Month: March 2004

  • Honda Accord Diesel: Economy express

    Written by: Jan Tuček The new, seventh-generation Honda Accord stands out with its dynamic design and sophisticated chassis. Now it comes with a powerful, economical 2.2-l turbodiesel, the first engine of this type to be developed by Honda. THE FOUR-CYLINDER aluminum power plant with the complicated designation of 2.2i-CDTi and second-generation Common Rail direct injection…

  • Divinis: Home sweet home, Italian style

    Written by: Jasmina Žarković Photo: Dorothea Bylica When you enter the Divinis wine bar and restaurant you’re faced with a dilemma as to where you actually are. There’s ‘a little of everything here – a bit of a modern metropolitan restaurant, a bit of the familiar atmosphere of traditional southern Italy, and a bit of…

  • The Bacchus Report: Slovenia lifts a glass to the EU

    Written by: Libor Ševčík Most Slovenian vintners, unlike many Czech and Moravian winemakers, are calmly awaiting their country’s EU accession. They are well prepared, and they’re experienced with unregulated markets. foto: allphoto images Slovenia, the wealthiest country of the former Yugoslavia, has the highest standard of living of any of the countries entering the EU…

  • Shaping light

    Written by: Štěpánka Strouhalová Photo by: Věroslav Sixt Ivo Zajíček “Light is essentially so extraordinary; all you have to do is help it a little and present it in an interesting way – with an unusual material or shape combination.” This is the motto of Ivo Zajíček, a design graduate who studied light technology. ZAJÍČEK…

  • The best of Shanghai

    Written by: Anita Lišková & Todd Shaw Photo by: allphoto images Perhaps the most evocative place for an outsider in all of China, Shanghai has been the inspiration for everything from lurid novels to cocktails. From imperialism, through colonialism and communism, this mysterious city has remained a cultural and commercial center since the 13th century.…

  • Fitness of the future

    Written by: Galina Pembroke Just 30 minutes of daily exercise can alleviate the risk of heart attack and diabetes, says the World Health Organization. Along with “walking buses” and bicycles that play videogames, an adaptable concept of exercise is helping a busier world stay in shape. Day-to-day fitnessYou don’t NEED a personal trainer to learn…

  • March 2004

    Compiled by Marie Šrámková Photo: archiv Guests from the city on the Danube The Slovak National Theater will present two plays as part of its long-term cooperation with the Prague National Theater. The first is a salon comedy by director Peter Mikulík, The Ideal Husband, about the conversion of a scrupulous politician whose life is…

  • Michel Fleischmann, president of Evropa 2 and Frekvence 1 radio stations

    Written by: Anita Lišková Art: Nenad Vitas What country would you like to live in? When I’m at home I dream about other countries. When I’m away I dream about home. Probably not anywhere else, flying there for visits is good enough for me. Who is your favorite fictional character? Woody Allen in his early…

  • Look & Listen

    movies Young Adam Director David Mackenzie plays up the claustrophobic and impoverished interior of a Glaswegian barge in this dark indie British film. By being made aware of the lack of options available within such merciless conditions, viewers gain empathy for the depth of the characters’ alienation and despair, and the motives behind their fatal…

  • March 2004

    Compiled by Anita Lišková “He is like a computer, full of information, but he is unable to deduce any reasonable solution. Insert a coin and he starts hurling out the information.” – Tomáš Sokol, lawyer and former Minister of Interior, speaking about Miloslav Ransdorf, KSČM candidate for European parliament. “The rising price of condoms is…