Written by: Jason Hovet Photo by: Petr Poliak After a hectic 2001 for French investment, the last few years have been relatively quiet. But with EU entry here and outsourcing catching on in France, these slow years look to have only been the eye of the storm. ACCORDING TO Jean-Francois Salzmann, partner at the Prague…

Written by: Monika Mudranincová Photo: Petr Poliak They say he’s a dictator, a fanatic. Not so. “Franz” Straka (45) is a brilliant soccer coach who’d go all out for his team. And Sparta follows his instructions and wins. Your coaching results are outstanding. Twice in a row your teams have won the Czech-Moravian Soccer Union…

Written by: Renée LeMoine Photo by: Vojtěch Vlk “Our managing director was headhunted from another firm based on his performance record. However, after only a year with our company, he is being replaced due to poor results. Is this type of turnaround common? Derailment studies conducted on top executives have found that the distinctiveness that…

Written by: Halka Jaklová Photo by: René Jakl Deceptive advertising involves the dissemination of information about one’s own or another’s company, products, or performance that could evoke a false idea, thereby causing an advantage for such company in economic competition to the detriment of other competitors or consumers. This method of unfair competition is governed…

Written by: Klára Strouhalová Photo by: Věroslav Sixt Lovells, an international law firm headquartered in one of the old wings of Slovanský dům, has created a balanced combination of the classical and the modern in its interior: “We offer a sense of stability, reliability, and tradition, all in a purely contemporary style,” says Thomas Bettelheim,…

Written by: Štěpánka Strouhalová Photo by: Věroslav Sixt The Hens’ Program, a collection of witty glass items by Ivana Šrámková and Michal Machat, acted as an optimistic apparition among the mainly melancholy, oppressive works displayed at the recent Art Prague trade fair. RECENTLY these former classmates under Professor Libenský at the College of Applied Arts…

Written by: Libor Ševčík It’s as if Portuguese wines were still overshadowed by Spanish wines in the general awareness, and only port is known by nearly everyone. But do you know Vinho Verde? foto: Věroslav Sixt Thanks to fine technologies Portugal offers a broad range of excellent white and mainly red wines, mostly produced from…

Written by: Jasmina Žarković Photo: Dorothea Bylica Stop time, return to Prague under Rudolph, and succumb to the magic of legend – in the culinary and spiritual art of the Alchymist restaurant on Prague’s Malá Strana. Medieval chemistry, or alchemy, occupied itself with the discovery of the “Philosopher’s Stone” and the “Elixir of Life”, through…

Written by: Jan Tuček On the car market, Peugeot made a name for itself for pleasure with its 206 CC model. Now it’s offering a double serving of pleasure – driving its larger coupé cabriolet, the 307 CC, which features full seating for four. THE DYNAMIC SILHOUETTE of this 4.34 meter-long car can be completely…

Written by: Anita Lišková & Todd Shaw Photo by: allphoto images Southeast Asia’s great melting pot, Singapore is a cultural potpourri that leaves the unsuspecting visitor dazzled. A happy collision of opposites, the antiseptically clean inner city is never far from rainforests, unique night safaris, or a bumboat’s ride from Changi jetty. David Green Sales…