SearchSearchUAB Signs Wasserbauerova and Witthaus3/25/2019 4:16:00 PM | Women's Tennis The report on the implementation of the Convention, due by States Parties every 6 years, includes a section on the elements inscribed on the Representative List. Read more on periodic reports Czechia Inscribed in 2010 (5.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity The Shrovetide processions take place in the town of Hlinsko and six nearby villages in the Hlinecko area of Eastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic This popular carnival custom takes place at the end of winter during Shrovetide – the period just before the Christian Lent disguised in masks that depict traditional characters (red masks for boys and black for married men) The procession stops at each house and four of the men perform a ritual dance to secure a rich harvest and prosperity for the family the masked men receive treats and collect a fee A symbolic ‘Killing of the Mare’ ritual takes place after the last house has been visited during which a mare is condemned for its alleged sins and a humorous and topical testament is read out Following the ‘execution’ the mare is revived with alcohol signalling the commencement of a dance as the masks frolic with onlookers The Shrovetide processions – banned in turn by the Catholic Church in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and by the socialist government in the twentieth century – play an important role in securing cohesion within the village community Young people and children help with the preparations and parents make copies of traditional masks for their sons Password forgotten? Tatra Our agency prepared for Hlinsko creamery a new campaign in order to strengthen its image and differentiate it from the other brands Tatra is a traditional brand coming from Vysočina; the fertile and agricultural region of Czech republic An ideal climate and rich nature provides the best possible background for a cow breeding which takes an undeniable part of the local tradition The goal was to highlight the fact that milk tastes better when it comes from a happy cow and emphasize the natural origin of all Tatra products Endless green pastures and the good care of local farmers makes no wonders where all cows are heading Tatra milk products promise you the high quality natural sourcing and most of all good care of the animals The humorous new spot launched the campaign on October 19th on TV and subsequently with new the visuals are mootifully capturing the migration of cows for a better way of life in Vysočina This webpage uses Cookies and JavaScript in order to work properly We strongly recommend to enable those technologies in yur browser In case of wrongly displayed content you can request necessary information at e-mail address wwwadmin@mzv.cz Business delegations from Namibia and Botswana predominantly coming from agricultural background have recently visited the Czech Republic from the 19th to 24th November The purpose of their visit was to actively participate in Czech-Namibian-Botswana Business Forum as well as to attend many of B2B meetings with Czech companies including site visits of their manufactures Although the delegation consisting of 10 members represented mostly agricultural sector Namibian delegation was headed by Minister of Industrialisation who was during the tight schedule warmly received by Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs The forum itself was opened by Czech Deputy Minster of Industry and Trade The attendance of more than 50 Czech companies clearly proves growing interest in doing business with Namibia and Botswana This project of Economic Diplomacy (so called PROPED) was a joint effort of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Pretoria and  the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade in cooperation with Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic and Czech-Slovak-Namibian Chamber The whole event resulted in creation of many new business relationships which are crucial ingredient to future successful business exchange Relationship between the Czech Republic and Namibia is historically positively determined as the Czech Republic supported Namibia in gaining its independency between the years of 1966 and 1988 great amount of Namibian scholars graduated from Czech universities and there is an ongoing Czech/Namibia Youth development program too Namibia is becoming very popular tourist destination for many of Czech citizens Trade balance between the Czech Republic and Namibia reached in 2017 11,3 mil USD and has growing tendency Despite no common history between the Czech Republic and Botswana the forum clearly showed both countries sharing the same business values and being ready to promote and encourage mutual trade Trade balance between the Czech Republic and Botswana reached similarly 11 mil USD indicating growing tendency Both Namibia and Botswana stated intention to sign agreed upon Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements in near future Namibian delegation headed by Honorable Minister vegetables growing and dried fruit processing companies Meat processing companies were represented by the Meat Board of Namibia Together with the executive director of Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) Botswana delegates came from sectors of agriculture Over 50 Czech companies from great variety of sectors came to meet with both delegations Present were representatives of agriculture and food industry (Ministry of Agriculture Czech companies from the following sectors were attended the event too: health (LINET s.r.o.) engineering (Smart Construct Technologies s.r.o.) and many more the delegations underwent several site visits getting to know technologies and processes used by Czech entrepreneurs Site visits included companies Mlékárna Hlinsko a.s. attended bilateral meetings with Czech Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Czech Deputy Minster of Industry and Trade During the short meetings current economic states and possibilities of mutually beneficial cooperation in both countries were discussed Main event of the visit was Czech-Namibian-Botswana business forum which was held at the premises of the Ministry of Industry and Trade known as Petschek Palace on the 20th November from 14:00 The objective of the forum was to introduce business and other investment opportunities in participating countries and therefore creating connections between Czech Czech Deputy Minster of Industry and Trade opened the forum and amongst many other things highlighted great business potential of Namibia and Botswana not only because of their strategically convenient position within Sub-Saharan Africa thereafter mentioned Czech Republic being well valued business partner for future cooperation in both Europe and Africa Černá from the Czech Ministry of Agriculture Vážanský from the Cezch-Slovak-Namibian Chamber and Mr Moemedi Mogkosi from BITC then introduced  their institutions and current business opportunities B2B meetings followed right after speakers finished and carried on till late hours  over an informal supper Initiator of the event was the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Pretoria who secured participation of Namibian and Botswana delegates and accompanied the delegation during the course of their stay had a role of the administrator and for that matter cooperated with the Confederation of Industry of the Czech republic and Czech-Slovak-Namibian Chamber too perceived the whole event being very successful gathering useful contacts as a stepping stone towards future business exchange Many thanks to all of You who contributed towards the overall success of the event – thank You Industry and Trade Specialist of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Pretoria