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Lifestyles Magazine Prague- Volume XXI- Cover

- Staff reporters — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:59:28 +0000

Prague National Theatre: Lukáš Slavický Interview

Tinuola Awopetu — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:51:14 +0000

What does it mean for you to return to the Prague National Theatre
stage as a principal in Swan Lake?

A lot of happines, but at same time a great deal of responsibility.

I’m very happy that I was invited to perform at the National Theatre.
I’ve known the house since I was a child. I held my graduation performance there and also danced two gala performances on its stage. With my return, I hope not to disappoint the audience and myself.

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“Diversions”: Decisions and Duties From 1989

Dr. Pavel Barsa — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:32:30 +0000

Twenty years ago, the country then known as Czechoslovakia began the process of fundamental change. While talking about upheaval and changes, one must not forget that throughout the last century, the nations living in this region had already experienced no less than four comparable shifts.

Revolutions represent an opportunity for a re-evaluation of social, cultural and moral priorities. That is the biggest opportunity that comes along with a major social turning-point. The United States did not have such situations in the last century, with the possible exception of the Vietnam era and fall of Richard Nixon; large European nations encountered such a chance on a lesser number of occasions. Seismic shifts such as those from 1989 often produce seismic results, both positive and negative. (more…)

PRAGUE NATIONAL THEATRE- VISIONS OF LOVE IN BALLET

- Staff reporters — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:23:45 +0000

Love will loom large on stage this coming January when the National Theatre presents dance aficionados with two classic tales of l‘amour: enduring ballet favorites, Carmen and Swan Lake. (more…)

Palace Hotel Prague- A Century of High Style

A special advertising feature for Lifestyles Magazine — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:18:48 +0000

The Grand Dame Is 100 Years Old

The Hotel Palace Prague, just off historic Wenceslas Square and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, is one of the city’s finest examples of Viennese Art Nouveau style, complete with tall smoked-glass windows, marble flooring, and lavish wood paneling. (more…)

ESTATE VILLA WITH LANDSCAPED GARDEN AND 1 HECTARE OF PRIVACY

A special advertising feature for Lifestyles Magazine — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:44:08 +0000

Praha Východ — Přezletice

This substantial villa, which was constructed in 1995, is located in a small village just 400 metres from the Prague border and yet only 20 minutes by car from the city centre. A 24 hour Tesco and a Globus are ten minutes away and the new ring road will be just a 500 metre drive, offering superb accessibility both to the airport and anywhere else within the Czech Republic A deceptively sized property, the house offers a total area of 690 m² on three levels. The ground and first floors are designed for living, and the basement for recreation and services. (more…)

Lifestyles: Polo Comes to Prague

Jess Barbier and Elizabeth Haas — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:32:13 +0000

There is something good about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
— Winston Churchill

If the idea of tottering across a field, Moet in hand, tamping down clumps of sod with your Manolos seems strange to you, then you probably aren’t familiar with the sport of polo. Known as the sport of kings–Britain’s Prince Charles and his sons are (more…)

Kajetanka. History has been waiting… Just for you.

A special advertising feature for Lifestyles Magazine — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:19:41 +0000

A NEW STANDARD OF LIVING IS RETURNING TO PRAGUE 6

For more than four centuries, KAJETÁNKA has been home to an idyllic vineyard, a serene monastery and the lavish gardens of a grand family estate. Today, KAJETÁNKA is to become the finest residential development in Prague, situated on the expansive grounds of a 16th century Baroque chateau in the distinctive Břevnov neighbourhood of Prague 6; for the privileged few, history can repeat itself. (more…)

A QUIET EVENING WITH DIANA KRALL

- Staff reporters — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:20:03 +0000

The Grammy winning chanteuse debuts “Quiet Nights” at Prague Congress Centre, November 26

Some music is intended to paint a romantic scene — a candlelit dinner, a walk along a moonlit beach. Quiet Nights — Diana Krall’s twelfth album — ain’t about that. Using Brazil as a musical point of reference, the award-winning pianist and singer is not suggesting a night out; she means to stay in.

“It’s not coy. It’s not ‘peel me a grape,’ little girl stuff. I feel this album’s very womanly — like you’re lying next to your lover in bed whispering this in their ear.”

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H.E. Peter Nicolay Raeder: Diplomatic Pursuits (and catching butterflies in Tehran)

John Brooks Lobkowicz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:00:10 +0000

As his tenure draws to a close, Norway’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic talks about the Middle East, Czech progress, and a passion for casting his net across the country’s meadows.

Your Excellency; please tell us about your background, your law studies, your family, and life with Inger. Were warmth and a beautiful tan promised as a condition of marriage?

The warmth and tan was easy, since it has been supplied by our choice of postings (never too far away from the equator). All this has been contrary to my upbringing by parents who, despite their own careers, warned against a life of foreign service. I was born in war-time London where they worked for the Norwegian government in exile. We moved a lot — to Belgium and Spain where I developed a penchant for Tintin and Real Madrid. I completed my law studies at Oslo University in 1969 and started out as a banker and a judge. My very first diplomatic post was Hong Kong in 1975, which I liked very much, especially the off time. (more…)