As we reported last week, Prague’s Fresh Film Fest – which begins tomorrow – aims to provide a wide portrait of contemporary world cinema. We offer our picks of day one.

No one needs reminding of Prague’s rich association with literature, but sometimes it’s worth gently celebrating the fact that a disproportionately large number of celebrated wordsmiths have lived and worked within the city

A Prague-based film festival aims to shed light on fledgling filmmakers from across Central Europe and the wider world.

Here at TOL we’ve covered the plight of journalists working in the Ukraine in detail, but judging by the actions of feminist group FEMEN, it seems that sometimes raising awareness of press freedom can also be achieved by simply stripping off

Images of Dustin Hoffman et al aren’t an unlikely sight, but when the ads in question are located in downtown Moscow promoting some mysterious children’s charity rather than the latest Hollywood flick, things start to feel a little less familiar

Week of Freedom – hosted in various locations across Prague city centre – will be celebrating the disestablishment of the Warsaw Pact and the departure of troops from Czechoslovakia

A public monument to the Soviet Armed Forces in Sofia, Bulgaria was vandalized in striking fashion over the weekend

An annual meeting of post-World War II expellees was tainted this weekend by a war of words with Prague, with Czech president Vaklav Klaus outraged after a Sudeten German leader demanded an apology for their expulsion

In the same way that certain sights and sounds help shape our understanding of a particular time or place, peculiar artefacts have a strange tendency to remain firmly lodged in the memory too. Russians, it seems, understand this only too well.

In the coming weeks Transitions Online will be launching a blog focused on the IT and technology sector in post-communist Europe and the former Soviet Union. We want your tips and suggestions

There have been numerous tributes paid to inimitable British photo-journalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington since his untimely death in Libya last week, but few have captured both the talent and personality of the man quite as well as this piece

In a recent video interview, Czech sculptor David Černý bemoaned the fact that regardless of the quality of your art, if you’re not from New York or London, you’re unlikely to garner much international attention.

While the leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are used to convening under the banner of the Visegrad group, further east a new alliance is forming that aims to draw the same influence as its Central European forebear.

The history of communism has been chewed over in a whole manner of tongues over the decades, but animals have rarely been part of the story, let alone the storytellers.

With street art having long ago made the transition from city streets and subways to white-washed gallery spaces, it could be said that modern, urban design is less about toying with the establishment and more about appealing to rich collectors.

To mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, The Economist’s Intelligence Unit and multimedia agency JESS3 has put together a nifty interactive graphic comparing economic opportunities for women around the world.

Prolific Czech writer Arnošt Lustig died in Prague on Saturday at the age of 85 after a six year battle with cancer.

Have you ever listened to heavy metal or rap music? If so, you must be a sadist, drug addict or just a generally immoral person according to Uzekistan’s state television.

This week marks one year since Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych’s inauguration. A lot was promised in the run up to the election but have those pledges been fulfilled? TOL plans to investigate with your help