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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.

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.

The upgrade of HPC systems for the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre will extend the Anselm cluster. The supercomputer will have a theoretical performance of more than 800 teraflops per second, making it more than 8 times as powerful as its predecessor commissioned in 2013. The computing capacities of the systems operated by IT4Innovations are available to the entire scientific community of the Czech Republic as part of grant competitions.

Porsche Engineering Services (PES), a provider of development services, has officially opened its branch in Ostrava yesterday. It currently employs more than 20 people, which should increase to 50 by the end of 2020. The company will focus on research and development of current automotive trends such as electromobility, autonomous driving and smart mobility.

The Moravian-Silesian Innovation Center (MSIC) held an annual meeting after a year and a quarter from its start. Entrepreneurs, technology visionaries and shareholders' representatives participated. The meeting, titled Innovation consomme - "Inovační vývar", summed up the best of what has been achieved in the innovation ecosystem.

The Memorandum of Cooperation between the Moravian-Silesian Region, the City of Ostrava and the Shandong Province of China is becoming more specific. Wanhua Industrial Group, the Chinese owner of BorsodChem MCHZ, has confirmed a CZK 800 million investment in modernizing its Ostrava company.

The participants of one of the most important architectural competitions in the city's history, the competition for the new Ostrava concert hall, are already known. It is going to have two rounds and should be completed next June.

The University of Ostrava managed to obtain European funding for the construction of a new university facility at Černá louka in Ostrava. By the Ostravice River it will build a new university facility for sports and technology and the Art and Design Cluster.

The largest and most modern filling station for CNG (compressed natural gas) in the Czech Republic was commissioned by the Ostrava Transport Company in Hranečník garages. This is another step towards the greening of public transport in the city.

Hundreds of new parking spaces will be built near the City Centre. In the wider centre, there will be traffic changes and restrictions in the first quarter of next year, contributing to greater protection for residents.  The currently free parking spaces will be reserved for the "A" and "R" card holders.

From 8 to 10 October, Munich hosted the 21st Annual Expo Real, the prestigious international trade fair for real estate and investment. This year's Czech presentation was the largest in the history of Expo Real. The entire Czech exposition was coordinated by Ostrava.

By creating a new Welcome Centre right in the historical centre of Ostrava, the University of Ostrava creates an imaginary gateway to its world, helping to connect the university life with the life in the city.

Lower Vítkovice has recently started renovating two halls which will be the new home of the Ostrava branch of the National Agricultural Museum.

A part of the industrial zone "Nad Porubkou" which has long been unused is finally awaking. The Industrial Park welcomed its first tenants and investors. It also has a new name – NP AREA (formerly Soltex). Following the branch of the logistics company TNT Express Worldwide, High Lite Touring has built its office and storage facility. Talks with other tenants are ongoing.

17 new projects are planned for the Ostrava City Hospital – documentation processing, investment realization, repairs and purchase of equipment with a total value of almost CZK 61.5 million.

Taking place from Wednesday to Saturday, the prestigious ISU Junior Grand Prix will have a busy schedule full of national and international figure-skating champions. Spectators can look forward to a record 130 competitors from 37 countries from around the world.

A new Collaborative Robotics Centre has been opened at the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre (MSIC) in Ostrava, in cooperation with the Moravian-Silesian Automotive Cluster. The new centre will act as a magnet for know-how in this rapidly emerging field; it will enable all companies from the Region to test and pilot their collaborative robotics technologies prior to full implementation.

46 successful projects submitted by eight institutions have been allocated over 55 million core-hours in the IT4 Innovations National Supercomputing Centre. The projects with the greatest amount of allocated computation time fall within the field of material science.

The Karolina area – directly adjacent to Ostrava's historic city centre and now the location of a brand-new modern quarter – represents an outstanding opportunity for development. The City is offering for sale a premium site at Karolina; the land – which is in the shape of a teardrop – is on level ground and covers an area of almost 8 300 m². By freeing up the land for development, the City of Ostrava is supporting a further expansion of the city centre to strengthen the links between the historic part of the centre and the modern Karolina quarter, with its residential complex, office facilities and retail/entertainment mall.

The Board of Directors of the Ostrava Transport Company (DPO) and subsequently its Supervisory Board unanimously approved the purchase of 40 new trams for 200 persons for CZK 1.9 billion from Škoda Transportation. ForCity Smart, the latest generation of trams, will carry the first passengers in Ostrava in the autumn of 2020. Ostrava will be the first city in the Czech Republic and Central Europe to have these trams in operation.