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1970s plan to build underground rail link to Adriatic Coast and Czechoslovak island revealed
One of the stranger projects dreamt up in modern Czechoslovakia has just come to light. According to a newspaper report on Tuesday, engineers in Prague created a plan to…
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Rabbi Yosef Leibovits, the Nikolsburg Rebbe
The south Moravian town of Mikulov, formerly also known by its German name Nikolsburg, is a popular tourist destination where people go to admire its beautiful…
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Lukáš Přibyl’s ‘Forgotten Transport’ films – illuminating ‘places left in obscurity’
Lukáš Přibyl’s series of documentaries, ‘Forgotten Transports’, depicts a lesser-known side of the Holocaust, played out in locations a lot less notorious than Belsen or…
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Radio Prague versus Ronald Reagan
The last years of the Brezhnev era were a period of deep mistrust between the Soviet Union and the United States. As disarmament talks stumbled and both countries expanded…
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The Jewish Quarter in Třebíč
The historic Moravian town of Třebíč, some 140 km south east of Prague, is known for having perhaps the best preserved Jewish quarter in the country. In 2003, the town’s…
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Anniversary of Prague uprising marked by commemorative ceremony
It was a now famous appeal broadcast from the Czech Radio or Český Rozhlas building on May 5, 1945, which sparked the Prague rising against the continued Nazi occupation…
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The Red Elvis in Havana
When I first moved to Prague nearly two decades ago, Czech friends were often amazed that I had never heard of the American singer, Dean Reed. Dubbed the “Red Elvis”, Reed…
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Wilson monument to be restored to Prague 70 years after being torn down by Nazis
For just under 15 years, from 1928 until 1941, a monument to the American president Woodrow Wilson stood in front of Prague’s main railway station. It was a mark of…
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Studio Bratři v triku - the cradle of Czech animation
The studio Bratři v triku, or “Brothers in T-Shirts”, has been the major producer of Czech animated film since the 1940s. Virtually every talent in Czech cartooning has…
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Soyuz 28 and the cosmic brothers
On March 2 1978 - for the first time - a person was launched into space who was neither a Soviet nor an American citizen. His name was Vladimír Remek, and he came from…
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Former president Edvard Beneš’ villa to open to the public after restoration
The south Bohemian villa in which the second Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš and his wife Hana spent a large part of their lives has been reconstructed and will open…
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Remembering Czech Expo success at the Brussels Atomium
Expo 1958 was the first global event of its kind after the Second World War. Nearly 50 countries brought their latest scientific breakthroughs and their most prized…
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