Compact archive December 13, 2007

“Daylight” in Prague Streets

Thursday 13 December 2007 15:23

Christmas markets in Prague nowadays won’t do without special advertising events. Probably the biggest project that takes place, introduces ‘daylight’ into the streets.

Pinelli company prepares a tour during the advent for support of their energy-drink Semtex. During the tour, they are going to illuminate streets of various cities including Prague by huge helium balloons, shaped like Semtex cans.

Those balloons are five meters long and four meters in diameter. They light up at 5 pm and shine until 9 pm. But just this wouldn’t be fun, so you can of course look forward to entertaining programme! Some free Semtex, hostesses, barmen show and a fashion show, in “Night and Day” theme.

Friday 21st December 2007, Prague, Namesti Republiky, in front of Palladium.

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Czech Government cancels the Steyr Transporter contract worth 750 mil. €

Thursday 13 December 2007 10:50

steyr transporter The government chancels the deal of the century, it won’t purchase 234 armored transporter vehicles from the Austrian-based Steyr Daimler Puch. The contract was worth 21 billions CZK (750 millions €).

Czech Army didn’t gain the first shipment of 17 armored transporters on the set up date 1st December, and the Czech Government decided, the record contract will be canceled.

Anyway the contract was sighed by an ex-minister Karel Kühnl, just a few days after his political party US-DEU completely lost the elections.

The minister of defense, Vlasta Parkanova, commented: “I don’t want to evaluate if the contract was or wasn’t good at that time. But what I have to evaluate, is whether the contract is being kept. And it isn’t, in quite a serious manner.”

Austrian-based Steyr Daimler Puch didn’t want to comment the decision yet.

Poetic, Naive Pictures Exhibition in Prague

Thursday 13 December 2007 09:09

emma srncova - the rainbow From 6th November 2007 to 6th January 2008, visitors have an opportunity to see the exhibition of positive pieces by Emma Srncová. The pictures with dreamlike sceneries, levitating lovers, clowns on bicycles or smiling girls with fluttering hair will be exhibited till the first week of January 2008.

Clowns and Dwarves of Emma Srncova
This big retrospective exhibition of poetic, naive pictures by an author, who has held exhibitions for instance in Germany and Great Britain or Monaco, presents Prague 2 to Emma Srncova’s 65th birthday.

New Town Hall, Karlovo Square, Prague, to 6th January 2008. Everyday except Mo 10-18.

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