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Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:50:02 +0000Czech media entrepreneur Michal Voráček buys Slovak TV station TA3
Czech media entrepreneur Michal Voráček buys Slovak TV station TA3
Published: Wednesday, January 26, 2022Full story: Radio Prague
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:20:01 +0000Oldest Czech Scout Eduard Marek dies aged 104
The oldest member of the Czech Scout movement, Eduard Marek, died on Sunday at the age of 104. Marek was imprisoned by both the Nazi and Communist regimes and was active in the Czechoslovak resistance. In later life he also made a mark by becoming on...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:50:01 +0000Alien ice statues in Pustevny
The annual Ice Sculpting Festival in Pustevny is an event that attracts many visitors to the Beskydy Mountains each winter. This year, seven Czech and Slovak artists created a total of 25 statues from 40 tons of ice. The artists were inspired by the ...
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:50:01 +0000Fiala visits Bratislava on first international trip as PM
Fiala visits Bratislava on first international trip as PM
Published: Tuesday, January 11, 2022Full story: Radio Prague
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:50:01 +0000Czech PM Petr Fiala to make first official visit abroad to Slovakia
Czech PM Petr Fiala to make first official visit abroad to Slovakia
Published: Monday, January 10, 2022Full story: Radio Prague
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:50:01 +0000Kbely Aviation Museum – A unique showcase of planes, past and present
The first airfield built in Czechoslovakia after the country’s founding in 1918, Prague’s Kbely airfeld is one of the most important sites for the history of Czech aviation. Today, it is home to the Kbely Aviation Museum, a one-of-a-kind showcase...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:20:07 +0000In memoriam: Petr Uhl, Charter 77 co-founder, human rights activist, journalist and politician
Petr Uhl, a co-founder of the Charter 77 human rights movement along with Václav Havel and among the longest-imprisoned dissidents under the communist regime, has died at the age of 80. Although a lifelong leftist, Petr Uhl never joined the party an...
Fri, 26 Nov 2021 23:20:01 +0000Alexander Dubček – the smiling leader of the Prague Spring
This Saturday marks the centenary of the birth of Alexander Dubček, one of the most charismatic leaders of 20th century Czechoslovakia who led the country during the Prague Spring. A Communist Party loyalist, Dubček is seen today largely as a tragi...
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:20:01 +0000Czech Republic among least vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence, regional study shows
The Czech Republic is one of the least vulnerable countries when it comes to Russian and Chinese malign activities in the Central European and Western Balkan regions, according to a newly published Vulnerability Index, produced by the Bratislava-base...
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:50:02 +0000Czech Republic gears up for November 17 celebrations – here’s what’s happening
This Wednesday will see the 32nd anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution that ended totalitarian communist rule in Czechoslovakia. To mark the occasion, several events are taking place in Prague and in the wider Czech Republic. Unlike last ...
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:20:02 +0000Gustáv Husák – the face of ‘Normalisation’ in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia
History remembers Gustáv Husák, the last communist president of Czechoslovakia, as the face of a spineless regime that ruled during the Normalisation era. He had risen to power in the wake of the Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring ...
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:20:01 +0000Slovak president visits Czech Republic on eve of 32nd anniversary of Velvet Revolution
Slovak president visits Czech Republic on eve of 32nd anniversary of Velvet Revolution
Published: Tuesday, November 16, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Tue, 16 Nov 2021 07:20:02 +0000Slovak president to visit ailing Czech head of state in hospital
Slovak president to visit ailing Czech head of state in hospital
Published: Tuesday, November 16, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Sat, 13 Nov 2021 10:20:01 +0000Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová to receive Senate’s Silver Medal Award
Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová to receive Senate’s Silver Medal Award
Published: Saturday, November 13, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:20:02 +0000Legendary Slovak pop star Miroslav Žbirka dies at 69
Legendary Slovak pop star Miroslav Žbirka dies at 69
Published: Thursday, November 11, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Mon, 08 Nov 2021 11:50:01 +0000New survey shows what key stakeholders within Visegrad Group think
Key Visegrad Group (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) stakeholders see Germany as an important bilateral partner and what the EU to expand further south and east. They are also more hopeful about prospects for better relations with the United State...
