News

Ostrava’s 2019 Golden Spike has booked its first star names

Updated 14.02.2019 14:50

Although Ostrava's sports fields and athletics tracks are currently blanketed in snow, preparations for the Golden Spike athletics meeting in June are already in full swing. The organizing team has confirmed the first big names for the meeting – including some of the world's leading stars in the sprint events, high jump and javelin.

Ostrava’s City Hospital acquires state-of-the-art new surgical microscope

Updated 14.02.2019 14:43

The City Hospital has acquired a sophisticated new microscope which will be used for eye surgery. It will enable surgeons to perform 50 operations per week.

Ostrava will host the Fed Cup

Updated 08.02.2019 10:40

During weekend, the women's tennis teams from the Czech Republic and Romania will compete in the first round of the Fed Cup. Some Czech squad members have already arrived in Ostrava – including Barbora Krejčíková (doubles winner at Wimbledon and the French Open, and recent mixed doubles winner at the Australian Open) and the team captain Petr Pála (who brought home the Fed Cup winners' trophy last year).

2020 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ostrava: only a year!

Updated 07.02.2019 09:10

The 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship will be held in Ostrava and Třinec from 26 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. This will be the third time for the Czech Republic to host the Championship; Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek hosted the championship in 1994.

Visualization of the municipal slaughterhouse after rebuilding according to the design of KWK Promes.

The historic slaughterhouse will change the face of the City

Updated 05.02.2019 12:42

The City of Ostrava will repair the premises of historic slaughterhouse in Ostrava. The neglected premises will be transformed into a modern art gallery after reconstruction. The city invited architectural tenders for its reconstruction and a Polish architectural studio, KWK Promes, owned by the architect Robert Konieczny, is preparing the project documentation. The slaughterhouse extensions will be converted into an international cultural centre.

Bikesharing in Ostrava to continue with a new operator

The bicycle sharing system, a popular way of getting around the city, will continue this year in Ostrava with a new supplier Nextbike Czech Republic s.r.o.. Compared to last year's pilot operation, this year will be more than three times larger. There should be up to 200 bike racks.

Ostrava plans a new promenade next to the river

Updated 31.01.2019 12:42

The area around two new university buildings to be built behind Antonín Dvořák Theater will become more beautiful. The road that separates the future university campus from the left bank of the Ostravice River will undergo fundamental changes.

Electronic payments in Ostrava’s public transport are becoming more and more popular

Updated 25.01.2019 07:45

Electronic tickets are more popular than paper tickets in Ostrava. For the first time since their launch in 2016, their number and financial value exceeded the sale of single paper tickets.

The National Centre for Energy is now managed by Ostrava

Updated 17.01.2019 12:15

From the beginning of 2019, the VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava has been the manager of the National Centre for Energy. Together with other research organizations and companies in the energy industry, it will develop new, more efficient and safer technologies, including those for the use of alternative fuels and ensuring the energy self-sufficiency of the Czech Republic.

First headliners of Colours of Ostrava have been announced

The eighteenth year of Colours of Ostrava, the popular multi-genre music festival, one of the biggest music events in Central Europe, will take place from 17th to 20th July 2019 in the industrial area of Ostrava's Dolní Vítkovice. The headliners include The Cure and Florence and The Machine.

The University Hospital Ostrava is again the leading facility

Updated 14.01.2019 07:44

The University Hospital in Ostrava has opened a brand new Mother and Child Care Pavilion, which is one of the most modern perinatal centres in the Czech Republic. This pavilion will bring all the facilities of the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic under one roof.

Lower Vítkovice welcomed a record of 1,655,514 visitors last year

Updated 09.01.2019 08:39

Last year marked another record for the national cultural monument Lower Vítkovice in Ostrava. For the first time in its history, the unique industrial area welcomed a total of 1,655,514 visitors. In 2017, the number of visitors reached 1.5 million.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2019

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2019 :)

Ostrava Development Newsletter!!!

The December Issue of the Development Newsletter is here. The Development Newsletter contains regularly updated information aimed at investors, members of the business community and the general public.

Mošnov Strategic Industrial Zone to Welcome a New Investor

Updated 18.12.2018 07:10

At their December meeting, the City Assembly approved the sale of land in the Mošnov Strategic Industrial Zone. On an area of about 20,000 m2, the Chinese company XZB will in two years build a new modern plant with fully automated operations employing at least 50 people, including at least 10 high value added jobs. The land has been sold for CZK 7.14 million excluding VAT.

The Norwegian-Czech "smart city" workshop took place in Ostrava

Updated 17.12.2018 07:44

On Tuesday, December 11, the New City Hall hosted the 4th year of the Norwegian-Czech "smart city" workshop called "Strategy and Infrastructure of Smart Cities in the Czech Republic and Norway".

OSTRAVA'S BUDGET AT A RECORD HIGH OF CZK 10.4 BILLION

The City's 2019 budget is balanced and again brings the investment and the increase in subsidies to city districts. Its revenues and expenditures amount to CZK 10.4 billion.

Shared bikes will be back next year

Updated 11.12.2018 08:07

Bicycle sharing has completed its first season in Ostrava. The bikes were used by more than 16,000 users, who have travelled the distance of 130,000 kilometers.

Ostrava believes in hydrogen future

Updated 11.12.2018 08:06

The City of Ostrava and the Moravian-Silesian Region will support the use of hydrogen propulsion in public transport. Tomáš Macura, the Mayor of Ostrava, and Ivo Vondrák, the Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation, confirming the intention to develop this clean technology.

New automotive invention by VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava

Updated 04.12.2018 08:38

VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava has offered a unique device measuring the thickness of car rims for commercial use. The invention of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering assures the quality of car wheels.

Address:

Contact centre of the Municipality Ostrava

Non-urgent line of the municipal police