In fact, it is not a lake, but the largest pond in Bohemia, created during the reign of Charles IV. There are two islands on the pond – Mouse and Duck, to which a number of local legends are connected ...

The number of foreign students at Czech universities has experienced a remarkable surge since the turn of the millennium. These students predominantly cite their appreciation for the quality of ...

The 8th Open House Prague festival is ready for the annual celebration of Prague’s architecture, this time taking place on May 16–22, 2022. On the weekend of May 21–22, the festival is set to open 101 ...

Today, a court in Moscow sentenced renowned writer Dmitry Glukhovsky to eight years in prison in absentia, charged with “spreading lies” about the Russian military, as reported by Russian media. The ...

Anybody living in Czech Republic can start a movie career by submitting an application to one of the casting agencies. You may not get the leading roles in the movie from the start, but being casted ...

The Czech Republic ranks 10th among the 27 states of the European Union in terms of solidarity and mutual trust in society. Czechs help each other, they have someone to turn to in times of need, but ...

In early May, Ján Mazák, a forty-six-year-old man from Košice, attempted to swim across the Narva River from Estonia to Russia out of admiration for the country. However, he was promptly apprehended ...

This article was first written for the international reporting class taught by Dinah A. Spritzer for NYU in Prague. Prague – In a small club in Brno, some 140 miles southeast of Prague, the Christmas ...

We know how frustrating it can be to lose something outside in the city… But before you lose all hope of finding it, we recommend searching in this online catalogue. The Eztraty.cz portal currently ...

Czech authorities are pressing charges against a Russian citizen for allegedly breaching international sanctions. The individual in question is accused of facilitating money transfers to a Russian ...

Czech citizens have suffered substantial financial losses, amounting to hundreds of millions of crowns, due to a surge in online bazaar fraud. This concerning information was disclosed by both Eset, a ...

The European Commission (EC) has granted approval today for the revised Czech National Recovery Plan, a move that will provide an additional €2.2 billion (approximately CZK 53.6 billion) to support ...