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Our travel articles are based on our own experiences. This time, our graphic designer travelled to Madagascar, the island of contrasts, where beautiful nature, positive people, and nosy lemurs await your visit.

It was a frigid morning on December 22nd, 1999, when I joined the organization Medica Kosova. The war had ended a few months before. Devastated by the loss in my family, I wasn’t quite prepared to face the scale of that pain. As I entered the...

On 3rd November, 2024, the Government of Japan announced the award of The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star to the Chairperson of the State Office for Nuclear Safety, Ms. Dana Drábová, for her contribution toward strengthening...

Today the female gorilla Gaia is exactly six months old. To have current pictures of her for this opportunity, I went to take her photos ahead of time.

Aviation was extremely popular in both Poland and Czechoslovakia during the interwar period. In Czech lands, everyone knew the saying ‘The sky is our sea.’

World EXPOs are an excellent opportunity to strengthen a national brand and connect the global market with Czech companies. EXPO is the most significant social, cultural, and business event in the world, taking place once every five years.

Diana Sternberg was born in 1936 in Vienna, Austria, but after just five days she left for Častolovice, Czechoslovakia, with her mother, Cecílie. She lived in the castle there until World War II, when the Nazis confiscated the property.

The Czech national pavilion for EXPO 2025 in Osaka, Japan, will speak the language of wood and glass. Designed by Apropos Architects and based on the shape of a spiral, the pavilion will offer visitors a path that gradually winds upward...

Canadian Medical expands its one-day surgery care by opening a new vascular centre in Prague 5. The newly built outpatient facility complements the range of care in the field of one- day surgery, which is now a standard part of health- care...

A growing number of frequent flyers are beginning to look for ways to trade their miles and hotel points, converting them into actual cash. My own frustrating experience of accumulating miles, only to realise later how limited the ways of using...

My name is Radek Pilař, and I am 190cm tall. You are probably asking, why is this guy telling me about his height? Well, simply because this is why I got the idea to help tall Czech guys find the right, good-looking T-shirts for their bodies.

We are not a history magazine, but sometimes the story we come across is so interesting that we want to share it with you. Have you ever stayed in a hotel where you ate breakfast in the company of a bomb, used as decoration? That’s exactly what...

There is no doubt that Italy is among the most popular holiday destinations for Czech people. We love its history, the friendly people, the food, and the sea. We love it so much that we keep going back there every other year – together with our...

In 2023, the Czech-German cross-border campaign Ahoj Nachbarn! – Hallo sousede! was created thanks to the cooperation of the CzechTourism office in Berlin and the German Tourist Board office in Prague. Residents of both cities also joined in...

They say if you want to walk far, walk with friends. In iota, people of goodwill from around the world can find a safe space to be valuable and earn an honest living while creating together luxury decorations and accessories of unexpected...

Life is getting faster, our to-do lists are getting longer, and now, more than ever, time is money.

2024 marks our 12-year anniversary as Bogle Architects, and, since the pandemic, there has been a lot of debate about the future of ‘the office’ with the luxury of ‘work from home’ pervading in the workplace.

One of the benefits of being a frequent flyer is collecting miles that will let you get an upgrade or free tickets. Who hasn’t dreamt of flying around the world “for free”? I decided to fulfil that dream. For several years, I have been...

You might know the Lego 3-in-1 building kit, which, thanks to its clever design, offers the possibility to build three different models from a single set of pieces.

Have you ever enjoyed the many relaxing walking trails and city views of Prague’s Vítkov Hill? This green area creates a natural borderline between two distinctive neighbourhoods: Karlín on one side, and Žižkov on the other.

This year’s Czech-German cross-border campaign Ahoj Nachbarn! – Hallo sousede! was created thanks to the cooperation of the CzechTourism office in Berlin and the German Tourist Board office in Prague. Residents of both cities also joined in...

Czech glass is a masterpiece, appreciated all around the world for hundreds of years. What happens in this field when an original artistic vision marries the technical reality? Let us appreciate together the 30-year-long success story of Jitka...

If you are like most Czech people, then you must love our best friends – dogs, of course. You can find our furry babies in almost every other household, and usually they live happily as full members of a family. For those who don’t, luckily...

Václav Havel Airport Prague (formerly Prague Ruzyně International Airport) is the international airport of Prague, the Czech Republic’s capital and biggest city.

Young women interested in diplomatic work ask themselves similar questions, as attempting to enter the political sphere can be difficult and intimidating to navigate at times. Fortunately, the Embassies of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the...

Jan Brabec, a young Czech motocrosser with a passion for this sport and a desire to keep trying new things and challenging himself. He won his first masters title three years after getting his first BMX bike at the age of four. He learned from...

Karen Hendriks is an emerging Australian picture book author, with three books out in the world – ‘Go Away, Foxy Foxy’, ‘Feathers’, and ‘Home’. The inspiration for her last picture book ‘Home’ came from her grandmother’s sadness for the loss of...

Text: Alex Wandersee and Martina Hošková; Photo: Shalev Man Do you want to see your beauty? Shalev Man is the one you can turn to. A photographer who is able to see you as a golden person when others can’t, and even acknowledges the other side...

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