http://www.thepragueguide.com Come and see beautiful Prague, a great city with wonderful people Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most tourist heading to the Czech Republic go to Prague, in fact Prague has 90% of all the visitors to the Czech Republic. This causes Prague to be fairly crowded during the peak seasons of Christmas, Easter, and the three summer months; additionally it has pushed up the prices ... http://www.thepragueguide.com/4daysinprague/ This is one of the great pleasures in Prague, I can wander in the city and still find streets that are completely empty, even when you would think that every street is jammed with eager tourists snapping away. I tell friend not to stop at the main tourist ... http://www.thepragueguide.com/prague-city-street/ This is one of the best videos I have seen - get used to the Metro if you are heading to Prague as it is a great way to get about the city. http://www.thepragueguide.com/prague-metro/ Prague in the evening - gives a flavor of the city. http://www.thepragueguide.com/prague-at-night/ Until a few years ago I was not very familiar with Prague or the Czech Republic, now I am. I have lived there and now I travel back and forward several times per year. Because of this familiarity I am surprised when some asks me “Where is Prague?” ... http://www.thepragueguide.com/whereisprague/ So here I am stuck in Dublin Airport as he flight is delayed for two hours. It doesn’t happen often thank god, but airports are fairly boring places. However Aerlingus gave us vouchers for food - good… And I get to sit here in Starbucks and chill for a few hours ... http://www.thepragueguide.com/prague-here-we-come-after-the-delay/ Czechs working legally in old EU countries number 43,000 according to recent study by the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs. The largest number of Czechs work in Germany, Great Britain and Austria. Czechs stay in their motherland because of rising living standards and wages, because they fear difficulties they ... http://www.thepragueguide.com/czechs-dislike-working-abroad/ The lower house passed today bill on a pensions that will gradually increase the retirement age to 65 years and extend the obligatory social insurance from 25 to 35 years. But the Czech Republic does not yet follow the rules similar to ones of its western neighboors. The government-proposed bill ... http://www.thepragueguide.com/pension-reform-bill-started-in-parliament/ About a hundred people met outside the Chinese embassy in Prague yesterday afternoon on demonstration organised by the Amnesty International, carrying banners and Tibetan flags, and lighting candles in commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese oppression. Addressing the rally in front of the embassy, the organisers ... http://www.thepragueguide.com/day-of-tibet/ The Czech Republic will sooner or later recognise Kosovo's independence, but this will not happen before Easter, Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra told journalists. Vondra declined to give the specific date. "I will not disclose the date. Now we have a sort of Christmas fast for major ... http://www.thepragueguide.com/czechs-to-recognise-kosovo-sooner-or-later/