The union of judges said no to the proposal of Dzamila Stehlikova to ban physical punishment. Such a law would be unnecessary and interfere with privacy.

“Instead of proposals of banning slaps of a child’s hand or other part of body we should focus more on using of present possibilities” the head of Judges Union Jirsa stated.

The Psychologist Petr Smolka points out, the possible ban would take one important eduction means away from the parents. “I have heard there wouldn’t have to be any sanctions in the law though, but then it doesn’t make sense. I can even imagine a situation. When an adolescent would threaten his parents he would inform against them at the social service, if they didn’t let him to a disco.”

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The evening programme of the show is to find the Queen of dancehall! For the heat-up there are prepared Dub in Da Trip starting 19.00, the contest starts 20.30, you can look forward to Selectrors and Swamp Safari Sound System.

This years dancing competition takes the form of an all-night party. The speciality is any dancer girl can compete in the dancehall rhythm, and to show which rhythm they have inside. Of course there will be professionals too, the information you want can be found at www.myspace.com/czechdancehallqueens

The Event takes place on Friday 16th May 2008 in Rock Café, Narodni 20, Prague 1

The agent of the famous Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech wanted to start negotiations about the new contract, the club came first with the offer. It now seems Petr Cech will enter ‘the best paid football goalkeepers of the world’ club. Chelsea plans to negotiate in summer, but the news of how much the club will be willing to spend show up already.

According to the Evening Standard Czech will be offered, whether he agrees with sale increase to 90t pounds (2,8 mil czk) a week. The Czech football representative has a contract until 2010, but now he is going to negotiate new conditions of the contract. Chelsea is so prepared to increase Cech’s salary of about 20.000 pounds a week.

The Marionette Festival presents puppet theatres from tents of countries. The 20th annual year of the festival is organized under the lead and patronage of the city of Prague and the city part of Prague 1. The International Institute of Marionette of Art Mgr. Todor Ristic, President of Festival

Among more than three tens of puppet companies, there will be puppeteers from Thailand, China, the Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil and Iran. Many of their representative institutions have provided patronage for the project.

The performances will be initiated in the Mestska Knihovan (City Library) by a puppet show from Bangkok, also supplemented by screenings of puppet films (from the Czech Republic it will be Jiri Trnka fairy-tales.

The performances (up to seven a day) will be taking place in Kinsky Palace on the Old Town Square, where the institute resides, and also in Divadelko Karlova 44

Shorter pieces will be possible to see directly on the Old Town Square.

Small, hidden it a small villa in the North of the country, in Varnsdorf, there lies the first Buddhist temple in the Czech Republic. There are plans to build a new one in Prague, which hosts a numerous Vietnamese community, who would pay for their house of workship.

Vietnamese community will have its religious center in Prague. Where exactly it will be, is still held a secret.

According to the report of MFDnes, those professing Buddhism recruit from Czech lines increasingly more often, right now it is the sixth most expanded religion in the Czech Republic. Why would Czechs practice Buddhism? There are benefits, regardless of a nation – through honestly practicing meditation, one can achieve calmness, patience, sensitivity, clear critical realization of oneself.

Prague Spring (Czech: Mezinárodní hudební festival Pražké jaro) is a significant music event held under the patronage of the President of the Czech Republic and in association with the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. Outstanding artists, symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles has been performing at Prague Spring since 1946.

The international music festival Prague Spring introduces five prestigious international symphonic orchestras, as well as front Czech orchestras. Among the greatest ones of this season are the Petersburg philharmony, Symphonic orchestra of the BBC and the Budapest festival orchestra, whose tickets have been sold out for weeks.

The first ensemble from abroad to play is the oldest British symphonic orchestra – Halle Orchestra from Manchester, celebrating their 150th year of existence. The Smetana’s Hall as the main venue will hear not just Dvorak’s Scherzo capricciosa, there will be British music as well – e.g. Edward Elgar’s Symphony no. 1.

A few hundreds participated on the parade in the Streets of Prague on the demonstration for support of legalization, or at least decriminalisation of marijuana in the Czech Republic.

The Favorite event, that grows bigger every year it takes place, was so upgraded to a ‘real’ demonstration. In the past years it was a matter of a music festival only. The demonstrants were carrying banners like ‘It smells nice’ or ‘legalize now’.

The parade went from Prague centre to Parukarka at Zizkov, following a sound-system van, growing in numbers. Groups like Apple Juice, Gang ala Basta, Unity and Prague Ska Conspiracy and many DJs than played for a few thousand people there.

This year was the 11th volume, within the world event Global Marijuana March, which took place in 239 cities of the world. The situation with marijuana in the liberal Czech Republic could be defined like that: ‘don’t sell to kids, don’t count your ganja in kilos, and you should be fine’. But it is still illegal, and the users are afraid of law abuse.

