joining the “dark side”. (more…)

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“Wifeswap” is #1 reality show in Czech / “Vymena manzelek” vice popularni nez “Big Brother” February 2, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 4:56 pm
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TV yahoo imageYou may have glanced at the TV show Wifeswap (where families exchange their wifes/moms for a certain period of time) while surfing your TV channels or it can be one of our favorite shows that you faithfully watch every week. If that is the case then you are not alone. Not only it is a hit in the US but the Czech version (Vymena manzelek) produced by the NOVA channel has become pretty much the number one reality TV show (even more popular than Big Broher!) in the Czech Republic. According to the ATO-Mediasearch about 58% of people are hooked on the Vymena manzelek where the final episode was watched by 1/3 of the Czech population (2.82 million Czechs). In fact, the show is so popular that the members of the Czech Parliament want to take it off the air. (more…)

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Iterview with Jan Svejnar / Rozhovor s Janem Svejnarem January 24, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 5:07 pm
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Klaus Svejnar image / www.lidovky.cz imageHave you decided who would you like to be the future president of the Czech Republic? Svejnar or Klaus? Are you still undecided? When the lidovky.cz survey asked people who would they pick to be a new Czech president, these were the results: