History
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Meet the flint stones: Olomouc scientists track prehistoric hunters through flint samples
Prehistoric mammoth hunters who moved across the Czech lands roughly 30,000 years ago are being tracked today by Olomouc scientists through the stones they left behind.
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Anniversary of the Week
The oldest chairlift in Europe: 85 years of history on the journey up to Pustevny
Nowhere else in Europe has a chairlift been running longer than the one up to Pustevny in the Beskydy Mountains. It was put into operation on March 4th 1940.
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Gidon Lev, Holocaust survivor and TikTok star: “I was a prop for Elon Musk at Auschwitz”
Born in 1935 in Karlovy Vary, Gidon Lev survived the Shoah and settled in Israel. Today, he is a social media phenomenon with almost half a million followers on TikTok.
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Was Communism in Czechoslovakia unique? Jacob Mikanowski on Czechoslovakia’s distinctive story
Jacob Mikanowski is a historian, author, and journalist who takes us through Czechoslovakia's uniquely complex but, at the same time, intriguing history.
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Strahov Stadium: a colossal monument to the past and an uncertain future
Strahov Stadium is an imposing relic of the past. Once the largest stadium in the world by area, it has seen a remarkable evolution.
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Czech government to release funds for maintenance of Sudeten German graves
The post-war expulsion of Sudeten Germans from the Czech borderlands left hundreds of thousands of German graves abandoned. A new subsidy should help preserve the legacy.
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From glider to fighter: Military pilot Kateřina Hlavsová on her career in Czech Air Force
The world of aviation has long been dominated by men. Major Kateřina Hlavsová is one of the exceptions. So, what is it really like to be a military jet pilot as a woman?
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Třinec, the last Czech sea vessel, to be scrapped, but parts will return home
Třinec, the last surviving Czechoslovak ocean vessel, is set to be scrapped, but parts of the ship will hopefully be brought back to its homeland.
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Anniversary of the Week
From Čapek to the Present: 100 Years of the Czechoslovak PEN Club
Karel Čapek founded the PEN Club with the intention of protecting freedom of speech and the press, becoming its chairman.
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80 years ago: American bombs fell on Prague
On February 14th 1945, a deadly Allied bombing raid claimed hundreds of lives when the city of Prague became an unexpected target of the US Army Air Forces.
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Anniversary of the Week
February 10th, 1975: Prague’s Kotva department store opens to the public
On February 10, 1975, the Kotva department store opened on Prague's Republic Square, welcoming its first customers.
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Last Czechoslovak fighter pilot Antonín Fajkus dies at 101
Antonín Fajkus, a war veteran and fighter pilot from World War II, who served in the legendary U.S. Air Force's 40th Fighter Squadron, has died at the age of 101.
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