History
-
“It’s no surprise to me” – says historian on revelation that Oxford academic was Czechoslovak spy
Dr Jirina Stone, a Czech émigré who became an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford was a secret informer for the Czechoslovak communist intelligence service.
-
Anniversary of the Week
Centenary of Czech Mycological Society
Mushroom picking is a national hobby in the Czech Republic, passes on from generaton to generation.
-
“Czechoslovak intelligence helped Cuban Revolution to survive” – says top Cold War researcher
Despite more than three decades since the fall of communism, historians are still discovering new information about communist Czechoslovakia and its role in the Cold War.
-
Czechoslovak RAF pilot General Emil Boček, 98, takes to the skies in De Haviland Tiger Moth
RAF pilot General Emil Boček, received a belated 98th birthday treat on Wednesday, taking to the skies in a De Havilland Tiger Moth, a plane he flew during the war.
-
Remains of five Czech RAF Bomber Command members found in Netherlands
Dutch authorities have unearthed the remains of an RAF bomber whose Czech crew were shot down by a German fighter as they were returning from a bombing raid in 1941.
-
Anniversary of the Week
150 years since formation of “Vltavan” Association in Prague
Prague’s Vltava river has been used to transport wood on rafts for centuries. On June 11, 1871, local raft traders formed their own association.
-
National Museum exhibits 45,000-year-old woman’s skull with one of oldest human genomes
A rare exhibit was added to the Pantheon inside the Old Building of the National Museum in Prague this week - a 45,000-year-old woman’s skull.
-
Wagons, handguns and flails - Tábor Museum shows secrets behind Hussite victories
Tábor's Hussite Museum gives visitors the chance to learn more about the many innovative yet also gruesome characteristics of Hussite warfare.
-
“There are brave people among us”: Mural commemorates Heydrich assassination
Just ahead of its anniversary, a new 200-metre mural depicting Operation Anthropoid was unveiled in Prague at the very spot where Nazi Heydrich's car was attacked.
-
Anniversary of the Week
Bethlehem Chapel - where Master Jan Hus preached
The first preaching chapel in Europe was founded 630 years ago.
-
Czechs stage charity run for ‘Memory of the Nation’ oral history project
An annual fund-raising run for the Memory of the Nation institute kicks off on Thursday to raise money towards recording interviews with eye-witnesses to Czech history.
-
Archaeologists excavating rare but damaged early-Medieval burial mounds near Písek
Archaeologists are currently excavating an early-Medieval burial ground near the city of Písek in South Bohemia.
Pages
- « první
- ‹ předchozí
- …
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- …
- následující ›
- poslední »