The embassy of the Czech Republic in the Philippines has completed an electrification project for a tribal community in Botolan, Zambales. A photovoltaic electrification project in the mountainous area of Sitio Nacolcol was launched as the embassy partnered with Project Liwanag to carry out its...
A dreamer’s list of literary pilgrimages around the world Now that I can fly everywhere, except China and, well, North Korea, maybe even the tiny island country Nauru in Micronesia and Turkmenistan, I dream of going to… …Vyra, Russia VLADIMIR’S CASTLE Vladimir Nabokov's house in...
Two European countries have agreed to step up their partnership with the Philippines in defense technology and digitalization as President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. sought their respective government's support to digitalize the country's military as well as counter cyberattacks. Marcos'...
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) forged a 30-year strategic partnership with Luka Rijeka D.D. for the operation, management, and development of Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) at the Port of Rijeka, Croatia’s main seaport. This is he first time that a regular direct...
A panel discussion on the relevance of Milan Kundera’s works in today’s geopolitics There are plenty of reasons to read the books of Czech-French author Milan Kundera. An essay from the New York Public Library points that, “Kundera's witty experimental style gives us some of that rebellious...
EURASIA FANTASY Clockwise from top left: Karlovy Vary, the Czech Republic; waiting for U-Bahn in Berlin; kissing in Vienna; Bruges Belgium; and on the bank of river Garonne in Toulouse, France Have you ever slept in the car on a RORO bound for some private paradise in Romblon? Have you spent the...
In what we should claim as the tailend of a two-year pandemic, the lingering spirits of the medieval past are given free rein over this World Heritage Site in South Bohemia Images by the author ALONE AT SVORNOSTI SQUARE The author at Svornosti Square, the main square of Český Krumlov. If you go...
Why you must go Czech out one of the best preserved medieval cities in the world Images by the author It’s a dream, walking across Charles Bridge while it’s as empty as it was when Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt ran across it only seconds after the character played by Jon Voight plunged into the...
Wanderings in Prague inspired by Franz Kafka STATUE OF KAFKA The author at the Head of Franz Kafka, outdoor sculpture by David Černý Dearest Father, You’ve long been gone. And the world has changed. The Berlin Wall has long collapsed. It did just a few months after you left us in 1989....
Ours has been awarded one of the ‘Most Impressive’ expositions at Holiday World 2022 in Prague WONDERFUL SURPRISE Philippine chargé d’affaires to the Czech Republic Indhira C. Bañares receives the award from Holiday World Trade Fair manager Michaela Volna and director Janica Ciglianova in...
Philippine Ambassador to Prague Ombra Jainal has called on Czech investors to take a look at the Philippines' positive business outlook being one of the top emerging economies and countries for investments in the region amid the ongoing onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. Philippine Ambassador to...
One hundred years ago, it was Czech playwright and essayist Karel Čapek who first used the word Robot in his play Rossumovi Universal ni Roboti (Rossum’s Universal Robots), popularly known for its acronym as R.U.R. Launch Poster of the R.U.R. book (Embassy of the Czech Republic) R.U.R, a play...
