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Following other large airlines, Czech Airlines will also change the weight limit of economy class luggage. The original limit of 23 kg (51 lbs) will be reduced to 20 kg (44 lbs) starting Sunday, October 26^th. The business class weight limits will stay unchanged (30 kg = 66 lbs). The new measures will help to eliminate problems with other airlines because they have adopted the 20-kg rule already. This move should also lower the fuel cost per flight.

So, all economy travelers - don’t forget to pack lighter now or expect the overweight charges. Every kilogram extra can cost between 300 and 400 Czech crowns.

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Have you ever seen Czech apartments? Our American friend, Katie, tells her story about visiting a Prague apartment. She is one of many Americans married to a Czech spouse. Currently, they live in Berlin in a 480 square feet apartment. Check out her article about visiting a Czech flat. It is full of great pictures and observations - exactly how I remember my life in the Czech Republic.

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Shortly after the nominations, the Czech document named Rene won the main prize. This document, directed by Helena Trestikova, was portraying a Czech criminal Rene Plasil. It was the first Czech winner of the European Film Academy.

Rene was so successful that it also defeated its Czech opponent Obcan Havel (Citizen Havel) - recently played in Minnesota on 10/07 and London Film Festival on 10/22 and 10/26, and Muz na Lane (Man on the Rope) - the winner of this year’s Karlovy Vary festival. This was a big surprise for everybody, even for Helena Trestikova, since the nominations for this “European Oscar” were only announced last week.

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On October 17, 2008 President George W. Bush announced that the Czech Republic would be among seven nations to be added to the Visa Waiver program. Czech citizens will finally be able to travel to the US without a Visa by simply registering online ahead of their planned trip. The waiver should go into effect within a month (towards the end of November 2008).

The newly admitted members to the program (which previously was available to 27 nations) are:

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As you may recall, we announced some upcoming improvements to our site. Now, our new site is here with many new and exciting features and more to come. Would you like to know what is new? Here is the list:

SIDEBAR FEATURES:

CZECH AND SLOVAK NAME DAYS

Yes, you can see all Czech and Slovak name days. Holidays are also listed.

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Almost two weeks ago, the Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg presented sixteen individuals and three organizations with the Gratias Agit award in appreciation of promoting the Czech Republic abroad. The award was given in a form of a crystal globe.  One of the recipients was Paul Rausnitz, a Czech citizen living abroad but always proud of his country.

Paul Rausnitz was only 11 years old when he was put in prison in Ostrava, North-East of the Czech Republic. It was right after the occupation of the Sudetenland in 1938 by Germans. Then he was thrown to Poland, where he was waiting, along with his parents and two brothers, for visas to America. During that time the war broke out and instead of traveling to the United States, he continued to move the opposite direction - to the Eastern part of Poland.

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Less than a month ago Jan Pociatek, Slovakia’s Finance Minister, stated that the Slovakian financial sector mostly invested in the domestic economy and not risky mortgage markets. Based on this statement, loses on these markets would have only a small effect on their financial market.

In addition, the Slovak government wanted to assure the public that there was no financial crisis threat and recently also approved a legislative proposal to protect money deposits in Slovak banks to a full 100 percent instead of the original 90 percent — up to ~600,000 Sk (~$27,000). The Slovak parliament must approve this initiative later this month.

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How many of you visit your homeland frequently? Maybe you travel back to the Czech Republic only in the summer or only for Christmas. Well, now you can see your favorite places any time of the year and you don’t have to travel anywhere! How? You just need your computer and an internet connection.

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Today, the Slovak republic president, Ivan Gasparovic, and the president of the United States, George Bush, met in Washington in the White House. They discussed the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as well as the financial crisis and steps that need to be taken in order to overcome it.

The major requirement for eligibility for this program is to reach no more than 10 percent of rejected visa applications, which Slovakia achieved. Also, Slovakia provided fingerprints and DNA profiles of all convicted criminals that won’t be allowed to enter the United States. Bush stated that Slovakia made the major step in order to cancel visas to the US and he declared that the official announcement could be as soon as in the middle of November.

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It is hard to live abroad and speak a second language. We do speak English at home but sometimes we just miss watching Czech and Slovak movies or reading books and periodicals that our family members bring over during their visits. We were also very happy when we found out that we could also find some very priceless pieces of Czechoslovak history right here in the United States.

One of the places where you can find Czech and Slovak publications is The University of Chicago Library. Their Archives of Czechs and Slovaks Abroad (ACASA) consist of several thousands of books, brochures, almanacs, periodicals, and personal papers of Czechs and Slovaks, who have lived outside of Czechoslovakia for a while. Most of them were published in North America in the past 150 years. Their collection, however, also includes titles originating in Western Europe, Australia, or South America.

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