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The new campus for the University of Ostrava will occupy a site of almost 4 hectares in the heart of Ostrava’s city centre. The site – which is currently vacant – is located at Černá Louka (Black Meadow) near the Ostravice River. The development will create a brand-new sports centre and facilities for art and music teaching. 

Nine prominent buildings in Ostrava will be revitalized by September 2021 thanks to a City of Ostrava programme which is providing subsidies totalling 5 293 900 to the buildings’ owners. 

“Stolpersteine” – a German word meaning “stumbling-stones” – are brass plates the size of a street cobble (10 x 10 cm) which bear the names of Holocaust victims, plus the dates of their birth and their death in the Nazi concentration camps. More of these memorial cobbles were installed in Ostrava’s streets in early October.

The City of Ostrava is planning a unique project to revitalize a former housing scheme at Bedřiška in the Hulváky district. This once-problematic area will be transformed into a modern residential complex offering an excellent quality of life. Existing buildings will be completely renovated, and new apartment blocks will also be built.

Fourteen of the world’s top twenty women tennis players will be coming to Ostrava in October for a WTA tournament – the Ostrava Open.

The first national museum to set up a branch in Ostrava is the National Museum of Agriculture in Lower Vítkovice. The new branch was opened to the public on Thursday 17 September.

High-quality new developments in currently vacant lots improve city life and enhance the urban environment – Ostrava has released another attractive city centre plot for development.

Eco-friendly, featuring timeless design and packed with the latest technologies – that’s why the prestigious Architizer magazine recently ranked Ostrava’s planned new concert hall among the top 10 most interesting architectural projects in the world today. New York-based Steven Holl Architects – working in conjunction with Prague studio Architecture Acts – have now completed the project study for the new hall.

Moody´s, the international rating agency, confirmed Ostrava’s historically highest Aa3/stable credit rating. Ostrava has once again received the highest possible score, identical to the rating of the Czech Republic. 

Ostrava seeks an investment partner for the Nové Lauby project – a brand-new residential development in the city centre.

Studio of world-renowned architect Eva Jiřičná to design proposed reconstruction of Ostrava’s “skyscraper” in Ostrčilova St.

A new emergency measure (no. 15/2020) in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic now applies to the entire territory of the Moravian-Silesian Region. The new measure again makes it compulsory to wear mouth and nose coverings in all indoor spaces, in public transport, and in motor vehicles (including taxis and employee buses).

A unique plot of land in the heart of Ostrava next to 28. října St. – a plot known as the “Ostrava Teardrop” because of its shape – is being sold by the City to an Ostrava-based company which plans to build a commercial and office development incorporating a hotel and apartments. 

The deadline for submitting offers is 31 July 2020 for both sites.

Financial donations of up to 100 000 CZK are available to applicants who run a business in Ostrava (or who have a business with its registered address and the majority of its activities in Ostrava) if their annual income is below 18 million CZK. Applications can be submitted between 1 May and 13 May.

The Czech government has announced a state of emergency which came into effect on 12 March 2020 and will last until 30 April. Movement of persons is limited throughout the country. The borders of the Czech Republic are closed. Most markets are closed, retail sales are also restricted.

The first vending machines selling face masks and other protective medical items were installed in Ostrava. On Tuesday the machines were stocked up with face masks, single-use sterile gloves, and disinfectant gels. They are available to the public at 21 locations throughout the city.

Postponing rent due date, remission of rent, fast financial aid up to CZK 20 000 or a grant programme up to CZK 100 000. These are the possibilities the City of Ostrava is now preparing for small entrepreneurs who cannot carry out their business activities as the consequence of the government emergency measures related to COVID-19.

This legally protected cultural heritage site will undergo a complete reconstruction to a design by the Polish studio KWK Promes, headed by architect Robert Konieczny.

Ostrava will open a brand-new centre providing assistance to foreigners coming to live in the city (or the Moravian-Silesian Region).