Magistrát města Ostravy
Prokešovo náměstí 8
729 30 Ostrava
On the non-urgent green line you can 24 hours report troubles or damages on public beneficial devices, f.ex. damaged benches, ticket automats, timetables, street lights out of order or traffic signals on crossings, troubles with distribution or water nets, impassable pavements, untreated green. Citizens can report black dump, found dead animals and other things there, too.
The Ostrava Public Transport Company (DPO) unveiled the design of its new Škoda ForCity Smart trams, which will be deployed in Ostrava next autumn. Ostrava will be the first city in the Czech Republic and Central Europe to have Škoda ForCity Smart trams in operation.
More than five tens of millions of Czech crowns from the European funds will be awarded to a project to help improve the Ostrava city's air. It becomes the first city in the country to receive a grant from the European Union's Community Program.
The Nové Lauby vacant lot with an area of 3,188 m2 is located in the Ostrava city centre between the Velká, Muzejní, Pivovarská and Dlouhá Streets. In accordance with the land-use permit, which became final this June, the vacant lot should be occupied by a new residential block.
The first hall of the OSTRAVA AIRPORT MULTIMODAL PARK logistics centre in Ostrava - Mošnov Strategic Industrial Zone was ceremonially opened yesterday. After its completion it will be the largest logistics centre in Central Europe.
Ostrava is once again welcoming the world's top athletes. On Thursday the city hosts the Golden Spike athletics meeting, which has been held annually at the City Stadium in Vítkovice since 1961.
The Beats for Love electronic music festival, held in the heart of Ostrava's stunningly atmospheric Lower Vítkovice complex, takes place this year from 3–6 July and is sure to be packed full of fun and memorable experiences.
The City of Ostrava is announcing a fresh architectural competition to decide on the design for a new parking garage that will be built on a site near the City of Ostrava Cultural Centre. The location is a highly visible and lucrative site next to the Regional Authority building.
From 7–16 July this year, Ostrava will host the Table Tennis European Youth Championships. The city will welcome over 600 of Europe's top junior and cadet players from 45 countries, who will compete for 14 sets of medals.
The rating agency Moody's updated the City of Ostrava's rating . The City's rating was confirmed as A1 with positive outlook. This excellent rating was based on a detailed analysis of the City's financial management during the past year, its current financial situation, and the future outlook in the context of projected economic, political, demographic and other developments.
The Moravian-Silesian Region and the City of Ostrava participated in Urbis Smart City Fair, which focuses on the concept of smart cities. Its second year took place on 5–6 June at the Brno Exhibition Centre. Smart technologies of the Region and the City were presented using augmented reality.
On Thursday 30 May, a four-month-long festival focusing on landscape, urban planning and public space was launched in Ostrava: LANDSCAPE FESTIVAL OSTRAVA 2019. This is the seventh Landscape Festival to be held in the Czech Republic, and this year's event turns its attention to Ostrava's distinctive urban fabric. The aim of the festival is to strengthen links between the historic city centre and the Lower Vítkovice complex.
The concept of a smart stop is an innovative approach in the concept of systems for smart cities. The current form of the stop can be decided by the citizens themselves. The results of their vote will be presented by the authors of the project in early June. The Ostrava Transport Company will then ensure the implementation of the winning design.
The second year of the FIVB World Series J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open has started with qualifying matches this Wednesday. All top players have come to Ostrava.
Two vacant sites in the city centre – known as the "Ostrava Teardrop" and the "Ostrava Trident" – have been offered for sale to investors. The City has recently announced a call for bids.
The multi-purpose building of the Smart Innovation Centre (SIC) in Ostrava was opened for the first time just a few days ago. The new centre will function as a science and technology park and business incubator providing support services for tech start-ups.
Biologists and geomorphologists from the Science Faculty at the University of Ostrava are launching a unique new research project focusing on Ostrava's slag-heaps – the piles of rocks and waste material left behind by coal-mining (also known as spoil-tips). The scientists are keen to show how these sites can be a valuable part of the local landscape, even attracting tourists to the region.
A research team lead by Jan Martinovič has launched work on a major new project called LEXIS. The project is divided into three separate pilot projects focusing on the aviation industry, meteorological and climatological models, and problems connected with earthquakes and tsunamis.
The biggest attendances and the best fans – those have been among the great successes of the recent World Para Ice Hockey Championships held in Ostrava from 27 April to 4 May.
The seventh edition of Ostrava's USE-IT map has now been published. Ostrava is one of 30 European cities that are involved in the USE-IT project – producing a map which offers a fresh and creative English-language guide to the city.
What does a tech start-up from Ostrava have in common with global companies like Apple, Audi, LG, Philips, Ferrari or Porsche? The answer's simple – just like these brands, the team at Invent Medical has won one of the world's most prestigious design awards.
