History
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Exhibition revives Czechoslovak triumph at Expo 1958
It is exactly 50 years since Czechoslovakia’s great triumph at the world Expo exhibition in Brussels, at which the country won the best pavilion award and many Czech and…
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Stalin survives village poll
The inhabitants of Studenec, a small Moravian village near Brno, have voted to keep a bronze relief depicting Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on their community’s monument to…
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Thomas M. Messer – former Guggenheim director, 88, recalls youth in Czechoslovakia, and much more
Thomas M. Messer was born in Bratislava in 1919 but moved to Prague at the age of four, when his father got a job teaching German Studies at Charles University. After…
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Military Prague
In today’s Special, we look at Military Prague: a few of the key moments in the city’s history, from the first Slavonic settlements, to the founding of Prague Castle and…
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The role of the radio in the modern age
This year, Český Rozhlas or Czech Radio is celebrating its 85th anniversary. A number of special commemorative events and broadcasts are being planned for the coming…
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Czechs commemorate anniversary of Prague Uprising
On May 5 1945, Czech Radio or Český Rozhlas formally turned against the Nazi German government occupying the country and called on protesters to openly oppose Nazi rule…
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Mailbox
In today’s Mailbox, you will find out who the mystery lady from our April competition was. We will also announce the names of four of Radio Prague’s listeners who were…
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Beetlemania
The Colorado potato beetle is a pernicious and resilient crop pest. Also known by the colourful name of ten-striped spearman, it has an interesting history in this part of…
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Olga Fikotová-Connolly: 1956 Olympic champion dubbed “traitor” in communist Czechoslovakia over…
Olga Fikotová won gold in the discus at the Olympic Games in 1956, less than two years after taking up the discipline. At the Olympics she met and fell in love with an…
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Švejk author’s grandson celebrates anniversary
Jaroslav Hašek, the author of the world renowned book, The Good Soldier Švejk was born 125 years ago today. Celebrations across the country, and in particular in the town…
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Czechs mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day victims - a day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished during the Second World War - was marked in…
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Jedlička’s Institute for disabled children celebrates 95th anniversary
Institutionalized care for disabled people in the Czech Republic goes back almost a century to the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Ninety-five years ago in April of…
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