History
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Czechast Special: The Velvet Revolution in Moravia
Czechast Special accompanying interview with Martin Dvořák, the Czech Minister for EU Affairs
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Drumming for Bubny: a protest against indifference to violence
The annual event Drumming for Bubny will take place at the site of the Bubny railway station on Monday. I spoke with the head of the memorial’s press unit, Klára Bobková.
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1583: Rudolf II moves the seat of the Habsburg monarchy from Vienna to Prague
In 1583, Rudolf II, head of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia, moved the seat of the Habsburg monarchy from Vienna to Prague.
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Scientists discover ancient Hebrew curses inside Bronze Age lead tablet
Academic articles are usually only read by a vanishingly small number of people, but a paper published recently in Heritage Science has become one of the world's most-read.
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October 1, 1873: Neo-Gothic completion of St. Vitus Cathedral launched
Exactly 150 years ago, Prague Archbishop Bedřich Schwarzenberg laid the foundation stone for the completion of Prague’s famous St. Vitus Cathedral in neo-Gothic style.
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Churches dedicated to the Czech nation’s patron saint: St. Wenceslas
September 28 is St. Wenceslas Day, a state holiday marking the death of the nation's patron saint.
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Czech archaeologists rediscover famous tomb of Egyptian high official
Czech Egyptologists working between the pyramid fields of Abusir and Saqqara have announced a major discovery.
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Scientists make “Celtic beer” using analysis of pollen from burial site
Czech scientists, together with a small experimental brewer, have come up with the country’s first “Celtic beer”.
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Legal move aimed at reopening notorious anti-Semitic Hilsner case
The case of Leopold Hilsner, a Jewish vagrant convicted in 1899 for the ritual murder of a Christian girl, may be on the path to re-examination.
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Unique Stone Age Venus goes on display in Ostrava
The Venus of Petřkovice, a statuette from the late Stone Age period believed to be 23,000 years old and valued at EUR 50 million.
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September 3, 1948: Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš dies a broken man
One of the founding fathers of the nation, Edvard Beneš was destined to serve his country as president in the most turbulent years of the 20th century.
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27 August, 1673: Svatá Hora Basilica consecrated
The Svatá Hora Basilica near Příbram, 60 km south-west of Prague, is one of the most famous Roman Catholic pilgrimage sites in Czechia.
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