Over the last few days, Shanghaiist has been all over the Czech media and interwebs, but back at home here, it looks like the local press will not even mention our name, like we're some bad word. more ›

The angry email by the Commissioner General of the Czech pavilion to the Steering Committee of Expo 2010 that was leaked out to Shanghaiist yesterday has been making a splash across the Czech media and blogosphere. Due to our limited (read: non-existent) Czech, we can't quite make out what people in the Czech Republic are saying about the saga, but we did find this report by the English-language Prague Daily Monitor. more ›

Remember that angry email from the Commissioner General of the Czech pavilion to Expo 2010's Steering Committee? Pavel Antonín Stehlík's concern #2 was that the pavilion would have to close in May due to his staff's residence permit problems. Bureaucratic missiles and whatnot aside, we hope that doesn't happen -- the Czech pavilion is one pavilion where we, and the Chinese visitors with us, had the most fun. Czech street artists often perform outside the pavilion to eager crowds, and the inside is chock full of 20 digital exhibits and installations (like the giant golden teardrop by Federico Diaz), even a green screen. "What's so exciting about a green screen!?" a friend asked. Well, a whole lot, judging by the excitement and long line of people waiting to hop into the miniature glider. more ›

The following email, sent by Pavel Antonín Stehlík, the Commissioner-General of the Czech Pavilion, to the Expo 2010 Steering Committee, has been sent to us by a Shanghaiist reader. In the email peppered with exclamation marks, Stehlík blasts the committee for a laundry list of policies that he sees as "unacceptable", "unnecessary" and "ridiculous" -- and reveals that the Czech pavilion will have to close in May because they have been unable to sort out residence permits for their staff due to an uncooperative Protocol Department. Our heart goes out to Stehlík for all the shit he has had to put up with, and we hope he feels better now that the issues he's highlighted have gotten a proper airing here. more ›

"Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the first gold of the Beijing Olympic Games today when she won the Women's 10m Air Rifle. Emmons, 24, was in scintillating form, breaking Olympic records in both the qualification and final rounds. In the qualification round, Emmons shot a perfect 400, which equaled the World Record and set a new Olympic Record. The previous Olympic Record was 399. In the final round, Emmons shot 103.5, giving her a final score of 503.5, which eclipsed the previous record of 502.0 set by China's Du Li at Athens 2004." [Source] more ›