Posted in Economy, European Union, Politics, tagged EU, money, European Union, funds, subsidies on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
If there is anything about politics that I don’t quite understand, it is the way EU funds work. From what I have heard so far, cities, towns, villages, municipalities, firms, businesses…. GET money from them all the time.
A small Czech village needs a water treatment facility. And bang, all of a sudden the money somehow [...]
Posted in Economy, Life, tagged children, social services, welfare on July 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Thousands of Czech mothers/parents have to face a huge problem in July and August: what to do with their kindergarten-aged children.
In the Czech Republic, kindergartens are administered by municipalities and therefore are on a very tight budget.
Plus, as the number of kindergarten teachers is limited by the amount of funds, most teachers can not take [...]
Posted in Economy, tagged cars, oil, prices on July 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Apparently, some places in the United States are attempting to compensate the huge increase in oil prices by introducing a four-day week, some bloggers noted.
Seems like one of the places where this new idea is going to be implemented is the state of Utah. Coincidentally, the place where I went to high school and where [...]
Posted in Economy, Eh, Czechs, Travel on July 2, 2008 | No Comments »
A sign in CZECH in my hotel restaurant:
Dear guests, please be advised that no takeaway is allowed. If you are seen doing so, the hotel would have to insist that you pay for what you have been attempting to take out.
Haven´t we learned already?
Posted in Economy, Travel, tagged airlines, strike on July 1, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been in Mallorca since last Saturday.
I came on the day when baggage handlers decided to strike.
Now, THIS is what we can call a strike. Thousands of angry people who are about to start their vacation have to wait for their luggage for TWO to THREE HOURS. Some youngsters would even open the gates from which the belts [...]
Posted in Economy, Politics, tagged healthcare, reforms, strike on June 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Dozens of thousands of people will join a strike Tuesday, one that is said to be the biggest one since 1990. People will protest against government economic/financial reforms. Most of them are union members working in the public sectors [jobs that are budget-dependant] who said their real wages decreased after the reforms, despite the [...]
Posted in Economy, Nature, Politics, tagged anarchists, global warming, globalisation on June 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
[updated Monday June 16] I gotta start by saying that I do not share the beliefs and opinion of Greenpeace, anarchists and similar anti-globalization and anti-capitalism movements that met in Brno Saturday at ProtestFest. A festival that was focused on global warming this time. They marched through town. The march was approved. And: now for [...]
Posted in Economy, Education & Science, tagged money, salaries, strike on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thousands of Czech teachers were on strike on Monday.
For better salaries. They claim that the government’s economic reforms makes their net wages lower than they were before the reform. Well, that DOES sound like a legitimate reason for a strike.
But then there were people who went on strike just because they think their salaries are [...]
Posted in Economy, tagged Australia, employment on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Three girls I know will pack their 30-kilo trolleys and fly to the Land Down Under in July. One girl I barely know, one I am good friends with and one whom I kissed under a cherry tree on May 1 because it is a tradition.
Two of them are coming back, but they don’t know [...]
Posted in Economy, Life, tagged jackpot, lottery on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
The Sportka Czech national lottery might make some people really rich tonight. The amount of jackpot is 143,000,000 which is $9,171,598.
The principle of the lottery is to draw six numbers out of 49 and the winner should get all six plus he or she must have at least the last two digits of a six-digit Chance number [the number of the ticket]. According to the Sazka [...]
