First “brain bank” in Central Europe opens in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic – The first brain bank in Central and Eastern Europe recently opened in Prague, local media reported.Continue Reading
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Hungarian-born Katalin Karikó wins Remarkable Achievement Award for work on mRNA
Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian-born Katalin Karikó has been recognised as part of Emerging Europe’s latest awards programme for her workContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1939: Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein urged the US to develop the Bomb
On August 2, 1939, Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein sent a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. RooseveltContinue Reading
Super Slovaks: the Great Escapes of Gerta Vrbová
A new Slovak film, The Auschwitz Report, has been released and will be playing in cinemas across Europe this summer. DirectedContinue Reading
Futuristic “portal” connects citizens of Lublin and Vilnius in real-time
Warsaw, Poland – Futuristic mirror-like “portals” built in Lublin, eastern Poland, and Lithuania’s capital of Vilnius were unveiled late lastContinue Reading
Super Slovaks: Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon
Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed on few issues. However, one of President Biden’s first acts was to endorse TheContinue Reading
Poland wants to buy Marie Sklodowska Curie’s holiday house near Paris
Warsaw, Poland – Poland will try to buy the vacation house of Nobel laureate Marie Sklodowska Curie and her husbandContinue Reading
Scientists discover world’s first pregnant mummy in Poland
Warsaw, Poland – Scientists from Warsaw University last week discovered the Egyptian mummy of a young pregnant woman, the world’sContinue Reading
Czech Republic hit by hypothetical asteroid in NASA simulation
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic was the epicenter of an asteroid hitting Earth in a simulation led byContinue Reading
Czech Republic rejects liberalization of cannabis use
Prague, Czech Republic – The lower house of Parliament rejected earlier this week a proposal to liberalize cannabis production andContinue Reading
Consumption of medical cannabis skyrockets in the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic – The consumption of cannabis for medical purposes has skyrocketed in 2020, with data from the StateContinue Reading
What is the 5G Readiness Index, and what can 5G do for Central and Eastern European industries?
Warsaw, Poland – When it comes to recent technological innovations, one of the most exciting has to be 5G, the nextContinue Reading
Katalin Karikó, the Hungarian biochemist behind the COVID vaccines
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – Hungarian-born Katalin Karikó’s decades of research have helped pave way for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna’s successful work behindContinue Reading
Czech hospitals under strain as COVID numbers become “catastrophic”
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech hospitals and healthcare system are edging closer to saturation as the number of newContinue Reading
Lublin to launch VR exhibition as European Days of Artistic Creativity moves online
LUBLIN, POLAND – Alongside this year’s Cross-Border Cooperation Congress, the Polish city of Lublin is launching a new virtual exhibition usingContinue Reading
Majority of Czechs would refuse COVID-19 vaccine, study shows
Prague, Czech Republic- A majority of Czechs would refuse to receive a vaccine against COVID-19, according to a September pollContinue Reading
Use of birth control pills in the Czech Republic drops to all-time low
Prague, Czech Republic – The use of birth control pills in the Czech Republic has dropped by nearly one halfContinue Reading
Czechs rush to get tested as government launches collective immunity project
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic launched on Thursday morning a nation-wide project to determine more precisely the levelContinue Reading
Quarantine diaries: “‘Home’ has become a complicated concept”
Welcome to Kafkadesk’s Quarantine Diaries, our new segment gathering testimonials from across Central Europe to understand how people in Poland,Continue Reading
Poland starts production of coronavirus tests
Warsaw, Poland – Poland should launch this week the production of coronavirus tests created by a team of Polish scientistsContinue Reading