Jakub Ferenčík

According to a forecast from the Institute of Planning and Development, Prague is expected to have 400,000 more residents by 2050. So, what can be done to ease its growth? 

Since the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Czechs have been purchasing guns more frequently. Last year alone, Czechs legally bought 30,000 firearms. But why? 

There is a shortage of train drivers in the Czech railway sector. So, what can be done to include job applications to the trade? 

In early December, I traveled to Ukraine with an international group of journalists to learn what Ukrainians want the West to know for 2025. Here’s what I learned.

250 years ago, the first public library in Prague opened its doors, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the city’s literary history. 

Today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský hosted Tanzanian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo at the Czernin Palace. 

The National Gallery Prague is Czechia's foremost art institution. But what does it mean to be a “national” gallery? I met with its director, Alicja Knast, to find out.

Eva Kubíková-Bullock, who was one of the surviving children of Lidice, died at the age of eighty-seven. She lived in Canada but visited Lidice throughout her life.

The National Gallery Prague is hosting "École de Paris" until 2 March 2025. I spoke with National Gallery Prague Director Alicja Knast to learn more about the exhibition.

Karel Čapek's villa, located in Prague's Vinohrady, is undergoing restoration. The goal is to restore the villa to the atmosphere of the Friday gatherings once held there.