Prague City Beat

Monday the 5th and Tuesday the 6th are Czech national holidays

Low-cost airline pulling out of Ruzyn? over airport fees dispute

Czech Christmas ornaments factories are selling less products because of the crisis

Despite a rebounding global economy, other factors threaten tourism numbers

Public transport unions held talks with city officials today but could still take industrial action later this week

Industrial action by DPP employees could bring Prague to a standstill

Reporting an upturn in sales, developers plan to begin selling apartments in new developments,

A space where freelancers can enjoy the benefits of an office environment will open soon in Prague

A new fast-food sandwich shop opens in Prague 4

The Pilsner Urquell and Gambrinus brewery’s top man is moving to SABMiller’s London office

The UK-based budget airline reportedly plans to leave EMA at the end of the year

The low-cost airline has cancelled all flights to and from Prague with immediate effect

As SkyEurope pulls back from the brink of collapse, Czech Airlines heads into trouble

Prague will soon be home to the largest IKEA in Europe

SkyEurope is reportedly on the brink of collapse again.
According to iDnes.cz, the Slovak airline has informed its employees that it is currently unable to pay their salaries for July and staff will now vote whether or not to continue working for the company.
If SkyEurope’s employees vote not to go on working, the administrator appointed when [...]

I bought this bottle of “?eský Pivovar Czech Premium Lager” (pictured here in my mum’s kitchen) at an Asda supermarket in England last week.
Besides the ultra-generic name (”Czech Brewery”), there’s no indication on the label of who brewed it, only that it was imported into the UK by a Leeds-based company called Vertical Drinks.
Any idea [...]

The Bezrealitky.cz website has a cool Google Maps mash-up, showing the price in crowns-per-square-meter of real estate around the Czech Republic.
Link

If you believe The Economist’s latest Big Mac Index, prices in the Czech Republic are now roughly the same as they are in the USA.
Billed as a “lighthearted guide,” the index compares the price in US dollars of the McDonald’s burger around the world to get a rough idea of each currency’s relative value.
According to [...]

Things are looking increasingly bleak for low-cost airline SkyEurope, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
Later that day, a SkyEurope plane was impounded at Paris-Orly airport in France, allegedly because of outstanding airport fees, and Germany’s DPA news agency is now reporting that two more SkyEurope planes have been seized in Bucharest, Romania, for similar [...]

Low-cost airline SkyEurope has filed for bankruptcy protection in order to carry out restructuring.
According to reports, flights and ticket sales will not be affected, however.
Sources
Slovakia’s SkyEurope gets creditor protection
Nízkonákladové aerolinky SkyEurope jsou v ochran? p?ed bankrotem