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, ...

With over 90 million tourists annually, France is the most visited country in Europe. Boasting the French Alps, world-class wine regions, and hundreds of historical sites, it’s no wonder France is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whilst the Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria visited the Czech capital at least twelve times, only once was he accompanied by his spouse, the legendary Empress Elisabeth. As well as being Emperor of ...

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 ...

One of the most integral parts of Jewish culture is the table. Click here to find out why it has become so significant.

Sam Tenorio III is a senior account manager, based in Austin, Texas. Inspired by a friend’s suggestion almost ten years ago, Sam changed his career from financial services to the IT industry and ...