History
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Last British Wellington bomber, undergoing final stage of restoration work, could be used to honour…
Public broadcaster Czech Radio has backed in initiative for a Vickers Wellington bomber undergoing restoration work in Great Britain to feature the markings of the…
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Masaryk, tech visionary?
One is so used to black-and-white photographs depicting Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the founder of Czechoslovakia, as stern, dignified, even iconic looking that a video posted…
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Two years after Revolution my most exciting period at Radio Prague, says former chief Jan Valeška
The name Jan Valeška will be familiar to very long-term listeners of Radio Prague. After a stint at the station’s African service that began in the early 1970s, he…
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Prague Castle says commemorative events in Czech Republic marking liberation of Auschwitz will not…
Later this month the Czech Republic will hold commemorative events over two days to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the end of World War II…
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Prague Castle prepares for significant renovation
Prague Castle, which is said to be the largest ancient castle in the world, covering an area of nearly 70,000 square metres, is set to undergo some significant restoration…
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Czech archeologists discover tomb of previously unknown queen in Egypt
Czech archeologists have chalked up a new remarkable discovery at Abusir southwest of Cairo: the tomb of a previously unknown queen. Chentkaus III is believed to have been…
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A Greeting from Castle Hill: an insider’s look into Prague Castle’s forgotten era
Prague Castle is considered one of the symbols of the Czech state. Once the seat of Bohemian kings, it now houses the Office of the Czech President, and its museums and…
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25 years since Václav Havel elected Czechoslovak president
25 years ago today, the dissident playwright Václav Havel became the first non-communist president of Czechoslovakia since 1948. Back then, Edvard Beneš had resigned from…
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Czechoslovakian espionage down under during the early years of the Cold War
Newly released documents from Australia's top spy agency have revealed details of Czechoslovakian espionage down under, during the early years of the Cold War. The…
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Jolyon Naegele – A voice of the West for many Czechs in the 1980s
The name Jolyon Naegele is familiar to many who lived through the final years of communism in Czechoslovakia and other countries in the then Soviet Bloc. At that time…
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Jakub Jan Ryba’s Czech Christmas Mass: an Xmas staple for millions of Czechs for over 200 years
One of the staples of the Czech Christmas’, along with fried carp, Christmas cookies and fairy tales, is Jakub Jan Ryba’s Christmas Mass. The mass composed by a small-town…
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Czechs mark third anniversary of Vaclav Havel’s death with mixed feelings
On Thursday, December 18th, Czechs are marking the third anniversary of the death of Vaclav Havel, the legend of the Velvet Revolution and the country’s first post…
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