Prague was in shock and mourning Friday after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 more at Charles University, the deadliest peacetime attack in the history of the Czech Republic.

President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel said he was “shocked” after a shooter killed 10 people at Charles University in central Prague, according to a statement on X, formerly Twitter.

Prague has survived wars and political strife — and through it all, its literary scene has thrived. Jaroslav Kalfar, the author of “Spaceman of Bohemia,” recommends books that connect ...

The 28 Best Prague Restaurants Hefty Czech dishes and mugs of beer at a 500-year-old pub, extravagant pastries from one of Czechia’s most famous pastry chefs, aromatic pho from the historic ...

A Top-Floor Pad in Prague’s Art Nouveau Corridor $2.45 MILLION (51.4 MILLION CZECH KORUNA) This two-bedroom apartment is on an upper floor of a landmark building on Parizska Street, a historic ...

A student opened fire in a university building Thursday in downtown Prague, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst-ever mass shooting, authorities said.

Since the mid-1990s, the Czech Republic has been something of a playground for Russian spies—and most of them are in Prague. It’s not difficult to see why they’re here.

Here in the Czech Republic, the Prague Public Transit Company dates back to 1897, when it was an enterprise under the “Royal Capital City of Prague,” then part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire.

Speaking of nightclubs, if you're in Prague on a Friday or Saturday night, consider visiting Lucerna Music Bar. Friday and Saturday are reserved for the club's '80s and '90s video parties.

These days, it’s mainly ruins and pretty parkland, with some surviving Gothic cellars, Prague’s oldest rotunda from the 11th century, and sweeping views over the river to Prague Castle in the ...