Month: June 2005

  • Holešovice: Will Holešovice meet its potential?

    Written by: Tim Gosling Photo: archive A hundred years ago, Holešovice was busy developing itself into a production powerhouse. Today the somewhat ragged ex-industrial neighborhood is home to many blue collars and working hands. FOR OFFICE DEVELOPERS the district has many elements that suggest it as an excellent location. The usual factors contribute: a border…

  • ISSUE #114

    Christoph Greussing (40) Since April 2005 named chairman of CAC Leasing, Czech Republic Why did you accept this position? Heading up a company like CAC Leasing, is a big challenge, as the main focus of my work is on the defence of a leading market position. I see this change also as an expansion of…

  • Golfers’ paradise

    Written by: Libor Ševčík There is a real paradise, of a golfer’s dreams. It’s on the island of Praslin, the second largest Seychelles island, and it’s called the Lémuria resort. Photo: archive IN TRANSLATION Lémuria means “Lost Paradise”, and if you spend at least a few days there you’ll never forget it. Everything a golf…

  • Summer skating in the city

    Written by: Michal Procházka photo: www.isifa.com There’s no need to introduce in-line roller skates at length here. Czechs love skating – especially with a hockey stick, and a puck – so they’ve very quickly taken this new sport as their own. IN-LINE SKATING is especially appreciated by people for whom just gliding across ice in…

  • June 2005

    Compiled by: Milan Duda “When I see numbers or I have to calculate something, it is a problem. The Prime Minister is an economist, he explains everything in numbers and I don’t understand him,” – Veronika Skořepová’s complaint about how tricky the position of government speaker is. She survived only 12 days in the post,…

  • Look & Listen

    movies The Incredibles From the mind of Brad Bird, Pixar’s latest feature-length fantasy is – for lack of a better word – incredible. A truly engaging and entertaining story about the all-too-human foibles of superheroes is brought wonderfully to life with state-of-the-art animation and spot-on voice characterizations. As good as it was on the big…

  • David Vávra, actor and architect

    Written by: Milan Duda Art: Nenad Vitas What is the meaning of your life? To be useful, like an insect. Your favorite fictitious character? Alice in Wonderland. What is your favorite daytime activity? Whatever I have to do is what I want to do. What was the last thing stolen from you? The TV in…

  • June 2005

    Golden voice As part of the Prague Jazz Summer Open festival, the famed mezzosoprano Barbara Hendricks and the Magnus Lindgren Quartet will perform in an exclusive concert in Prague’s Rudolfinum. The concert will combine one of the most beautiful contemporary opera voices with swing jazz. Hendricks is from Arkansas, USA, but has been living in…

  • The best of Rio de Janeiro

    Written by: Milan Duda Photo www.isifa.com Brazilian Rio de Janeiro is a city full of sunshine, samba, freedom and neverending entertainment. At the same time, it is also a city with a high concentration of poverty and criminality. But don’t let that stop you from visiting this “marvellous city” and meeting its warm and welcoming…

  • BMW 3: a dynamic classic

    Written by: Jan Tuček Amidst the exodus to front-wheel drive, BMW is successfully defending the classic concept of the engine up front and rear-wheel drive, which it has honed to technical perfection. The new BMW 3 series sedans are the proof. THE BASIS for BMW’s success is the combination of dynamic driving with a high…