History
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Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of children from Nazis, turns 105
On the eve of the Second World War, a 29-year-old British stockbroker by the name of Nicholas Winton, went to extraordinary lengths to save 669 mostly Czech Jewish…
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The emperor's schnitzel: Food in the Austro-Hungarian Empire
In our age of celebrity chefs and cookbooks for all skill levels and wallet sizes, we may sometimes forget that food was an important element of life surrounded by special…
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Exhibitions harking back to the old days
Look at some of the small town exhibitions currently underway and you can’t miss the trend – they all show vintage objects very often made up of stuff people find in their…
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Tribute to Rafael Kubelík, Part 2: Supporting freedom at home and return after decades in exile
Monday’s opening of the 2014 Prague Spring music festival was dedicated to one of the greats of Czech music, conductor Rafael Kubelík, who was born 100 years ago this year…
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Tribute to Rafael Kubelík, Part 1: The war years and exile
Monday night’s opening of the 69th edition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival will be in honour of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of most…
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Šimon Wels: an extraordinary tale of ordinary lives
You might not expect the memoirs of a 19th century Jewish shopkeeper in a small Bohemian town to make for gripping reading, but Šimon Wels, who was born in 1853, was no…
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Alexandr Vondra: a politician and diplomat shaping Czech history for a quarter of a century
2014 is a year of anniversaries: 25 years since the fall of communism, 15 years since the Czech Republic joined NATO and 10 years since the country joined the European…
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Friday 40th anniversary of day first, three-carriage metros entered service in Prague
This coming Friday marks a significant anniversary in the history of Czech transportation as it will be exactly 40 years since Prague’s Metro went into operation. The…
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German president recalls tragic past on Czech visit
German President Joachim Gauck on Wednesday concludes his official three-day visit to the Czech Republic. Together with his host, Czech President Miloš Zeman, Mr Gauck…
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Space under one-time Stalin monument opening to public after two decades
From Thursday people in Prague will get a rare, if brief, opportunity to enter the dark chambers beneath the spot where an enormous statue of Stalin stood in the late…
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Young US actors honour child victims of Terezín
A group of young actors from Philadelphia in the US visited the Czech Republic last week to give a performance at the former Nazi concentration camp of Terezín. They…
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Relics of Bohemia’s Patron Saint Adalbert find new resting place
The holy relics of Saint Adalbert of Prague, or Vojtěch as he is known in his native country, have received a new shrine at their final resting place at Prague Castle…
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