Prague Christmas Markets As residents of the city for years, we LOVE exploring Prague’s Christmas markets in the winter. What is the best thing about December in Prague? Cozy pubs? Mulled wine? Seeing the beautiful buildings covered in a light dusting of snow? While all of...See More »
Today right now!CURRENT WEATHER 16:11 4°C RealFeel® 3° RealFeel Shade™ 3° Mostly cloudy Max UV Index 0 Low Wind NNW 7 km/h Wind Gusts 20 km/h Humidity 84% Indoor Humidity 42% (Slightly Dry) Dew Point 1° C Pressure ↔ 1021 mb Cloud Cover 88% Visibility 16 km Cloud...See More »
Overloaded Hospitals: Government Will Ask to Reintroduce the State of Emergency On Monday, Health Minister Adam Vojtech will request the Chamber of Deputies to declare a state of emergency due to the unmanageable coronavirus epidemic. Medical facilities across the country are struggling to cope with the recent surge in novel...See More »
March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 280 days remain until the end of the year.
In fifty years will the idea of a family be a thing of the past?Will society be some kind of Brave New World?
Who were the Sudeten Germans?German Bohemians (German: Deutschböhmen und Deutschmährer, i.e. German Bohemians and German Moravians), later known as Sudeten Germans, were ethnic Germans living in the Czech lands of the Bohemian Crown, which later became an integral part of...See More »
Expulsions of Germans after WW IIThe expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II was part of a series of evacuations and deportations of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the Czech...See More »
The Roma in Europe: 11 things you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask A quick look at the history of Roma in Europe, including where they come from, what they do, how they were treated, whether it’s OK to call them “gypsies”, and the difference between Roma and Travellers. 1. Who are Roma? The word “Roma” means...See More »
Rule of law: standing up for Roma children When Dorde Jovanovic was in elementary school in the 1980s, he could not see the blackboard. A Roma by ethnicity, he and his Romani classmates, living in a village outside Belgrade, were told to sit in the back row and given separate work from...See More »
Hesiod had things to say! About NyxIn Hesiod's Theogony, Nyx is born of Chaos. With Erebus (Darkness), Nyx gives birth to Aether (Brightness) and Hemera (Day). Later, on her own, Nyx gives birth to Moros (Doom, Destiny), the Keres (Destruction, Death), Thanatos (Death), Hypnos...See More »