The billion-person shift begins to feel real There’s a moment when a trend stops being a trend and starts feeling permanent.

The European Union’s harsh reaction to the conviction of Ukraine’s former prime minister and opposition leader has put at risk talks of a strategic relationship between the bloc and Kyiv, even as both ...

Anyone even remotely familiar with Czech literature will know Ivan Klíma and his work. The author of more than 40 novels, short-story collections, plays and books of essays, Klíma, born in 1931 in ...

Prague has more than its fair share of odd statues on public view. Some contemporary ones were designed to make the viewer ponder, while others reflect the city’s long and peculiar history. A few look ...

A bronze statue of the man who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was unveiled in Sarajevo a day ahead on the 100th anniversary of the event. Gavrilo Princip, who some people regard as a ...

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 ...

The Czech Republic is one of automotive key players in Central Europe,it has developed a strong industrial base and has focused on the improvement of vehicle procurement and management. The country is ...

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 ...

Employee monitoring is the process of using tools and software to track employee activity and ensure team efficiency. It is a highly controversial practice with many stakeholders, some of whom ...

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 ...

As of January 2025, Olympic coach Jamie Main will become the Director of Swimming at Repton School. This prestigious day and boarding school in the Derbyshire village of the same name has an ...

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 ...