Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 22 Aug 2026 23:17:34 +0200https://english.radio.cz/love-or-labour-significance-may-day-czech-republic-8620251© 2026 Radio Prague International In the Czech Republic the first of May traditionally marks Labour Day, a national holiday which is celebrated not only here but all around the world, in commemoration of various historic achievements of the Labour movement. In the days of the Cold War Czechs were as good as forced to take part in massive May Day parades, and not surprisingly now most prefer to treat the holiday as nothing more than a welcome day off work. Alternatively, they celebrate May Day as a symbol of spring and love, as most famously marked in the great Czech romantic poem, Maj, by Karel Hynek Macha. So does Labour Day bear any significance at all for Czech people any more? encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vlajici_prapor_cr.jpg?timestamp=1591475391 https://english.radio.cz/love-or-labour-significance-may-day-czech-republic-8620251 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9