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05/13/2024
Czechs are having sex less often than they were 11 years ago, according to a survey by the National Institute of Mental Health. The results from this year were compared with 2013, the last time a similar study was carried out.
On average, people reported having sex less than once in the past month; however, for people in a long-term relationship, the average frequency was 5.72 times per month for men and 5.63 times for women. The results were also correlated with age, with older people reporting having sex less frequently than younger people.
However, the institute said that the frequency of sexual activity was surprisingly low even among young people, with people between 18 and 25 years of age reporting having sex an average of 1.7 times in the past month for women and 1.3 times for men. Most people reported being satisfied with their sex lives.
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05/13/2024
The 10th edition of the annual Open House Prague festival gets underway on Monday. The week-long event will see 115 normally inaccessible buildings and spaces around the capital open to the public.
This year’s edition of Open House pays tribute to Czechoslovak architects Josef Fuchs and Oldřich Tyl, who designed the Trade Fair Palace. The festival also commemorates Josef Fanta by opening the Hlávka Student Dormitory, and Karel Hubáček, the author of Prague’s DISK Theatre.
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05/13/2024
Prime Minister Petr Fiala is set to hold talks with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, in Rome on Monday. During his one-day visit to Italy, the Czech head of government will also meet President Sergio Mattarella. The main topics on the agenda will be the development of defense cooperation, the strengthening of economic relations, migration and the EU's strategic agenda.
Italy is one of Czechia’s main trading partners with a volume of foreign trade of CZK 316 billion. A number of leading Italian companies operate in Czechia in industry and services. In recent years, the interest of Czech companies and investors in the Italian market has also been growing.
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05/12/2024
The 23rd edition of the international animated film festival Anifilm in the north Bohemian town of Liberec, which ended on Saturday evening, attracted a record 36,000 visitors.
The main award went to Italian-French co-production Chicken for Linda!, an animated comedy which explores the relationship between a hardworking single mother and her daughter. The award for the best short film went to Zima, a mosaic portrait of a small fisherman’s village.
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05/12/2024
Residents in the Zlín area have been advised to exercise caution after a brown bear was sighted on the outskirts of the town. The animal was first spotted on Saturday morning by a local man, who went for a run to a forest near Zlín.
The animal’s presence was later confirmed by experts, who examined its traces. According to their size, the animal could weigh up to 200 kilograms. The police advised people to avoid densely overgrown areas and keep their dogs on a leash when walking in a forest.
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05/12/2024
Monday will be mostly sunny with occasional rain showers and storms. Day temperatures are expected to range between 19 and 23 degrees Celsius.
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05/12/2024
A Holocaust Memorial for Roma and Sinti opened to the public on Sunday at the site of a former concentration camp in Lety, south Bohemia, with a commemorative ceremony.
Over 1,300 Roma passed through the camp between 1942 and 1943 and more than 300 died there, mostly women and children. Over 500 inmates were sent to extermination camps.
The memorial includes a place of remembrance and a visitor centre with a permanent exhibition that presents testimonies of witnesses in audiovisual form.
The site originally served as a pig farm and it took close to three decades for post-communist governments to buy out the property and erect a dignified memorial in its place.
Among those attending the comemorative event. on Sunday was Senate speaker Miloš Vystrčil, who stressed the importance of creating values for the future.
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05/12/2024
The 79th edition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival was launched on Sunday with a commemoration ceremony at the grave of Czech composer Bedřich Smetana at Prague’s Vyšehrad cemetary.
The festival, which will celebrate the Year of Czech Music, will offer dozens of concerts by symphony orchestras and other ensembles, including La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra of the Milan Opera and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France.
The opening concert, Smetana’s My Country, will be performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko. It will be screened live to the public at Prague’s Kampa park.
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05/12/2024
Czechs also won their second game at the Ice Hockey World Championship, coming up from two goals deficit to beat Norway 6-3 in Prague on Saturday. Two goals were scored by captain Roman Červenka, who played his 200th national team game.
The 38-year-old Červenka opened the scoring in the seventh minute, but Norway tied the game after 31 seconds and quickly took a 3-1 lead. By the break, Červenka managed to reduce the deficit. Ondřej Beránek equalised in the second period, with Matěj Stránský, Libor Hájek and Ondřej Palát adding the last three goals.
The Czech ice hockey team will next face Switzerland on Monday.
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05/11/2024
Sunday will be mostly sunny with day temperatures ranging between 19 and 23 degrees Celsius.
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