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 08:20:02 +0000103rd anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovakia celebrated
103rd anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovakia celebrated
Published: Thursday, October 28, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:20:02 +0000Commemorative “banknotes” issued to mark 10th anniversary of Václav Havel’s death
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Václav Havel, the dissident playwright, human rights activist, and first president of post-communist Czechoslovakia. In honour of his memory, a commemorative sheet, resembling a banknote, has been...
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:50:02 +0000Leading cultural personalities awarded on occasion of Czechoslovak Independence Day
Leading cultural personalities awarded on occasion of Czechoslovak Independence Day
Published: Monday, October 25, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:50:01 +0000Czech folk band Spirituál kvintet say goodbye to fans after six decades
After an era spanning six decades, the oldest Czechoslovak folk band Spirituál kvintet held a goodbye concert to a sold-out audience in Prague’s Lucerna. The band, which performed for Presidents George H.W. Busch and Bill Clinton, released more th...
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:50:01 +0000October 24, 1941: Czechoslovaks in the Siege of Tobruk
On October 24th 1941 members of the 11th Czechoslovak infantry battalion assisted the defenders of Tobruk in North Africa.
Published: Sunday, October 24, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Wed, 20 Oct 2021 12:50:02 +0000Czech film My Sunny Maad seeks Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature
My Sunny Maad, an animated film by Czech director Michaela Pavlátová, will seek a nomination for the Animated Feature Oscar. The Czech-French-Slovak coproduction film about a Czech woman married to an Afghan man has already won the Jury Prize at th...
Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:20:01 +0000The health of Czech of heads of state throughout history
The current state of Czech President Miloš Zeman’s health and the lack of information provided by his office have raised a debate about the public’s right to information with regard to the country’s top official. Miloš Zeman is not the first ...
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:20:02 +0000Exhibition honouring RAF’s Czechoslovak 310 Squadron opens in Brno
Exhibition honouring RAF’s Czechoslovak 310 Squadron opens in Brno
Published: Saturday, October 16, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 22:20:02 +0000Wimbledon winner and ice hockey world champion Jaroslav Drobný born 100 years ago
Jaroslav Drobný was part of the Czechoslovak ice hockey team that won the country’s first World Championships in ice hockey in 1947. He would go on to win in the Wimbledon doubles in 1954 – as a citizen of Egypt.
Published: Sunday, October ...
Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:50:02 +0000Photographer Josef Koudelka: “I don’t believe in inspiration”
Photographer Josef Koudelka is world famous for works such as his Gypsies series, indelible shots of the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of his native Czechoslovakia and, in more recent times, powerful landscapes. Now 83, Koudelka has donated many of the ke...
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 07:50:02 +0000Day of Architecture gets underway across Czechia and Slovakia
Day of Architecture gets underway across Czechia and Slovakia
Published: Friday, October 1, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:50:03 +0000“Havel fed them poems”: New book dives deep into history of Plastic People
The jailing of members and associates of the Plastic People of the Universe famously sparked Czechoslovakia’s Charter 77 human rights movement. The underground rock legends’ discography is the subject of a new book, A Consumer Guide to the Plasti...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 22:50:02 +000015 years ago, Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni became an honorary Prague citizen
King Sihamoni studied in Prague from 1962 to 1975, and calls Czechoslovakia his ‘second home’. He is the only living monarch who speaks Czech.
Published: Sunday, September 19, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 06:20:02 +0000Libeň has been part of Prague for 120 years
Libeň was annexed to Prague as the last suburb before the establishment of Czechoslovakia. The largest district of Prague 8 has witnessed many historical events.
Published: Sunday, September 12, 2021Full story: Radio Prague