From ghosts to hoaxes, the city has some oddities in stone and metal Prague has more than its fair share of odd statues on public view. Some contemporary ones were designed to make the viewer ponder, ...

Mapping organized crime trends sheds new light on the local underworld Where have the Russian gangsters gone? There is a striking disconnect between the regular warnings from the police, Interior ...

Willow rods, rattles other strange traditions mark the ‘great night’ of Velikonoce For many women in the Czech Republic, the Easter season, known as Velikonoce, is not their favorite time. Easter ...

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A legendary work returns to Prague More than 350 years after it was looted from Prague by the Swedish Army during the Thirty Years’ War, a famous medieval text will return to its native land, though ...

Whether you have just burst onto the cooking scene or you have been in it for a while, there is a good chance that you have heard mention of an instant pot. There is a lot of hype surrounding this ...

The famous writer moved around and changed jobs a lot during his brief life Writer Franz Kafka lived almost his entire life in Prague, and the city often made an appearances in his stories and novels.

Since 2005, the Foundation for Development of Ukraine—also known as the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation after its founder—has played a prominent role in Ukraine. Its work has been especially noticeable in ...

Local Prague legends say that W. A. Mozart was locked in a room at least twice in the Bohemian capital as a playful exercise to compel him to compose something. The fruits of this seemingly ...

The 71st edition of the Miss World beauty pageant concluded with the crowning of Krystyna Pyszková from the Czech Republic as the new queen. According to the official social media accounts of the ...

The city has many options for cooling off in the heat Prague is perfect, well, almost. The city is pretty far from the beach, so getting some swimming and sunbathing done takes a bit of work. But ...

Many athletes reach their prime early in their lives. Many times, this forces them to sacrifice their education to focus on their careers. However, the journeys of these athletes show that their ...