The Czech Republic is attempting a high-stakes pivot from an era of infrastructure inertia to a period of private-sector-led ...

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 only temporarily. The Codex Gigas ...

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 ...

For many women in the Czech Republic, the Easter season, known as Velikonoce, is not their favorite time. Easter Monday is the national holiday, and traditionally it is a time when women get whipped ...

A convicted Russian fraudster given political asylum in Slovakia has been accused of working with the Russian authorities to target a British-Ukrainian businessman. Valentin Vinogradov has filed court ...

Prague, a city famed for its lively nightlife, is home to over twenty casinos, some of which are definitely better than others. Many are open around the clock, but in general, the peak hours for ...

Are you looking for your next investment destination in Europe but unsure which country to choose? Many entrepreneurs who were in your position have chosen Germany—and achieved remarkable success. Why ...

One often hears the term “unicorn startup”, but what if there were also “unicorn countries”? States where it is easy to open a company, where taxes are low, and from which you can expand ...

Forty-five years after the Aug. 21, 1968, Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, two minor mysteries remain. What ever became of the young Czech waitress that two Hollywood actors smuggled across the ...

There’s a moment when a trend stops being a trend and starts feeling permanent. The Sun Belt recently crossed that line. More than half of the U.S. population now lives in the broad southern arc ...

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 ...