Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:05:17 +0200https://english.radio.cz/how-ready-czech-army-go-fully-professional-new-year-8092500© 2026 Radio Prague International After 140 years of compulsory military service in this part of the world, the Czech Army is going fully professional from the beginning of January. The Senate approved the move on Thursday, and it now only needs the president's signature to become law. The last ever group of conscripts is due home just in time for Christmas. But after such a long tradition of military service, how do Czechs feel about the change? We asked some people on the streets of Prague. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/ifor_cech.jpg?timestamp=1591389047 https://english.radio.cz/how-ready-czech-army-go-fully-professional-new-year-8092500 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9