History
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“I think they did the right thing,” says maker of new Mašín brothers doc
A new documentary explores the story of the Mašín brothers group, three of whom shot their way from Communist Czechoslovakia to the West in 1953. Jan Novák is its creator.
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Czech team discovers ancient tomb of royal scribe in Egypt
Czech Egyptologists have made another important discovery in Abusir – the roughly 2,500-year-old tomb of a young royal scribe.
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Czech enthusiasts building replica of Viking vessel
A team of enthusiasts from Oslavany near Brno are building a replica of a Viking boat from the 12th century.
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Mirek Gosney: Czechs were in “weird middle ground” in Nazi forced labour system
Miroslav Jeřábek was one of hundreds of thousands of Czechs used as forced labour by the Nazis. Now his great-grandson Mirek Gosney has made a documentary on the subject.
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Czechast Special: The Velvet Revolution in Moravia
Czechast Special accompanying interview with Martin Dvořák, the Czech Minister for EU Affairs
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Drumming for Bubny: a protest against indifference to violence
The annual event Drumming for Bubny will take place at the site of the Bubny railway station on Monday. I spoke with the head of the memorial’s press unit, Klára Bobková.
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Anniversary of the Week
1583: Rudolf II moves the seat of the Habsburg monarchy from Vienna to Prague
In 1583, Rudolf II, head of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia, moved the seat of the Habsburg monarchy from Vienna to Prague.
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Scientists discover ancient Hebrew curses inside Bronze Age lead tablet
Academic articles are usually only read by a vanishingly small number of people, but a paper published recently in Heritage Science has become one of the world's most-read.
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Anniversary of the Week
October 1, 1873: Neo-Gothic completion of St. Vitus Cathedral launched
Exactly 150 years ago, Prague Archbishop Bedřich Schwarzenberg laid the foundation stone for the completion of Prague’s famous St. Vitus Cathedral in neo-Gothic style.
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Churches dedicated to the Czech nation’s patron saint: St. Wenceslas
September 28 is St. Wenceslas Day, a state holiday marking the death of the nation's patron saint.
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Czech archaeologists rediscover famous tomb of Egyptian high official
Czech Egyptologists working between the pyramid fields of Abusir and Saqqara have announced a major discovery.
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Scientists make “Celtic beer” using analysis of pollen from burial site
Czech scientists, together with a small experimental brewer, have come up with the country’s first “Celtic beer”.
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