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📰 WEEKEND NEWS RECAP
- Czech biathletes awarded Olympic bronze for 2014 Games after Russians were disqualified for doping.
- Il Boemo wins Best Picture, Best Director at 2023 Czech Lion Awards, celebrating the best Czech films of last year.
- Fitch has affirmed the Czech Republic's current AA- credit rating but upheld its long-term negative outlook.
- A dog found roaming the streets of Prague two weeks ago has been reunited with its owners -- from hundreds of kilometers away.
- Anti-tank guns to inaugurate Petr Pavel as Czech President at Prague Castle on Thursday, March 9.
- Vratislav Mynář, head of the Czech Republic's Presidential Office under outgoing president Miloš Zeman, has officially announced his resignation.
✔️TO DO THIS WEEK
- All March|March is the month of libraries, with locations throughout the country organizing special events.
- March 6-12|The Shockproof festival of extreme films comes to Prague's Kino Aero. Not for the kids!
- March 7|Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, first President of Czechoslovakia, was born on this day in 1850.
- March 8|Celebrate International Women's Day with an English-friendly discussion at Charles University's Kampus Hybernská.
- March 9|Petr Pavel will officially be inaugurated Czech President during a ceremony at Prague Castle.
- March 10|Jan Masaryk, Czech statesman and Minister to the United Kingdom, mysteriously died on this day in 1948. Thought to have been murdered by secret police, the cause of his death is officially unknown.
- March 11-12|The spring edition of Czech Design Market comes to the Výstaviště Praha exhibition grounds this weekend.
- March 12|The Czech Republic joined NATO on this date in 1999, alongside Poland and Hungary.
📺 WHAT TO STREAM THIS WEEK
A restored version of Czech special effects maestro Karel Zeman's 1967 film "The Stolen Airship" comes to Netflix from Wednesday. Loosely based on two Jules Verne novels, the film combines live-action and animated effects.
After watching the movie on Netflix, you can experience how Zeman created the effects in the film first-hand at Prague's excellent Karel Zeman Museum.
📻 LISTEN ON YOUR MORNING COMMUTE
Architecture expert Adam Gebrian recently spoke with Radio Prague International's Prague Talk about new development projects in Prague.
The podcast includes discussion of recent and planned renovations at Prague's Wenceslas Square and the overhaul of the Masarykovo nádraží train station.
☕ YOUR MORNING CUP
Popular Vinohrady cafe Mezi Srnky is located around the corner from Náměstí Míru, and serves up a delicious breakfast from 7:30 a.m.
