History
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Oldest technical university in Central Europe marks 300 years of existence
The oldest technical university in Central Europe, the Czech Technical University, is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year. This Prague based institution is…
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Rare 16th century nautical atlas found in Olomouc
Historians in the department of old prints and manuscripts at the Research Library in Olomouc have made a surprising discovery. While moving a safe containing rare…
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Mene Tekel festival commemorates the victims of communism
Last week, the first Mene Tekel festival dedicated to the history of totalitarianism in this country was held in Prague to coincide with the anniversary of the communist…
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Karel Janovicky - Czech sputniks in suburban London
Karel Janovicky has had a distinguished career as a composer, pianist, writer and broadcaster, and at 77 is still full of energy. When I interviewed him in his study in…
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Architectural historian Zdenek Lukes - on Prague Castle, the Communists' atomic bunker and the…
In today's One on One Jan's guest is Zdenek Lukes, one of the country's most respected architectural historians, employed at the Office of the President's heritage section…
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StB files made open to public but full accessibility still some way off
The dreaded StB secret police were disbanded on February 15 1990, less than three months after the start of the Velvet Revolution. But only now have the authorities come…
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Old Prague to come to life in 3D computer model
Looking at old photos of quaint parts of downtown Prague that were demolished at the turn of the 19th century to make way for fashionable apartment blocks, one easily gets…
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A personal look at Otakar Machotka, a leader of the 1945 Prague Uprising
There is an old framed photograph in my parents' house, which I have known since childhood. In the foreground, you can see the back of the head of Edvard Benes, the second…
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Fifteen years since Czechoslovakia's first official internet connection
Exactly fifteen years ago, on February 13th 1992, the Czech Technical University in Prague hosted a momentous event. At a meeting with university computer science experts…
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Popular singer and former prime minister accused of collaborating with communist-era secret police
Recent days have seen a series of allegations of collaboration with the communist-era secret police. Less than 24 hours after the head of the Czech branch of Interpol was…
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New exhibition recalls 1989 East German exodus through Prague
Over 20,000 East Germans escaped to freedom via the West German Embassy in Prague in mid-to-late 1989, as the communist edifice started to crumble after four long decades…
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Novelist Frederick Forsyth on '60s Prague and making love to the StB
The Czech daily Lidove Noviny recently published details of a little-known footnote in Cold War history; browsing through the archives of Czechoslovakia's communist-era…
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