History
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Iconic Czech tank returns to the country after more than half a century
One of the finest pieces of military technology that this country has ever developed is finally being returned to the Czech Republic, after an absence of over sixty years…
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The Ghost of Munich to be made into film by Miloš Forman
The launch has just taken place in Prague of the Czech version of a novel looking at the Munich Agreement of 1938, when the UK and France gave the Nazis free reign to…
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New Jewish study centre, dedicated to rabbi Loew, opens in Prague
The Maharal Institute, a new Jewish studies centre dedicated to the 16th century rabbi, philosopher and scholar Yehuda Loew, opened in Prague on Thursday. Founded by the…
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Wenceslas Square looks both to the past and future
In a tent at the bottom of Wenceslas Square, a month-long project is has just got underway looking at the square both past and future. Prague’s main thoroughfare is set to…
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February 1948: a new political order enters by the back door
In last week’s programme we heard about the Communist-led government that emerged from Czechoslovakia’s elections in May 1946. Although the number of parties allowed to…
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Tatra truck maker to revive vintage T87 car after public poll
Today the Czech company Tatra is known for making trucks. But in the past it made cars, including some of the all-time classic Czech automobiles. As part of a plan to…
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The oldest Czech pasta plant relies on traditional taste of its customers
Since 1884, the Zátka Brothers’s plant in Boršov nad Vltavou, just south of České Budějovice in southern Bohemia, has been producing noodles, spaghetti, macaroni and other…
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A. J. P. Taylor: faith in socialist Czechoslovakia
A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990) was one of the best-known and most influential British historians of the 20th century. He is remembered in particular for his provocative left…
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Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes maps lives of Czechs executed by Communists
On Tuesday, the Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes announced a new project on its website, posting the biographies of individuals who were brutally…
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Eighty-seven year-old woman faces jail for role in Milada Horáková execution.
On Tuesday, an eighty-seven year-old former prosecutor called Ludmila-Brožová-Polednová lost her appeal against a murder sentence for her role in the trial and execution…
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Mailbox
Today we reveal the identity of August’s mystery Czechs and announce the names of the four listeners who will receive Radio Prague goodies for their correct answers…
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Will Lawther and J. B. Priestley: the British left and post-war Czechoslovakia
During World War II, the political left in Britain and the United States had come to identify itself strongly with the fate of the Czech nation. This was partly a reaction…
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