The famous Australian songstress and the sex-idol of the 90’s – Kylie Minogue will perform today in O2 Arena, starting 21:00. As there were added seats, there are three kinds of ticket available: standing for 1300czk, standing by the stage: 1800, sitting firstt category: 2000, sitting second category: 1600, sitting third category: 1300 czk. Tickets sold also online www.sazkaticket.cz

She brings a spectacular show with lights, lasers, mists, gushers and confetti. Kylie also promises the music will be more electro-style than usual. She brings a spectacular show with lights, lasers, mists, gushers and confetti. Kylie also promises the music will be more electro-style than usual. Kylie Minogue arrived to Prague on the night from 10 to 11 May, and will stay in Prague until 14th. The singer’s planned stay is quite lengthy, and also, the concert starts at 21:00, but her concerts in other European cities start at eight.

At more than sixty places in the metropolis, the traffic needed to be stopped, because of the 14th annual year of Prague International Marathon. There were five thousands participants of the Marathon run and related events.

In various, also joke competitions the people could obtain tickets to Skybar, hanging from one crane. From there, they could watch the races, for example the in-line, 6,5 or 3 km race. There was also a small Brazilian carnival with samba and dancers.

Some contestants didn’t prepare for such a hot day, some needed to be taken care of by the prepared medical teams. In the emergency truck at the Old Town Square they welcomed 26 of them, dehydrated and exhausted.

Selectro “Battle Edition: Round 3” – After the success of the first two Selectro tournaments, we’re ready for the challenge of Round 3. Be prepared for yet another fierce match-down. Tonight the main stage will host six DJs fighting it out in three rounds. With the opening bell, a back-to-back set featuring two young talented DJs Mark Airman a Mata C known as the Matamar project will get underway.

Stepping into the ring for the second duel will be both SElectro resident DJs Bon Finix and ScarCoke. The fierceful electro blows these two will be exchanging are not a sight for the faint hearted. The final match will involve two fighters from Brno, who are currently performing across the Czech Republic during the Creamfileds Central Europe warm-up tour. In the right corner Louis Elio against Shala in the left corner.

Expect an exciting event from beginning till end. Let’s just hope for a clean fight. If you feel the need to get away from the action, stop by the lounge. DJ Lazyphunk will take care of you. He won’t provide you with a towel and a bucket, but you are guaranteed a feast of some of the best “happy house” tunes. 3, 2, 1 – fight!

Sat 07/06, Entry: 190 czk, Start 22:00, Club Mecca, Prague, U Pruhonu street 3

Prague will host the Oscar duo Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard for the first time since the February Oscar awards. Czech songress will perform with her Irish partner 8th June in the Archa theatre.

Irglova and Hansard have chosen Irish musicians from Hansard’s music group to accompany them at their concert. During the evening there should also be heard songs from the older album Swell Season, not just the well-known soundtrack to the film Once. Irish Liam Ó Maonlaí will play before them.

At the present moment, these two are touring the USA, their concerts are usually sold out. Than they move to Europe. They will play for the Germans, Spanish or British. In the half of June, they are coming back to the states, just before the holidays, they want to perform at British Glastonbury Festival.

Meanwhile businessmen in Slovakia celebrate, Czech exporters expect losses because of strong crown to Euro exchange rates. Slovaks can pay in Euro from the next year on. European commission and European central bank didn’t put Slovaks down and gave the green light for Euro adoption. But meanwhile traders are happy, ¾ of Slovaks do not like it very much.

Strengthening of Czech Crown makes troubles for Czech exporters already; Slovakia is the second country we export the most, just behind Germany. Especially automobile factories fear losses of profits. Skoda cars worth 1,8 bil. Czk were exported last year only. The relations manager of Skoda Auto says “every time czk strengthens of 1 czk to Euro, we lose one billion.

According to the speaker of the Czech Railways (CD) the reason for ticket price increase are ever increasing price of electricity and especially of oil. The prices willl be levelled up at the end of the year 2008.

Those who will be affected the most are those who use kilometric banks. The little book containing coupons for 2000 km rises its price every year, now the price of 1 kilometre rises to almost 1czk. Anyway the prices of regular tickets will be increased, too: I.e. the ticket which ables to use all the train connections will cost 440 czk, 50 czk more than now.

A number of various advantageous tarifs wil be simply abandoned. The CD speaker Kabala commented on it, that such a growth wasn’t possible to expect, as the last week the oil went to unrecorded 32,30 czk/l. The machines that don’t run on electricity run on oil.

The Czech Prime minister went on the mission, so common for the American President George Bush; to show up unexpected at a military base somewhere at the middle east, and to express deep concerns with his troops.

Topolanek decided to set up for his trip because of events of the last week, when an improvised explosive device killed one Czech solider and left others wounded. The Prime minister’s first stop was at the field hospital and chemical unit ISAF, which works in 4th contingent of Czech and Slovak army at the airport in Kabul. Than he moved to Logar province on the American base Shank, the home of Provincial reconstruction team of the Czech Republic.

