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On Wednesday, February 4, the first edition of the VARY°Kolegium 2026 conference took place at the Imperial Spa in Karlovy Vary. This new platform aims to bridge the gap between expert perspectives on the spa industry and current issues regarding the city’s character and future development.  The conference was divided into four thematic blocks, featuring perspectives from across the full spectrum of fields related to […]

Today, we had the honor of welcoming the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, to our premises, accompanied by the Mayor of Karlovy Vary, Andrea Pfeffer Ferklová, MBA, and the Governor of the Karlovy Vary Region, Petr Kubis. We introduced the Prime Minister to the activities of the Institute of Spa Medicine and Balneology, our current research projects, and gave him a tour of the laboratory preparation area and the demonstration laboratory. […]

On October 2, 2025, the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Association of Health Spas of the Czech Republic and the Bavarian Association of Health Spas took place in the premises of our institute. The partnership under the expert guarantee of ILaB opens the way for intensified cooperation in the field of research, education and innovation in the spa industry. The memorandum focuses on joint cross-border research projects, the promotion of sustainable use of natural [...]