The attractiveness of public transport depends on the accessibility, safety, reliability and quality of the system; an important contribution in this regard is the simple and easy system of payment. Besides standard single-journey or time-valid tickets, all of Ostrava's public transport vehicles accept standard contactless bank cards. This makes it considerably easier for passengers to use the system, and it has boosted the number of users (including visitors to Ostrava).

The renovation of the space between Komerční banka and Prosperita Palace near Elektra tram stop is finished. New granite tiles, special lighting, new trees, street furniture and pillars for artwork are all in their places.

More than 180 speakers from 25 countries around the world will be part of the third edition of the international Meltingpot discussion forum, which will take place from July 18-21 at the Colours of Ostrava festival in the industrial area of Dolni Vítkovice. There will be the personalities of many fields of human thinking – from politics, culture, science, education, travel, economics to personal development.

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.

VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava is preparing a major change – it has decided to move its Faculty of Economics from the City Centre to the Poruba campus.

The July issue of the newsletter informs you about a vacant lot in the city centre nearby the Masaryk square that is looking for an investor, about City district Hrabová plan to built a new municipal centre, a unique logistics project of Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park and many others.

Climbing wall, bicycle and skating track, relaxing seating and more. Similar modern projects for leisure activities are currently being prepared by several Ostrava City Districts, and Hošťálkovice is no exception.

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.

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.

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.

This year, we commemorate the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia. This important historical jubilee is connected with 28 October 1918, when an independent Czechoslovak state was proclaimed. For the Czech Republic, this day is a public holiday and an occasion for celebrations and memorial events. A year-long project to honour this anniversary was also proclaimed by the City of Ostrava. It includes exhibitions, concerts, and lectures, events for children and adults, and publications.

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.

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.

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!

Change the streets, complete the squares or parks and other public spaces according to their own ideas - such a possibility has been offered to active citizens or non-profit organizations by a subsidy programme for the revitalization of public space in the city.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/.