He liked humor but was very strict on set. Director Karel Kachyňa hated the phrase “it doesn’t work”. He said that when it was played on the set, he had to “make a bad old man”. His films managed to entertain, even if they were often sad. This year marks 100 years since the famous … Read more
laumat/Matthias Lauber 5 Photos Online since March 10, 2024 at 10:05 a.m., updated at 5:36 p.m Linz. A 34-year-old man suffered fatal injuries when he fell over a railing into an entrance area below in Linz’s inner city on Sunday night. “On March 10, 2024, at around 3 a.m., a 34-year-old fell over a railing … Read more
laumat/Matthias Lauber 10 photos and 1 film contribution Online since February 2nd, 2024 at 10:33 p.m Grieskirchen. A smoldering fire at a company in Grieskirchen late Friday evening triggered an operation by two fire departments, the rescue service and the police. The fire department was alerted to a fire at a company using the keyword … Read more
Background: Group insurance is booming in new business for life insurers: at 28.4 percent, they had the second highest share of new business in all main insurance lines in 2022, as the current balance sheet rating of German life insurers from the MAP Report shows. With 1,252,913 policies, a total of 66,032 more contracts were … Read more
Bohdan Holomíček’s photographs are an extraordinary visual chronicle of our lives. They capture ordinary moments, such as the photographer’s father drinking water from a forest well, as well as events that went down in history – such as the year 1968. The Torst publishing house is now preparing his new book, which captures the years … Read more
Check 37 photos Foto: Soviet Visuals Dan Poláček, Magazine Updated 6 hours ago See a selection of the most interesting abandoned places, villages and buildings that can be found on the territory of Russia. Among them are a wooden church in Siberia, old smelting furnaces, a historical fortress and a torso of industrial buildings that … Read more
Online since today, 10:10 a.m Linz. A 34-year-old Ukrainian citizen from Linz was found to have committed eight thefts of high-priced perfumes from the end of July 2023 to October 22, 2023 in a total of three drugstore branches in the Linz city area. After an arrest order and a search warrant were obtained, crime … Read more
They say fear comes in many forms. Some fears are completely irrational, while others stem from traumatic experiences. This can then develop into anxiety disorders, which at first glance can make us shake our heads. Check out the unusual phobias that people can suffer from. This phobia is uncommon in adults, however many toddlers have … Read more
David Těšínský photographed in various places around the world, and his narration in the book Another Beauty is somewhat reminiscent of the novel On the Road by beatnik legend Jack Kerouac. There alternate stories about strange buddies with whom he drank, about drugs, sex, music, but also philosophical reflections and a description of the serious … Read more
It took ten years to build, and the hard rock was advanced centimetres. Nevertheless, in 1593, the kilometer-long tunnel saw the opening of the sluice gates to feed the water from the Vltava river on the orders of Emperor Rudolph II. Royal branch in today’s Stromovka, Prague. Even after 430 years since its completion, it … Read more