History
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Anti-communist demonstration violently suppressed twenty years ago in Prague, just three weeks…
Looking back at the events of 1989 in Czechoslovakia, most people will probably think of the student demonstration on November 17th which kicked off the Velvet Revolution…
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Symbol of Czech statehood reopens as first museum of modern history
Wednesday marks the 91st anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia. In conjunction with that anniversary, the National Memorial on Prague’s Vítkov hill has just been…
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Goebbels-Baarová: more than just a German-Czech love story
A play based on the short but stormy love affair between the Third Reich’s infamous propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and a young Czech film star has been causing quite…
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Renovation of famous landmark dogged by controversy
No landmark in Prague is more famous than the 14th century Charles Bridge, which has undergone major renovation over the last two years - a project that has come under…
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Star-studded concert and re-enactment of November ’89 march among events planned for 20th…
One of the biggest events in Prague after the fall of communism was a now-legendary concert by the Rolling Stones at Strahov Stadium in 1990. They were received afterwards…
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Something was “in the air” ahead of Velvet Revolution, Havel tells world’s media
Václav Havel, who led Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution, discussed events at that time and developments since on Thursday, at his only public appearance ahead of the…
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Czechoslovakia in 1991: What to do with former secret police collaborators?
One of the most passionate debates in Czechoslovakia in the first years after the fall of communism was over what to do with people who had collaborated with the secret…
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Chopin’s death mask on show in Prague after leaving Poland for the first time
The 19th century Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin is especially important to two particular countries: his father’s homeland of France, where he lived and died, and Poland…
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Twenty years after: central and eastern Europe coping with communist legacy
How are countries of central and Eastern Europe coping with their communist legacies? Have their societies done well in the transition to democracy over the last two…
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Foreign capital reaches post-revolution Czechoslovakia
With the fall of communism, it was not long before foreign investors began taking an interest in Czechoslovakia. This ranged from huge industrial multinationals to young…
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The Four Corners of the Czech Republic, Pt. II: The Sudetenland
On the one hand, marking off one’s territory is said to be a basic human trait, and on the other, there is nothing that comes so naturally to people as defying a boundary…
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History of British secret service uncovers Czechoslovak infiltration success
An official history of the British counter intelligence and security service MI5 has come up with some revelations about the work of the Communist Czechoslovak secret…
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