The Czech parliamentary elections have arrived and voting takes place today and tomorrow. If you would like to read about the Czech political parties and the main issues, BBC News has a good summary on their Q&A: Czech election page. There is also a news article about the campaign.
Czechs Can Now Work in More EU Countries
Four more European Union countries have opened up their labor markets to Czechs and citizens from other new EU member countries. As of May 1st, workers from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia can now work in Finland, Greece, Portugal, and Spain without restrictions. This is in addition to Ireland, Sweden, and the UK, which never had any restrictions.
Read more about it on the BBC News website.
Three Prague Restaurants Featured in 2006 Michelin Guide
The latest edition of the Michelin Guide Main Cities of Europe, which covers hotels and restaurants, was published last month. The guide is famous for its 1 – 2 – 3 star restaurant rating system and it also includes a rating called Bib Gourmand, which highlights “good food at moderate prices”. Prague did not have any restaurants that received stars in the 2006 Edition, but three restaurants were awarded a Bib Gourmand: Aromi and Brasserie M (new additions), and Le Terroir.
The restaurants in the guide are geared toward business travelers, so I think that in this case the term “moderate prices” simply means that the restaurants do not fall into the top price bracket. Aromi has been on my list for a while now and I think it is time for a visit.
For our comments on some less expensive, but good restaurants in Prague, you can see our Prague Restaurants section on My Czech Republic.
Summer Time, Winter Weather
On Sunday, March 26 at 2am CET, we will set our clocks forward one hour. The České Noviny website has an interesting article on the history of summer time in the Czech Republic.
With the arrival of summer time, I would certainly hope that spring is just around the corner. Officially it is here, but we still have been having temperatures that dip below freezing.