History
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Prague’s famous astronomical clock to undergo major repair work
Prague’s famous 15th century astronomical clock, known as Orloj, is one of the oldest and most elaborate clocks ever built and one of the city’s best-known landmarks. Its…
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A day in the life of a Neolithic woman
The discovery of the remains of a Neolithic settlement on Czech soil in 2001 led to years of painstaking research. Now the results of more than 15 years of study have…
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Prague airport looks back on massive transformation over 80 years
Prague airport this week celebrates 80 years of its existence. The Václav Havel Airport in Prague, formerly called Ruzyně, started operation this week in 1937. While in…
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Czech and Slovaks combine to celebrate creation of homeland
The Czech Republic and Slovakia will unite next year to celebrate two major anniversaries: 100 years since the foundation of Czechoslovakia and the 50th anniversary of the…
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Cardinal Miloslav Vlk: From window-cleaner to Archbishop of Prague
The Czech Republic has lost one of its leading church dignitaries. Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, former head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church, succumbed to cancer at the age of…
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Philosopher Jan Patočka, co-founder of Charter 77, remembered
March 13th marked 40 years since the death of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka, one of the founding members and first spokesmen for the Charter 77 human rights movement…
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Book highlights exploits of Czechs and Slovaks in WWI British army
One rather overlooked corner of history has been the story of Czechs and Slovaks serving with the British army in World War One. In contrast, the details of Czechs and…
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Dutch show of support for Czech dissidents in 1977 commemorated in Prague
A monument has just been unveiled in Prague commemorating the support shown to Czech dissidents by the late Dutch politician Max van der Stoel. Forty years ago, on March 1…
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VOA: 75 years of station many Czechs tuned into across Iron Curtain
Many looking for an alternative to state-controlled media in communist Czechoslovakia tuned into to Voice of America, which was founded 75 years ago this month. Over the…
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UK village to finally get monument to Anthropoid heroes
Prior to being dropped in Nazi-controlled Bohemia to carry out the assassination of German governor Reinhard Heydrich, the Czechoslovak parachutists Jozef Gabčík and Jan…
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Many gems of early 20th century Czech architecture among buildings newly listed as cultural…
Fifteen buildings were just recently added to the list of Czech Cultural Monuments, including an early 20th century power station in Poděbrady and Prague’s famous Lucerna…
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Historian Matěj Spurný: Anti-humanist atmosphere is spreading – and we must fight back
At the start of this year historian Matěj Spurný came in for a great deal of online abuse – and even death threats – after an interview he gave a magazine headlined This…
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