The Prague Daily Monitor makes a 'desperate-to-fill-space-on-the-page' connection between the increasing popularity of the previously un  read more »

How Czechs travel seems to be impacting on where. The most popular destination for vacationing Czechs has been and still is Croatia. However, a recent Croat ban on importing certain kinds of foods has caused almost 10% of the 900 thosand Czechs planning a trip to cancel their holiday there (in favor of Italy or some other place). Why?  read more »

Bohemica.com a Dominik Lukeš vám spolu přejí Veselý nový rok 2008. PFko najdete na DominikLukes.net/2008.  read more »

Czech communists but doubtless others are remembering the great October revolution of 1917 in Russian celebrated on 2 November (due to discrepancies in calendar systems).  read more »

FOCUS Information Agency Prague. In his New Year’s Eve address Czech President Vaclav Klaus criticized those responsible for the political crisis in the country, describing it as “civil cold war”, AFP informs. “We did not manage to get through the situation, which looks more or less like “cold war”,” Klaus said. The political crisis has been continuing for seven months now after the right and left wings won nearly equal number of votes at June’s parliamentary elections.

Vánoční „jistoty“ přebil Anděl Páně - www.lidovky.cz PRAHA 27. prosince 2006 | 9:30 Všechny klasické, notoricky známé pohádky si děti i dospělí mohli dopřát i o těchto Vánocích. Nejlíp na Štědrý den - to jejich frekvence byla obzvlášť silná. Princezna se zlatou hvězdou a Tři oříšky pro Popelku (Nova), Pyšná princezna (ČT 1) či Byl jednou jeden král (Prima) nechyběly ani letos.

Turisté nechápou zabíjení kaprů - www.lidovky.cz Turisty lákají především předvánoční trhy. „Teď jsem byl na Staromáku a viděl jsem turisty, jak obléhají stánky, cpou se klobásami a nechápavě koukají na hromadné zabíjení kaprů,“ dodává Beránek.

ČESKO KRESLÍ JEŽÍŠKA | Česko si zvolilo svého Ježíška V sobotu 11.11. bylo ukončeno hlasování o tom, jak si představujeme svého Ježíška. Zvítězila podoba D od devítileté Kateřiny Burešové.

Charlotte Carter, guest column: A Czech Christmas Eve Yes, there were kolaches — apple strudel and buchta — but also soup, baked chicken, bread dressing, pork sausage and sauerkraut flavored with caraway seeds. Looking back, I recognize that Grandma’s chicken soup contained more than homemade noodles. Every spoonful was filled with her love.

Czech point: On the trail of Wenceslaus: Independent Online Edition > Europe Wenceslaus was born into the Premyslid dynasty, which had risen to hegemony in this part of central Europe a couple of generations earlier. His father was Duke Bratislav, his mother from a tribe from further north in the Czech lands. But his greatest influence was his grandmother, Ludmilla, who also picked up a sainthood after introducing Christianity to the Czech people.

MobilMania.cz - Statistika Vodafone: Češi a Silvestr v zahraničí Z interních databází jeho specialisté vyčetli, ve kterých zahraničních zemích tráví Češi nejčastěji Silvestra. Nejoblíbenější destinací je sousední Rakousko. „Z roamingových aktivit našich zákazníků vyplývá, že mezi nejoblíbenější silvestrovské destinace patří Rakousko, Itálie, Francie a Slovensko,“ říká Martin Horčička, ředitel roamingu Vodafonu.

A Czech Christmas: fish soup, potato salad and False Snails | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle Everywhere in the Czech Republic, people enjoy the same menu on Christmas Eve: appetizers, fish soup, fried fish, potato salad, Christmas bread, Christmas cookies and apple strudel. By tradition, the fish is Czech carp, which is prized all over Europe but difficult to find here. In Marcella and Tomas Klima's family, the appetizer on Christmas Eve is always False Snails. These recipes come from Czech Family Cookbook - Cooking With the Klimas.