Month: October 2005

Written by: David Friday Photo: archive Once a dusty intersection with some abandoned buildings, parking lots, and a few market stalls, Anděl has become the hub of activity for the Smíchov district. Since the early ’90s, its development has refused to abate. Kavalírka DESPITE Smíchov’s industrial character as it emerged from Communism, including a functioning…

Milan Sameš (37) Since the end of July Managing Director of Ness Technologies in ČR Why did you accept this position? The most important reasons certainly include the ambitious goals before us in this part of the world and the considerable degree of freedom I have. What do you see as your greatest task? To…

Written by: Libor Ševčík Photo by: Kateřina Hovorková Astonishingly enough, the nice, nine-hole golf course on the right bank of the Vltava was once a site of devastated land filled with illegal dumps, strange sheds, and unsightly fences. UNTIL THIS AUGUST there was only one nine-hole golf course – in Prague-Motol – within the Czech…

Written by: Michal Procházka Photo: luminum – d.raub & l.šavrdová In the age of modern sports, a layman will be practically unable to tell the difference between ricochet and squash. Likewise, few would know that ricochet was invented precisely in order to eliminate the shortcomings of other racquet games. TWELVE YEARS AGO ricochet was born…

Compiled by: Milan Duda “When I told him in Czech that I want five on the table, I meant that we would meet in a bigger group including ministers and only Czechs.” – Zdeněk Doležel, formerly head of Paroubek’s staff, attempting to explain that he didn’t ask Polish lobbyist Jacek Spyra for a five-million crown…

movies Constantine Los Angeles is a morally jaundiced cityscape in which good and evil battle for human souls, and Keanu Reeves plays a renegade exorcist, executioner and Neo-noir savior. Scuffed deadpan cynicism is met with some interesting narrative hooks in this new film based on the Hellblazer graphic novels of DC Comics/Vertigo. Robots A young…

Written by: Milan Duda Art: Nenad Vitas What did you want to be when you were a kid? Karel Gott. What country would you like to live in? In the land of Oz. What is the meaning of your life? To find its meaning. Your favorite fictitious character? Everyone in Čtyřlístek. (Four-Leaf-Clover, a children’s magazine)…

Like mature wine After a three-year break, the band Divoký srdce (Wild Heart) has produced a third album at Indies Records – Pozdní sběr (Late Harvest). The group, centered around Michal Ambrož, presents a collection of colorful and diverse songs – and not only rock. The album has echoes of Irish folk, straightforward rock, Clash…

Written by: Milan Duda Photo: Switzerland Tourism For over 600 years, every night a watchman has blown a trumpet from the top of the Notre-Dame Cathedral to signal that time hasn’t stopped on the shores of Lake Geneva. But even without him you’d certainly feel that the Swiss canton of Vaud is throbbing with life.…

Written by: Klára Smolová Photo: Dorothea Bylica Like a well-established brand, the Millhouse Kaitan sushi bar in Slovanský dům stands out amidst growing competition with its modern concept. Quidong Heng, a native of Shensi, China, came to Czechoslovakia in 1992 to work for an American company, but in 1993 he went into business for himself.…