History
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Former communist prosecutor, jailed for judicial murder, may soon walk free
Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, a former communist prosecutor who is serving a six year prison sentence for her role in helping to send democratic politician Milada Horáková to…
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Edwin Muir: a Scottish poet in Prague
Literature sometimes makes for some unusual connections. What, for example, could Franz Kafka possibly have in common with the Orkney Islands off the north coast of…
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New book compares post-1989 development of Czech Republic and Austria
The Czech Republic and neighbouring Austria share centuries of common history but in recent times relations between the two states have often been strained. How the…
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Former Albanian political prisoner Tomor Aliko among guests at Mene Tekel festival
This week, Prague is hosting the fourth international Mene Tekel festival which highlights the crimes of communism and presents the testimonies of those persecuted by…
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Týn above the Vltava, and under Temelín
A visit to Týn nad Vltavou offers much of what you would expect of a small South Bohemian town. The winding streets are full of locals in the morning, each one greeting…
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Danish expert: Analysis of Tycho Brahe’s remains could provide interesting clues to Denmark’s…
Czech authorities recently granted permission to experts from Denmark’s Aarhus University to explore the grave of astronomer Tycho Brahe. The famous Danish-born scholar…
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Fourth Mene Tekel festival against totalitarianism opens in Prague
Mene Tekel, Prague’s annual international festival against totalitarianism, opens in the Czech capital on Monday afternoon with a concert by Jaroslav Hutka and the Blue…
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Rudolf Zeman, dissident, journalist and co-founder of the samizdat paper Lidové Noviny
Lidové noviny, or People’s Newspaper, is a leading Czech paper with a tradition going back more than a century. The liberal daily was first discontinued by the Nazis…
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Early Czech silver coins go on display at National Museum
Some of the earliest silver coins discovered in the Czech lands feature in a new exhibition that has just begun at the National Museum. Many were minted in Prague, and…
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Long-lost photos document terrible aftermath of US air raid on Prague
Sixty-five-years ago, shortly after midday on February 14th, 1945, a fleet of 62 U.S. Air Force bombers dropped their deadly cargo on Prague in the mistaken belief they’d…
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Czech PEN club marks 85 years of promoting freedom of speech
The Czech PEN club on Monday marked its 85th anniversary. Established in Prague just three years after the worldwide association of writers was founded in London in 1922…
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On-line project presents stories of people killed at communist Czechoslovakia’s borders
The Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has launched an on-line research project which will unearth more about the practices of the country’s communist…
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