History
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Celebrating the ‘tonetka’ – 160 years of bentwood furniture design in Moravia
Hundreds of thousands of among the world’s most iconic pieces of furniture, Chair No. 14, literally took shape at the TON factory in Bystřice pod Hostýnem, built in 1861.
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The health of Czech of heads of state throughout history
Czech Radio has mapped out how information about the president’s health was provided to the public since the founding of Czechoslovakia.
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‘Noráci’ project traces fate of Czech men forcibly deployed in Norway during WWII
A new project called Noráci, carried out by a group of Czech and Norwegian scholars, traces the fate of Czech men sent to forced labour to Norway.
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Czech legislators discussing making Heydrich assassination “significant day”
Czech legislators are discussing whether to declare May 27 – the day of the assassination of the Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 – a “significant day”.
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Anniversary of the Week
October 1896: The first film is screened in Prague
The first ever film screening in Prague took place at the hotel U černého koně 125 years ago, on 18 October 1896.
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Czech oral history project Memory of the Nation celebrates 20 years
The Czech Republic has among the world’s largest collection of testimonies by people who experienced totalitarianism - thanks to the Memory of the Nation project.
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Czech archaeologists help scientists discover Hepatitis B affected humans in pre-historic times
A major new study into the origins of Hepatitis B drew on samples of pre-historic human remains collected by the Czech Academy of Sciences.
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Rare “toadstone” of myth found in already priceless 13th century Reliquary of St. Maurus
The St. Maurus reliquary is among the nation’s greatest treasures. The recent discovery on the shrine of an inlaid magical “toadstone” makes it all the more priceless.
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Anniversary of the Week
Václav Havel, dissident playwright turned statesman, born 85 years ago
Václav Havel came of age after the Communist coup. The dissident playwright's criticism of the regime landed him in prison, and eventually to Prague Castle as president.
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Czechs mark St. Wenceslas Day
September 28 is St Wenceslas Day, a state holiday in the Czech Republic, marking the death of the nation's patron saint.
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Anniversary of the Week
September 1941: “Butcher” Heydrich becomes Nazi governor of Czech lands
Senior Nazi Reinhard Heydrich became acting governor of Bohemia and Moravia on a symbolic date, 28th September – St. Wenceslas’ Day – 1941.
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“Operation Kulak”: Memorial to Czech victims of collectivisation erected below Mount Říp
Thousands of Czech farmers known as “kulaks” were forcibly evicted from their land and homesteads under communism. The biggest wave came 70 years ago, in autumn 1951.
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