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📰 WEEKEND NEWS RECAP
- High temperatures lead to flood warnings in some Czech regions, Prague measures record 16 degrees Celsius.
- The first pangolin born in Europe is doing well at Prague Zoo after a turbulent first two weeks.
- Czech gas imports from Russia reached zero in January as country fully weans itself of Russian supply.
- Historic Prague spa to become Czech capital's new House of Dance thanks to funding from Czech Ministry of Culture.
- Common pochard named Czech Bird of the Year for 2023.
- Czech rescuers return from Turkey after locating three earthquake survivors.
✔️TO DO THIS WEEK
- Now through March 5|Catch Czech Lion nominees with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub.
- Feb. 20|Japanese film festival kicks off in Prague at Kino Lucerna.
- Feb. 22|Greenpeace English-speaking volunteers meet-up in Karlín.
- Feb. 22|25 years since the Czech National Hockey Team won Olympic gold at Nagano in 1998.
- Feb. 23|Kaufland and Lidl locations launch a test project for the return of beverage PET bottles and cans.
- Feb. 25|On this day in 1969, 19-year-old student Jan Zajíc set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square.
- Feb. 24|Czech writer Karolina Světlá was born on this day in 1830. Read more about her inspirational life here.
- Feb. 28|The Made in Czechoslovakia film series continues at Kino Lucerna with the film “Černý Petr.”
📱 TECH TIP OF THE WEEK
The city of Prague is expanding the functionality of its Lítačka app, announcing a host of useful new features including the ability to pay for parking.
In addition to paying for parking, users can view a map of paid parking zones, navigate to a parking spot, set notifications for the end of parking validity, extend it, and securely save a card for future one-click payments for parking and transit tickets.
📻 FEATURED LISTENING FOR YOUR AM COMMUTE
As of this week, the U.S. has an official ambassador to the Czech Republic. Bijan Sabet presented his credentials to president Zeman earlier this week. He also shares his Spotify playlist which includes tracks from Lorde to The Lumineers, Radiohead, and Maggie Rogers.
📺 WHAT TO STREAM THIS WEEK
"Il Boemo", a historical drama based on the life of Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, a friend and mentor of Wolfgang Mozart, premieres on Netflix on February 22.
The movie has been nominated for 11 Czech Lion awards, and was the Czech Republic's official submission to the 2023 Academy Awards in the category of Best International Film.
☕ YOUR MORNING CUP
Our friends at Proti Šedi have put out a whole list of places that are open bright and early for coffee (before 8 am). The list represents districts across Prague.
