Enabling foreigners to become organ donors
Every year Czech clinics perform hundreds of life-saving organ transplants. Unfortunately many seriously ill patients wait in vain for the call to say that a suitable donor has been found. In an...
View ArticleYoung Vietnamese equally at home in Hanoi and Prague
Prague’s sizeable Vietnamese community recently held its first ever day of Vietnamese culture, an open event in the centre of town which drew a mixed crowd of Vietnamese and Czechs. What has been a...
View ArticleLove Across Cultures: Relationships between Czechs and Foreigners
In the past 20 years, Prague has attracted a number of foreign professionals, and many of them settle here permanently. With the Czech capital growing more international, relationships between locals...
View ArticlePrague Archbishop celebrates mass for Vietnamese community
One of the many Christmas masses celebrated over the past weekend was a mass for the Vietnamese community celebrated by Prague Archbishop Dominik Duka in Prague’s Žižkov district. It was dedicated to...
View ArticleDaily Telegraph: Prague fourth best city for young expat life
Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper has just published a list of the top twenty places for young people to emigrate, and the Czech capital Prague came in fourth. "Beautiful and only a short flight...
View ArticleDo you know who cleans your house?
A video spot made by the Association for Integration and Migration highlights the problems of foreign nationals working as domestic service providers – cleaners, maids and nannies. Approximately 27...
View ArticleThe black experience in the Czech Republic
In the past 20 years, the number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic has increased dramatically as a consequence of the opening of the Iron Curtain. Still, the country is far from being as...
View ArticleForeigners no longer big players in Prague’s property market
After years of growth, the real estate market in the Czech capital has seen a slow but steady decline, with decreasing prices and many more new listings having turned Prague property into a buyer’s...
View ArticleLove Across Cultures: Relationships between Czechs and Foreigners
In the past 20 years, Prague has attracted a number of foreign professionals, and many of them settle here permanently. With the Czech capital growing more international, relationships between locals...
View ArticleIntegration centre in Prague to help immigrants and support NGOs
Last week saw the official opening of a new Integration Centre for foreigners in Prague. Currently, almost twelve percent of the capital’s population are now foreigners, and city hall has been mulling...
View ArticleDan Brown – Western actor on a popular Czech soap opera
There are thousands of Westerners in Prague, but it’s highly likely that none of them are as well known to ordinary Czechs as Dan Brown. He’s a Canadian-born theatre director and actor who for the...
View ArticleNGOs criticize draft bill on Czech citizenship as too harsh on immigrants
The Czech government has approved a new bill on acquiring Czech citizenship which, among other issues, introduces several new conditions for those interested in becoming Czech citizens. For example,...
View ArticleDo you know who cleans your house?
A video spot made by the Association for Integration and Migration highlights the problems of foreign nationals working as domestic service providers – cleaners, maids and nannies. Approximately 27...
View ArticleThe black experience in the Czech Republic
In the past 20 years, the number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic has increased dramatically as a consequence of the opening of the Iron Curtain. Still, the country is far from being as...
View ArticleMark Baker – Prague-based travel writer and journalist
Mark Baker is a travel writer and journalist. He first visited Prague as a student in 1984 and began living here, after a stint in Vienna, in the early 1990s. Since then he has written or co-written a...
View ArticleNGOs campaign for wider access to public health insurance to foreigners
Leaving aside the controversy involving the biggest public health insurance provider and a new round of doctor strikes looming on the horizon, the public health insurance system in the Czech Republic...
View ArticleJežíšek vs. Santa and carp vs. foie gras: how families with different...
On Christmas Eve, most Czech families will like every year sit down to special dinner before rushing to the Christmas tree. They will unwrap their presents and some might sing a few carols, and even...
View ArticleLori Wyant Selby – owner of hit Prague burger restaurant The Tavern
On the border of the districts of Vinohrady and Žižkov is where you will find The Tavern, a cosy bar and burger restaurant that has become a big hit since it opened just over a year ago. Indeed, a...
View ArticleDaniel Rossi Silva - Brazilian footballer for Sigma Olomouc
Daniel Rossi Silva is a professional Brazilian football player who plays for the Czech top league team SK Sigma Olomouc. Before he has become one of the most respected defensive midfielders, there, he...
View ArticleNew bill to introduce dual citizenship
The new bill on citizenship passed the first reading in the lower house of parliament. If passed into law, it will introduce stricter testing for foreigners applying for Czech citizenship and allow...
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