Prague

Helen Oyeyemi’s latest novel is a story about stories; a tale that unpicks and exposes the threads that tie tales together. It’s set in Prague, with the city functioning as backdrop, cipher and, even, at times, narrator; the main characters slip, slide and transmute, and the bit-part players reappear in different roles and get-ups, like actors in a travelling theatre. Time in this city warps and winds backwards, contributing to the sense of the novel, and Prague itself, as a switchback ride: a “non-stop paternoster lift”…

Last Updated: December 06, 2022, 18:17 ISTAn EasyJet flight bound for the UK from Poland had to be diverted to the Czech Republic due to a report of a “possible bomb" on board, according to a media report.The low-cost British airline’s flight EZY6276 was heading from Krakow to Bristol on Sunday evening but the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing so that law enforcement agencies could sweep the plane for explosives, CNN reported.Also Read: SpiceJet Flight with 197 Passengers Onboard Makes Emergency Landing at…

Bunker tourism in Prague with a display of children in gas masks inside of the Bezovka nuclear bunker. Credit: J. Rozdilsky, Author provided With the ongoing Ukraine war, tensions in Europe are on the rise. This is both due to an influx of war related-refugees to Central European cities, and discontent over the related rising cost of energy. …

CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos and William Rudolf Lobkowicz in the Family Chapel of the Lobkowicz Palace depicting an early 18th-century altarpiece painting of St. Wenceslas, patron saint of the Czech nation.House of LobkowiczPRAGUE — It is past midnight on a Friday at the Lobkowicz Palace in the Prague Castle complex. A 27-year-old Czech prince, William Rudolf Lobkowicz, is crawling on the hard stone floor, taking care not to trigger the alarms behind the guardrails that partition the castle's daytime visitors from the…

Photo via Gage Skidmore/Flickr Joe and Anthony Russo’s films have been so annoying that the duo may not be allowed back in some of the places where they were shot. This surprising revelation (though not as surprising if you’ve lived/worked near a film set) came during the global press conference for The Gray Man, the Russos’ most recent film starring Ryan Gosling as a hunted mercenary. Joe and Anthony spoke about how filming a movie, especially one as grand as Captain America: The Winter Soldier entails…

A fan account shared a video of Johnny Depp laughing with and talking to his legal team outside his recent concert. The video, which was taken after his Prague concert, featured him, Camille Vasquez and other members of Johnny's legal team, who represented the actor in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. Many fans reacted to the video saying ‘this is what friendship looks like’. Also Read: Johnny Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez reveals boyfriend's reaction to their dating rumours: 'He's supportive, met…

A new Prague-based internet radio station has started to broadcast news, information and music tailored to the day-to-day concerns of some 300,000 refugees who have arrived in the Czech Republic since Russia launched its military assault against Ukraine.In a studio at the heart of the Czech capital, radio veterans work together with absolute beginners to provide the refugees with what they need to know to settle as smoothly as possible in a new country.The staff of 10 combines people who have fled Ukraine in recent weeks…