History
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Velvet Revolution Blues: How Civic Forum collapsed
The relatively rapid and bloodless Velvet Revolution that swept the communists from power in Czechoslovakia in 1989 and replaced them with a set of civic activists, mostly…
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Czechoslovak diplomat recognised as “Righteous among the Nations”
Former Czechoslovak diplomat Vladimír Vochoč, who helped hundreds of Jews escape from Vichy, France during the Holocaust, has been recognised as “Righteous among the…
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Kinski Palace library contains wealth of information on French Revolution
In the world of advanced information technology there are still remnants of an era when all human knowledge was painstakingly collected in libraries that reflected the…
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Czechs ‘fired up’ over WW II-era bunkers
For years now, the Czech Army has been selling off, or in some cases donating, concrete military bunkers built in the 1930s. Originally, they were to have served as key…
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Culture minister: Important hurdle falls on the way to a buyout of the pig-farm at Lety
Czech Culture Minister Daniel Herman has indicated significant progress made in negotiations aimed at removing a pig farm from the site of a former Romany concentration…
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Kremlin mulling creation of centre which would provide Russians with “correct” interpretation of…
Moscow has accused the West of waging a propaganda war against Russia and is considering setting up a centre where historians who would compile a “correct” interpretation…
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The greatest Czech spy and traitor of all time - Karel Zbytek?
The Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia has had its fair number of top spies before the Second World War, during the conflict as well as in the post war and Cold War era…
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Czechs and Slovaks - more than just neighbours
Czechoslovak Independence Day is a public holiday in the Czech Republic, marking the founding of the Czechoslovak state back in 1918. For this special programme, I am…
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George Brady: A story of tragedy and survival
George Brady, who is 88, currently finds himself at the centre of one of the most divisive political affairs seen in the Czech Republic in some time. Amid the hullabaloo…
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Bestowing of state honours changed with the times, from the First Republic to the communist era to…
Every October 28th, marking the founding of the former Czechoslovakia, the president presents state honours to chosen recipients which recognise their life’s work…
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The Bohemian Queen who saved London - and other true stories
You may well have heard of the English princess who became Queen of Bohemia for just one winter, but did you know that it was a Bohemian queen who persuaded Richard II not…
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How the Communists wished Havel Happy Birthday and elected him President of Czechoslovakia
The late Czech president, Václav Havel, who died five years ago, would have turned 80 on Wednesday, October 5. Celebrations of his life and legacy are taking place at home…
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