History
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Czechs have been driving on the right for 85 years
Duuring the years of the First Republic, Czechs were accustomed to driving on the left. That changed with the Nazi occupation in 1939.
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Study involving Czech scientists confirms first human presence in Europe 1.4 million years ago
The oldest known human settlement in Europe lies in western Ukraine. New findings have confirmed the oldest stone tools on the site date roughly 1.4 million years ago.
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“They didn’t get to experience the world”: Roma children born and killed in camps get monument
A monument has been unveiled in Liberec named To Children Who Didn’t Get to Know the World. The memorial is specifically to Roma children born, and killed, in WWII camps.
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Thousand-year-old bone skate discovered in Moravian city of Přerov
Archaeologists from the central Moravian city of Přerov have discovered an ice skate made of animal bone dating back some 1,000 years.
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From Czechia, to Toronto and Japan, the Brady family leaves a legacy
The Brady family, originally from Nové Město na Moravě, has an inspiring story that spans generations and continents.
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First street in Czechia named after Alice Masaryk
She was the daughter of the founding father of Czechoslovakia and headed the Red Cross for 20 years. Yet Alice Masaryk has never had a street named after her – until now.
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1884: First ever nursery opens in Prague
The very first Prague nursery was established in 1884 by the Czech philanthropist Marie Riegrová-Palacká, daughter of the famous historian František Palacký.
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Project to revive abandoned WWII bunkers
Czech architect Juraj Lasovský has come up with a unique project reviving old military bunkers built in Czechoslovakia before the Second World War.
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Czech hedgehog: 1930s anti-tank obstacle also seen in today’s Ukraine
The “Czech hedgehog” is, as the name suggests, a Czech invention. The anti-tank obstacle dates back to the 1930s, when it was intended for border protection.
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EP96: Eva Paddock & Milena Grenfell-Baines
Half-sisters Eva Paddock and Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines were 3 and 9 when trains organised by Nicholas Winton and others saved them from the Nazis. They share their story.
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“Winton train” sisters: We’re the last authentic witnesses to those events
As the Nicholas Winton biopic One Life gets its Czech premiere, we speak to half-sisters Eva Paddock and Milena Grenfell-Baines, who were on his last "kindertransport".
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Czech palaeontologists find remains of prehistoric animal belonging to previously unknown species
Palaeontologists have discovered that the jaw of a prehistoric animal found a few years ago belongs to a hitherto unknown species of cat-like animal - the oldest in Europe.
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