History
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Bridges over troubled water
Jostled between nation states and ideologies for the best part of two centuries, traces of an ever changing Czech identity crisis sit subtly in the foreground of the…
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Josef Svoboda - From uranium mine prison labourer to Arctic ecologist
Josef Svoboda is a professor, Arctic ecologist and author. Born in 1929 in Prague, Mr. Svoboda studied science and philosophy at Masaryk and Charles universities. He was…
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Friendship in spite of Hitler: stories of survival from around the world
Judita Matyášová is a young Czech journalist who by pure chance happened to come upon the story of some 700 Jewish children from around central Europe who were smuggled to…
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Arrest of Russian activists marking 1968 anniversary evokes concern in Prague
In a chilling echo of the past, Russian police on Sunday arrested a group of human rights activists commemorating the 45th anniversary of a 1968 protest against the…
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Photographer Josef Koudelka to give Prague museum his major works
This week the 45th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia was commemorated in this country. What some may not realize is that many of the iconic images…
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A top-secret bunker used by the Soviet army opens to the public
A military bunker in Brdy that reportedly housed Soviet nuclear warheads during the years of the Cold War has been turned into an Atom Museum. It opened to the public last…
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Unknown artists apologise for Bulgaria’s role in 1968
On Wednesday, Czechs marked the 45th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion that crushed the period of reforms known as the Prague Spring. They weren’t alone: reaction…
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1968 invasion remembered outside Czech Radio
Wednesday marks the 45th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the armies of the Soviet Union and other communist countries. The invasion shocked the nation…
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A Greeting from Castle Hill: an insider’s look into Prague Castle’s forgotten era
Prague Castle is considered one of the symbols of the Czech state. Once the seat of Bohemian kings, it now houses the Office of the Czech President, and its museums and…
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Offensive pig farm likely to remain on Romany Holocaust memorial site
The UN Human Rights’ Committee has asked the Czech government to close down a pig farm located on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp for Romanies. Built in the…
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Fanta’s Café: Hidden gem of Prague’s main station is finally getting a facelift
In the recent decades, Fanta’s café at Prague’s central railroad station has been more of a mythical place, known mostly to a select few. Visitors to the capital who…
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‘Stumbling stone’ laid into Prague pavement to remember Milena Jesenská
Prague residents and visitors may have noticed during their wanderings small brass plaques set into the pavement in front of apartment blocks and houses. They are ‘…
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