History
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Church starts process of beatifying “miracle” priest killed by Communists
The Roman Catholic Church has begun the process of beatifying a priest who was at the centre of one of the most bizarre and gruesome episodes of the initial phase of…
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A Tale of Two Towers
Prague’s skyline gave the capital one of its nicknames: the city of a hundred spires. But in actual fact around a thousand spires, belfries and towers of various styles…
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More turmoil for body overseeing secret police archives as director sacked
Since it was established six years ago the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has provided unprecedented public access to secret files once held by the…
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Czech Easter rituals and their ancient origins
Wherever you are in the Northern Hemisphere, it is likely that sometime around now you are marking one of the dozens of religious or cultural holidays that celebrates the…
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Controversial Marian column to return to Old Town Square after almost 100 years
The Prague City Council has approved a revitalization plan for the capital’s Old Town Square that includes the installation of a replica of a Marian column that stood on…
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Valuable hoard of silver coins found and lost
Police have reported the discovery of one of the biggest hoards of silver coins unearthed on the territory of the Czech Republic. Two years ago a treasure hunter in…
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London conference recalls the legacy of Czechoslovak statesman Jan Masaryk
The head of Radio Prague, Miroslav Krupička, attended a conference in London this week recalling the legacy of the much-loved former Czechoslovak Foreign Minister and…
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A decade with President Václav Klaus
Czech President Václav Klaus leaves offices on Thursday, as his second term at the helm of the country expires. Mr Klaus has been one of the country’s most distinct public…
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Czechs protest on anniversary of 1948 communist coup as party gains ground
Monday marks the 65th anniversary of the communist putsch of 1948 which for the next four decades turned Czechoslovakia into a totalitarian state and a satellite of the…
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Another 18 people awarded recognition for anti-communist resistance
More than a dozen people who risked their lives to stand up to the communist regime in Czechoslovakia received recognition from the government on Monday for participating…
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Václav Babinský – the life and legend of a Bohemian highwayman
The name of Václav Babinský is familiar to almost every Czech. The Babinsky legend lives thanks to a folk song, passed on from generation to generation and, curiously…
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Louis Armstrong in Prague
My ears pricked up recently when a guest on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs selected as one of the songs he’d like to be stranded with a track by Louis Armstrong – recorded…
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