History
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East Tilbury: a Czech modernist Utopia on the Thames marshes
There is one corner of England that is forever Czech. If you drive through the open, windswept landscape of the Thames marshes just beyond the eastern suburbs of London…
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Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia 38 years ago
Thirty-eight years ago on August 21, 1968, Czechoslovak citizens woke up to find that the country had been invaded by Warsaw Pact forces. It was the beginning of the end…
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"Defying the Beast" - a new exhibition evokes the first four decades of the Jewish Museum in Prague
The Jewish Museum in Prague is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe - this year it's celebrating it's centennial. Behind its foundation was the inspiration to preserve…
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Antonin Sum, secretary to post-war foreign minister Jan Masaryk, dies in Prague at 87
Antonin Sum, who was secretary to the post-war Czechoslovak foreign minister Jan Masaryk, has died in Prague at the age of 87. Sum, who was born in Prague and studied law…
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100 years ago Buffalo Bill and his "Wild West" show performed in Moravia
This Saturday marks one hundred years since William Frederick Cody - more famously known as Buffalo Bill - first visited Moravia with his famous "Wild West" touring…
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Bohemian royal Premyslid dynasty died out 700 years ago
Exactly 700 years have passed since the last male member of the Bohemian royal dynasty, the Premyslids, died. On August 4, 1306, king Wenceslas III. was murdered in the…
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The dream garden of a 1950s political prisoner
The story of Lubos Hruska is a remarkable tale of persecution and despair but ultimate survival. Born in 1927 he was too young to play a role in World War II, although he…
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First Czech journalist Karel Havlicek Borovsky remembered at Prague ceremony
This Saturday, July 29, is the 150th anniversary of the death of Karel Havlicek Borovksy, regarded by many as the first Czech journalist. Born in the Moravian village of…
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The great escape - to Austria and freedom via electric power line
This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most dramatic escapes from communist Czechoslovakia, when two men crossed the border into Austria on home-made chairs…
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Josip Plecnik chair recovered by Prague Castle
A very popular exhibit of Prague Castle's seating furniture has received two pieces of good news: high demand has extended the exhibit until the end of October, and…
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Mary Hrabik Samal: An Agrarian odyssey
Last week's 14th all-Sokol slet brought thousands of Czechs who now live abroad back to Prague, some as participants and others as observers of the gymnastics gathering…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox we reveal the correct answer to our monthly competition about the origin of the dollar and we announce the names of the four lucky winners.
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