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News from the Ostrava’s labour market

Updated 16.07.2018 08:42

As of last June, the Labour Office registered a total of 13,748 job seekers in Ostrava, of which 6,969 were women. There are 2.2 job seekers per vacancy. The unemployment rate reached 5.8% in Ostrava, 4.7% in the Moravian-Silesian Region and 2.9% in the Czech Republic.

First collaborative robots in Ostrava

The Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre (MSIC) plans to build an industrial competence centre. One of the concrete steps leading to the launch of this project was also the establishment of the collaborative robots centre, which has recently been opened at MSIC.

Prestigious award for the RESIDOMO’s parent company

Round Hill Capital, one of the two RESIDOMO's investors, has become the overall winner of PIE European Property Investor Awards 2018, a prestigious real estate competition of European investors. It is awarded especially for professional property management, expansion of tenant services, innovation and professional real estate business.

Land in the Hrušov zone is in high demand

The members of the Ostrava City Assembly approved the plan to sell the land in Hrušov owned by the City. Last September, the City invited prospective buyers to submit their offers for an investment project in the Hrušov development zone. Four offers were received by April 30. The City Assembly also determined the ranking of the prospective buyers, and the City will negotiate the sale of the land with these prospective buyers in that order.

Current situation on the labour market

Updated 10.07.2018 09:30

At the end of May, there were 14,097 people in the Ostrava contact point register. There were 1,515 job seekers in May. The share of unemployed persons reached 6% in Ostrava. The Moravian-Silesian Region has ranked first in terms of the share of unemployed persons compared to other regions of the Czech Republic.

Ostrava is enjoying sports and culture

Updated 10.07.2018 07:12

Ostrava and its region offer a huge range of leisure activities. The city hosts numerous major international events throughout the year. Let us introduce you some of them. Colours of Ostrava, famous and very popular music festival, will start next week!

Ostrava’s Hospitals: Perfect care, state-of-the-art technology

The neurosurgical department of the Ostrava City Hospital started using the new Zeiss Kinevo 900 – a robotic visualization system that replaces the current operating microscope. It is currently the most advanced visualization system on the market used in neurosurgical operations, the first device of its kind in the Czech Republic.

Unique logistics centre being built in Mošnov

A new multimodal logistics centre outside the Ostrava Airport can become an important transshipment terminal of the "New Silk Road" Concens Investments is building a giant Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park in the immediate vicinity of Mošnov Airport, investing several billions of korunas.

Shared pink bicycles a new hit in Ostrava

Updated 09.07.2018 14:10

Ostravians are one of the most frequent users of the bikesharing system. The Ostravians have fallen in love with the pink bikes. Every bicycle is rented on average by six cyclists a day. There are 45 places in Ostrava where people can rent and return the bikes. The cyclists most often use the bikes for short trips in the city centre.

The exact design of the city district centre can be finally completely different

Ostrava-Hrabová plans to build its municipal centre

Updated 09.07.2018 13:45

If we disregard the large industrial zone, the City district of Hrabová consists of three parts. Although the residential estate has its own square, we can hardly refer to it as the centre of the City district. Hrabová simply has and never had its centre. And that's about to change.

Another sports centre nearing completion

Updated 09.07.2018 13:41

At the beginning of the holidays, Ostrava will inaugurate the new part of the in-line centre "Cementárna". It is an expansion of the first phase opened in September 2014. It will include 1,600 meters of track, tennis courts, a skate park, parkour training grounds and a pumptrack. The project involved the renovation of roads and pavements, and an expansion of the parking lot built in the first stage. Added were resting places with benches, bicycle stands and trash cans. The opening ceremony is scheduled for Friday 29 June.

New era of urbanism in Ostrava

Updated 14.06.2018 11:05

The Institute for Politics and Society, in cooperation with the City of Ostrava, organizes a public debate whose topic is "New Era of Urban Planning in Ostrava". It takes place today at 4:30 p.m. in Brickhouse in Lower Vítkovice Area /Dolní oblast Vítkovice/.

Visit from Hubei University of Technology, a Chinese partner

Updated 08.06.2018 12:05

The main objective of this visit was to meet with representatives of the leadership of VŠB-TUO and the Faculty of Economics, which has been its partner for 10 years.

Technical University will cooperate with Chile in the program Open Innovation EXPANDE

Updated 08.06.2018 12:05

On 31 May 2018, two representatives of the Chilean organisation Fundación Chile and the program Open Innovation EXPANDE, Mr Enrique Molina (Director) and Agustín Sepúlveda (Technology Director), visited VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava. They were accompanied by Ms Eva Bartoňová – project manager for research and development of Czechinvest.

The first hackathon of the Moravian-Silesian Region showed clever solutions in transport

Using a taxi in the region together with public buses, shared lines, traffic optimization or passenger moods or improved night-time connections.

Investors most frequently seek properties in industrial zones

Updated 31.05.2018 12:16

This trend is apparent especially in the Ústí, Karlovy Vary and Moravia-Silesia regions

Angel Academy in Ostrava for the first time!

Updated 31.05.2018 12:15

On June 7, you'll have a unique opportunity to meet with venture capitalists and angel investors. MSIC and the Keiretsu Forum are organising a meeting on venture capital investing. If you lack the funds to start your business or just need advice on how to make a project attractive to investors, do not hesitate and come!

The land being offered to an investor. Photograph: René Stejskal

City is selling prime land in central Ostrava

The City of Ostrava is seeking a buyer for a plot of land with a total area of 1400 m² in the historic heart of the city. The City Assembly approved the sale of the land at its session on 23 May. The site – opposite the Puppet Theatre – is currently used for car parking.

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Updated 25.05.2018 13:23

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Bikesharing in Ostrava

The City of Ostrava is encouraging citizens to become personally involved in helping to improve the environment, raising awareness of how each of us can play our own individual role. One of the ways in which Ostrava’s citizens can actively contribute to a reduction in emissions – while also benefiting their own health and fitness – is by cycling rather than using motor vehicles. To ensure that everybody has access to bicycles, the City has joined forces with the Rekola company to launch a bikesharing project. As part of the project, 180 bikes are available to borrow from (and return to) 39 bike stations located at various points in the central part of Ostrava.

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