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The AES Corporation is an American utility and power generation company. It owns and operates power plants, which it uses to generate and sell electricity to end users and intermediaries like utilities and industrial facilities. AES is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and is one of the world's leading power companies, generating and ...
Prague 1. / 50.08639°N 14.41111°E / 50.08639; 14.41111. Prague 1, formally the Prague 1 Municipal District ( Czech: Městská část Praha 1 ), is a second-tier municipality in Prague. It is co-extensive with the national administrative district ( správní obvod) of the same name. Prague 1 includes most of the medieval heart of the city.
Mariánské náměstí (translated as Virgin Mary Square) is a square in Old Town, Prague 1 in the Czech Republic. It is surrounded by significant public buildings such Clementinum with National library, New City Hall with Mayor of the City of Prague residence and Prague City Council, Clam-Gallas Palace and Trauttmansdorff Palace .
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall: Coordinate the activities of ministries and other central state administration bodies in the field of foreign relations and the entrusted departments of the state administration. Ensure protection of the rights and interests of the Czech Republic and its citizens abroad. Manage embassies abroad.
Prague is divided into 10 municipal districts (1-10), 22 administrative districts (1-22), 57 municipal parts, or 112 cadastral areas. Since 1990, the city has been divided into 56 (since 1992, 57) self-governing municipal parts ( Czech: městské části ). The parts are responsible for parks and environmental protection; ordering equipment for ...
The Prague Security Studies Institute ( PSSI, Czech: Pražský Institut Bezpečnostnich Studii; PIBS) is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization established in early 2002 to advance the building of a just, secure, democratic and free-market society in the Czech Republic and other post-communist states. PSSI’s primary mission is to build an ...
In 1885, the foundation of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague reflected the dramatic development of Czech society at the time. Following the establishment of a similar institution in Brno in 1873, the Prague museum soon became an important cultural and educational center in the Crown Lands of Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Maisel Synagogue ( Czech: Maiselova synagoga) is one of the historical monuments of the former Prague Jewish quarter. It was built at the end of the 16th century which is considered to be the golden age of the ghetto. Since then its appearance has changed several times, its actual style is neo-gothic. Nowadays the synagogue belongs to the ...