Prague City Beat

Three Czechs have bought tickets for a three-hour trip to space, worth some 3 million crowns, in a spaceship that the U.S. company Virgin Galactic officially presented in the United States on Monday, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) reported Wednesday.

From Thursday, August 7th until Wednesday, August 13th, two Prague cinemas are showing undubbed versions of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor:
Palace Cinemas Slovanský d?m
Na p?íkop? 22, Prague 1
12:30
14:50
17:20
19:50
22:15
Village Cinemas And?l
Radlická 3179/1E, Prague 5
10:15
12:45
15:15
17:45
20:15
Prague TV Cinema Listings

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This item from CNN makes me want to run out and buy a hands-free adapter:
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) — The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.
The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of [...]

24.7.2008 – A huge crowd is expected today for Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin.

Obama will give his evening address at the “Victory Column” in Berlin’s central Tiergarten park, down the road but still within sight of the Gate, a landmark that stood behind the Berlin Wall for decades as a potent symbol [...]

Originally scheduled to last 11 days, the Happy Days festival came to a premature end on Saturday morning, after just two nights.
Billed as the biggest summer festival in Czech history, the event, headlined by Fun Lovin’ Criminals, attracted only around a thousand visitors to the Hradec Králové airfield.
Organizáto?i festivalu z Hare Krišna slibovali hv?zdy, lidé [...]

Here’s a great article about what’s underneath that massive slab of stone that used to hold up the statue of Stalin.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Prague traffic cops pulled over an off-duty Halotaxi driver with a blood-alcohol content of 0.512 percent — theoretically enough to kill a man.
The driver, who had an empty bottle of Fernet Citrus on his passenger seat, was taken to hospital for observation and will probably lose his license.
Related [...]

From Thursday, July 17th until Wednesday, July 23rd, undubbed versions of Kung Fu Panda and Hancock are being shown at the following times:
Palace Cinemas Slovanský d?m
Na p?íkop? 22, Prague 1
Kung Fu Panda
1205
1410
1620
1830
Hancock
1240
1445
1650
1900
2110
Village Cinemas And?l
Radlická 3179/1E, Prague 5
Hancock
1200
1410
1620
1830
2040
Prague TV Cinema Listings

Do you ever call the states? Or possibly send an email to an American? You communications are now being watched. All Americans are now terror suspects.
Americans abroad (and at home) should know that as of last week, your government passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, an amendment that will allow [...]

Experts at London’s Natural History Museum are baffled by a mystery insect — but there does seem to be a specimen in the Czech Republic:
The National Museum in Prague discovered an exact match to the mystery insect but experts there have also failed to determine exactly what it is.
BBC News: Mysterious insect baffles experts

A severe storm disrupted Saturday night’s Creamfields Central Europe party, preventing several of the event’s headliners making appearances.
Heavy rain and strong winds hit B?eclav, southern Moravia at around 9pm, while Sébastien Léger was on stage, blowing down a curtain and a stack of speakers:

Posting on his MySpace blog, the French DJ says his “arm has [...]

To mark Bastille Day, Kampa island is staging a French-style market and free concerts until 9pm today (Monday).
Link
Fête française à Kampa les 13 et 14 juillet

Not sure if this is a good move on Obama’s part or not:
Barack Obama wants to hold a keynote speech on transatlantic relations in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate during his visit later this month. Spiegel Online has learned that he plans to outline a new foreign policy that consults partners more, but [...]

From Thursday, July 10th until Wednesday, July 16th, undubbed versions of Kung Fu Panda, Hancock, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian are being shown at the following times:
Palace Cinemas Slovanský d?m
Na p?íkop? 22, Prague 1
Kung Fu Panda
1230
1440
1650
1900
2110
Hancock
1340
1545
1750
2000
2210
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
1425
1940
Village Cinemas And?l
Radlická 3179/1E, Prague 5
Kung Fu Panda
1105
1305
1505
1705
1905
2105
Hancock
1200
1410
1620
1830
2040
Prague TV Cinema Listings

Until Wednesday, July 30th, only one Prague cinema is showing an English-subtitled version of Bathory:
Palace Cinemas Slovanský d?m
Na p?íkop? 22, Prague 1
Showtimes
1430
1730
2030
Prague TV Cinema Listings

Despite protests, Condi Rice and her counterpart in the CR, Foreign Affairs Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, signed the radar treaty shortly before 3 p.m yesterday.
Now what? Apparently this is only a somewhat symbolic gesture as the treaty still needs to be approved by parliament. The opposition parties are both strongly opposed to the treaty. There [...]

Is the Czech language still giving you trouble? Maybe it’s time to re-examine your tactics. Check out these tips:
> 10 Steps to Becoming Fluent in a Language in 6 months
Some examples
Local TV, movies, music
Watch movies, listen to music, sing songs, and browse newspapers and magazines. It’s fun and helps improve your [...]

Protests against the proposed US missile base will be held today at 18:00 on Vaclavske Nam.
From the No Bases Initiative:
The US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is expected to come to Prague on 8th of July in order to sign the treaty on radar base with her Czech counterpart. If [...]

From today (July 7th), a new law comes into effect banning the drinking of alcohol in various public areas of Prague.
It is now no longer legal to drink alcohol within 100 meters (109 yards) of metro station entrances, schools, medical institutions, and children’s playgrounds.
Public drinking is also banned in specific areas — mainly parks and [...]