History
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Anniversary of the Week
November 28, 1931: construction work begins on Barrandov film studios
On November 28, 1931 construction work started on the Barrandov Film Studios which were to become one of the biggest and most modern studio facilities in Europe.
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Alexander Dubček – the smiling leader of the Prague Spring
This Saturday marks the centenary of the birth of Alexander Dubček, one of the most charismatic leaders of 20th century Czechoslovakia.
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Prague's Stolpersteine: new book pays tribute to Prague Nazi victims
A new book, paying tribute to victims of the Nazi regime who have a Stolperstein in their memory placed somewhere in Prague, is being launched on Wednesday.
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‘Our Germans’: Czech exhibition maps a millennium of peaceful coexistence, decades of strife
A sweeping exhibition on ethnic Germans in the Czech lands in Ústí nad Labem explores relations between the two communities dating back to the Middle Ages.
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Unique Celtic kettle, which may depict the stars over Brno, goes on display in Moravian capital
Fragments of the co-called Maloměřice kettle, a masterpiece of Celtic art, is currently on display at the Dietrichstein Palace in Brno.
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Gustáv Husák – the face of ‘Normalisation’ in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia
Gustáv Husák, the last communist president of Czechoslovakia and living emobidment of the Normalisation era, died 30 years ago.
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One-of-a-kind 1960s locomotive heads for National Technical Museum
A unique locomotive created in the 1960s set off at the weekend from Plzeň station for Chomutov, where it will join the collection of the National Technical Museum.
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Anniversary of the Week
80 years since Nazis started deporting Czech Jews to Belarus
The wartime story of Czech Jews is often told in connection to the Terezín and Auschwitz, but tens of thousands were also deported to Belarus and the Baltic states.
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Unique jewellery from fifth century discovered near Rakovník
Archaeologists from the Rakovník Museum have announced a rare discovery from the Migration Period — a gold ring and clasp decorated with Czech garnets and almandines.
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Havel’s regrets over prison comprise “spiritual core” of freshly published lost text
In the newly released I Hid It Somewhere, Václav Havel writes about his intense experiences following the launch of Charter 77, including a compromise he regretted deeply.
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Anniversary of the Week
180 years since the birth of the publisher of the largest Czech encyclopaedia
Without question, the publication of Otto’s Encyclopaedia (Ottův slovník naučný) marked among the most important chapters in Czech publishing history.
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Tales from the crypt: did Petr Vok of the House of Rožmberk steal his dead ancestors’ gold?
For 400 years, the crypt below the Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod was sealed and shrouded in mystery. A team has uncovered the truth behind (some) enduring legends.
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