There are approx. 100 soldiers of the Czech Army in Kabul, about 200 are in Logar.

Dinosaur Jr. myth exploded in a hail of flaming toads in the spring of 1989, when the band’s original trio line-up burst like a ripe sac of pus.

At its best, the trio’s music (its guts) was like a version of the Stooges that didn’t have Iggy – just one of the Ashetons mumbling vocals while they all slugged the crap out of their instruments. Dino Jr’s sound was actually a roiling sea of emotion and rage and a sense of aggro that had been forged into a bizarre metal-punk-pop-whatsis by obsessive listening to Sabbath, the Birthday Party, The Cure, Blitz and Neil Young.

Touring continued into ’06 and the band’s strengths were constantly increasing. When their equipment van was swiped a couple days before the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, it didn’t faze them. “No big deal,” J says. “That show was amazing,” Kim Gordon says. “It was almost like they’d been reborn as a hardcore band.”

Dinosaur’s early shows and recordings represented the first (or, at least, first best) example of a new rock-qua-rock music arising from the germ of hardcore punk.

(Sat) 24th 05 2008 start 19:30 DINOSAUR JR. /US, AWESOME COLOR /US, Palac Akropolis, Kubelikova 27

Dan Marciano will perform at Mecca again! The sweetheart of all women, the partymachine of the biggest fashion parties, one of the best French DJs. Dan Marciano is a resident of well-known Parisian club – The Queen. He performs live on the French biggest dance music radio – Radio FG a he also plays for Fashion TV. You can hear him at Bali, Italy, Thailand, Belgium, Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, and also Prague.

In 2002 he released his first single at Happy music and a year later a new one ‘ Gotta get on’ on Escape records that was played by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1. He reportedly likes Prague, as he comes back every year. Alongside Dan Marciano will perform the truly Czech house legend – DJ Loutka. The young and talented DJ Looky will support the sets of those two stars.

Sat 24th June 2008, Entry: 290 czk (10€), start 22:00. Pre-sale ticketpro.cz, Club Mecca, Prague, U Pruhonu street 3

The Ministry of Internal Affairs introduced the new project, which should bring fast solution, or at least limit football hooliganism. The first time this method will be tested is this Saturday match of Sparta Prague with Banik Ostrava.

The procedure seems simple – if policemen seize a hooligan, he will get his judgement summons directly at the stadium with the present state’s attorney, who will decide, whether he will go ahead to a judge. The judge will than pass the sentence.

The project came as a conclusion to the out-of-control situation which took place at the last match of ‘The Two Prague S’. The yet not seen vandalism cost the Letna Stadium 0,5 million czk, ant that nobody was seriously hurt is a miracle.

Prague stands before another architectonic contest. The original Old Town City Hall was severely damaged at the end of WWII, after it became a target of the German occupation army during the Prague Uprising in May 1945. It was set on fire and had to be taken down. Since then, plans for a new building were in motion.

Now the city has decided the case should be solved at last. The reasons are obvious. The City Hall at the Old Town Square is apparently a torso and the park that covers the space today doesn’t make much sense, it creates sort of a square- within- a square. A new, tenth competition is supposed to take place this year and it is likely it will be international.

The Exhibition in The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague presents the choice of work of Christopher Dresser, the very important persona of design history. This man is often considered as the first significant designer at all. In the second half of the 19th century, there was a broad movement, which aimed to raise the aesthetic standard of objects that surround people in their everyday life. Those aesthetic standards were considered to be low, mainly because of the industrial production. That is why many participants of this movement tried to return to handiwork and old style of manufactures.

On the other hand, Christopher Dresser fully accepted the industrial devices and modern manufacturing methods and he was designing objects that were then manufactured in modern ways. That is why is considered as a “pioneer of modern design” as says the subtitle of the exhibition. His significant designs of metal teapots, soup tureens, toasts racks and other objects became very famous and his “handwrite” is easy to be recognized here. But he did not design only metal objects, but also pottery as well as furniture or wallpapers.

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It lasts thirty seconds, it cost 8 and a half million czk and it should attract solvent western clients. The channel of Fashion TV is, for four months, going to broadcast the brand new video that introduces Prague as the capital of beautiful women, historical sights and luxurious restaurants.

Until 18th August, those who watch Fashion TV will be seeing the 30-seconds video, where the super-model Petra Nemcova and the Miss World Tatana Kucharova drink champagne on the Charles Bridge, accompanied by Mozart’s ‘A Little Night Music’

Prague wants to improve its image of a beer destination. According to Milan Richter it is aimed at rich young population: “we want to attract young, single people, or young couples, who like to travel and are used to pay for luxurious services.”