The very first mention of sports betting comes from the times of ancient Greece, dating back to about 1,000 years ago when ancient Greeks bet on popular athletic disciplines. This kind of ...

Writer Franz Kafka lived almost his entire life in Prague, and the city often made an appearances in his stories and novels. It is not difficult to find the places where the author lived and worked: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lucie Turnerová from the Charles Bridge Museum and boat company Prague Venice helped us get to know a bit about the history of the landmark. She describes the Charles Bridge as “the epicenter of Czech ...

Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is a city designed with love in mind. With its cobblestone streets, Gothic cathedrals, and a river that gently meanders through the city, Prague offers a ...

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 ...

Maria Amalia, Archduchess of Austria and Duchess of Parma, (1746-1804) was the daughter of Maria Theresia of Austria – Queen of Bohemia and Holy Roman Empress by marriage – and Emperor Francis Stephen ...

While Vienna was undoubtedly Mozart’s creative home, the city of Prague opened its arms to him in the 1780s and received him as the composer of ‘Figaro’, which was given its Czech premiere in the ...