MY SPRING SEMESTER IN PRAGUE WAS JUST AMAZING

It's finally time to say good-bye to everyone. Didn't know this trip was going to be so much fun and full of memories.

Prague, I will be back in few months...

This video, that is the best way to sum it up !

There are many interesting and sad things that happened during the 20th century in the Czechoslovakia and this video explains everything perfectly.

Ethnic problems

According to the results of the 2001 Census, there were 11,746 Roma (0.1 per cent of the population) and 23,211 speakers of the Roma language. Unofficial estimates, which are not contested by the authorities, put the real number of Roma living in the Czech Republic at 150,000 to 200,000. The Roma community in the Czech Republic mainly comprises Slovak and Hungarian Roma who entered the territory after the Second World War. Nomadic Czech and Moravian Roma were almost entirely destroyed during the Nazi occupation.

Roma continue to face widespread hostility, including at the hands of police and local officials. National policies on non-discrimination have often been ignored at the local level, and decentralization of Czech government has left local officials with enhanced authorities. There have been many recent cases of discrimination against Roma in housing, employment, education, and provision of government services. In many cases, local officials have sought to enforce segregation, including through the use of evictions. In 2007 a Czech senator and district mayor in the city of Ostrava openly called for Roma to be segregated behind an electric fence. One in a group of senators dispatched from her political party to investigate her remarks in August 2007 only compounded the problem, stating that white residents hostile to Roma were 'right more often than not'.

The 2015 IIHF World Championship was the 79th event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), held in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic, between 1–17 May 2015. The tournament was the top division of the 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. It broke the historical attendance record of IIHF World Championships.

What if you come to Czech Republic to support your hockey team, but you fall in love with the city and you do not want to leave?

Watch games, drink beer

The games will not only be held in Prague, but also in Ostrava, the third biggest city in CZ close to the Polish border. Ostrava’s CEZ Arena has a capacity over 12 thousand people, while Prague’s O2 Arena can fit in an incredible number of 18 000 fans. Those who won’t be lucky enough to get to one of the stadiums can use the alternative option: go watch the game in one of the sport bars or beer gardens, which will bring you not only exciting sports experience, but also a chance to taste amazing Czech beer.

Canada went undefeated at the tournament and drubbed Russia, 6-1, on Sunday in Prague to win its first world hockey championship since 2007. And apparently, some of the Russians couldn’t wait to get out of there, because some of them didn’t stick around for the winners’ national anthem, per tradition.

And about the Czech team ? Classic rivalries? Of course, Czechs and Slovaks remain brother until they play each other in ice-hockey or soccer. Russia is a commonly despised opponent for historical and other reasons. Sweden is a respected and sometimes feared team that has beaten the Czechs repeatedly in recent years. Canada is a classic opponent that the Czechs aspire to beat. 

The Czech Republic is divided into three large regions: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia which consist of 13 smaller regions with an elected assembly and executive. Prague, the capital is the 14th region which has a special status.