103rd anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovakia celebrated Published: Thursday, October 28, 2021Full story: Radio Prague

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...

Leading cultural personalities awarded on occasion of Czechoslovak Independence Day Published: Monday, October 25, 2021Full story: Radio Prague

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...

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

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...

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 ...

Exhibition honouring RAF’s Czechoslovak 310 Squadron opens in Brno Published: Saturday, October 16, 2021Full story: Radio Prague

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 ...

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...

Day of Architecture gets underway across Czechia and Slovakia Published: Friday, October 1, 2021Full story: Radio Prague

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...

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

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

America’s “Second City” has a long Czech history. Once home to a lively community of immigrants from Bohemia and Moravia, the suburb of Cicero still has a school named after the first Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Nearby “C...

Prime Ministers of Czechia, Slovakia and Austria speak against illegal migration Published: Wednesday, September 8, 2021Full story: Radio Prague

Journalist and film critic Hynek Pallas grew up in a notable Czech household in Sweden, where his dissident family settled after being forced out of Czechoslovakia. From their home, his father Jiří Pallas ran the label Šafrán 78, releasing music ...

Members of the Czechoslovak Legionaries Association took part in a ceremonial march through Prague to celebrate their 100th anniversary at the weekend. The Czechoslovak Legionaries Association is the oldest veteran organization in the Czech Republic,...

Czechoslovak Legionary Association march marks 100th anniversary of its foundation Published: Saturday, September 4, 2021Full story: Radio Prague

Dr Františka Schormová was awarded Charles University’s highest academic accolade this spring for her dissertation titled “African American Poets Abroad: Black and Red Allegiances in Early Cold War Czechoslovakia”. The young literary scholar ...

Finding a good bricklayer, carpenter, roofer has long been a challenge in the Czech Republic. By some estimates, the domestic market lacks over 300,000 such craftsmen, leading companies to recruit workers from abroad, in particular from Slovakia, Pol...

Students and pupils returned to schools. Kitchen of the hospital became coronavirus hotspot. Slovak company to produce components for combat vehicles. Published: Thursday, September 2, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

The resolution raises legitimate doubts, the Special Prosecutor’s Office commented. Published: Thursday, September 2, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

The robber is in prison, but the court did not examine whether the woman from the petrol station incident was a victim of sexual violence. Published: Thursday, September 2, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Deputy General Prosecutor Jozef Kandera outlined his reasons to unexpectedly acquit Pčolinský on more than 70 pages. Published: Thursday, September 2, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Wooden beams from the dome of a church damaged by a tornado in the Moravská Nová Ves village in southern Moravia are being made into a cross for the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to neighbouring Slovakia. The cross, which is almost finished, will ...

Partnership with Rheinmetall should support and strengthen the Slovak economy and local defence industry. Published: Thursday, September 2, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Marián Kuřeja defended the bronze from Rio de Janeiro, while two para table tennis teams ended third. Published: Thursday, September 2, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Schools should remain open if the epidemic situation significantly deteriorates. Published: Thursday, September 2, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Partnership with Rheinmetall should support and strengthen the Slovak economy and local defence industry. Published: Thursday, September 2, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator