History
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In memoriam: Czech wartime RAF veteran Tomáš Lom
Tomáš Lom, one of this country’s last few Royal Air Force veterans, died on Wednesday, just weeks ahead of his 97th birthday. He is to be buried with military honours.
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Futuristic Tatra cars – one of the icons of Czechoslovak design
Tatra’s futuristic-looking aerodynamic passenger cars first appeared on the roads in the 1930s, and have since become one of the icons of Czechoslovak design.
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400 years since Prague’s Old Town Square executions
Habsburg Catholic authorities put three rebel nobles, seven knights, and 17 burghers to death on Prague’s Old Town Square still revered today as national martyrs.
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Tractors for cocoa beans - Cold War Czechoslovak economic interests in the Third World
We look at Czechoslovak economic, political and educational involvement in the Third World during the Cold War.
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Czech scientists reconstruct faces of early Bronze Age women from Moravský Krumlov
A pair of skeletons unearthed in the region decades ago tell a fascinating story of two tiny prehistoric women who likely worked in some of the largest mines in Europe.
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“It’s no surprise to me” – says historian on revelation that Oxford academic was Czechoslovak spy
Dr Jirina Stone, a Czech émigré who became an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford was a secret informer for the Czechoslovak communist intelligence service.
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Anniversary of the Week
Centenary of Czech Mycological Society
Mushroom picking is a national hobby in the Czech Republic, passes on from generaton to generation.
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“Czechoslovak intelligence helped Cuban Revolution to survive” – says top Cold War researcher
Despite more than three decades since the fall of communism, historians are still discovering new information about communist Czechoslovakia and its role in the Cold War.
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Czechoslovak RAF pilot General Emil Boček, 98, takes to the skies in De Haviland Tiger Moth
RAF pilot General Emil Boček, received a belated 98th birthday treat on Wednesday, taking to the skies in a De Havilland Tiger Moth, a plane he flew during the war.
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Remains of five Czech RAF Bomber Command members found in Netherlands
Dutch authorities have unearthed the remains of an RAF bomber whose Czech crew were shot down by a German fighter as they were returning from a bombing raid in 1941.
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Anniversary of the Week
150 years since formation of “Vltavan” Association in Prague
Prague’s Vltava river has been used to transport wood on rafts for centuries. On June 11, 1871, local raft traders formed their own association.
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National Museum exhibits 45,000-year-old woman’s skull with one of oldest human genomes
A rare exhibit was added to the Pantheon inside the Old Building of the National Museum in Prague this week - a 45,000-year-old woman’s skull.
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