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WEBOctober 4, 2014: Opening of Troja Bridge, an architectural landmark that came at a high price. Prague's Troja Bridge, considered one of Czechia's most beautiful contemporary structures, has been serving pedestrians, cyclists, trams, and cars already for a decade.
Czech Photo Gallery launches Best of the Nude
WEBApr 26, 2013 · The Czech Photo Gallery at Prague’s Újezd this week launched the first in a series of “Best of” exhibitions beginning with the Nude. Curators for the opening show chose work by five well-known photographers, the late Taras Kuščynskyj, Jan Saudek, Robert Vano, Pavel Brunclík and Antonín Tesař. The nudes range from lyrical and ...
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WEBPM thanks nation for massive solidarity in flood crisis, promises support at all levels. As the flood waters slowly subside, Prime Minister Petr Fiala has outlined the government’s strategy in dealing with the damage wrought in many parts of …
Minister slams judge in Kuřim abuse case - Radio Prague …
WEB06/23/2008. Play / pause. Minister slams judge in Kuřim abuse case. Length of audio 3:32. Klára Mauerová, mother of Ondřej and Jakub, photo: CTK. Few cases have been more shocking or sickening than the Kuřim child abuse case which went to trial last week. Since it began new headlines and explicit details have followed daily, describing how ...
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WEB09/23/2024. Czech banks and savings institutions saw their net profit rise by 8% year-on-year to nearly CZK 60 billion in the first half of 2023, according to the Czech National Bank. Banks' financial and operational earnings increased to CZK 125 billion, driven by higher interest income and fees. Major banks like Česká spořitelna, ČSOB ...
March 15, 1939 – The day Czechoslovakia ceased to exist
WEBMar 15, 2019 · Eighty years ago today, on March 15 1939, Hitler gave Czechoslovak President Emil Hácha a stark choice: accept becoming a protectorate or face destruction. After Hácha reluctantly agreed to give up his country’s independence the German army started moving in. It was the beginning of six long years of occupation.
Czechs and Germans in 1930s Czechoslovakia: a complex picture
WEBNov 9, 2019 · Czechs and Germans in 1930s Czechoslovakia: a complex picture. Length of audio 29:47. Sudeten Germans in 1938, photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-58507-003 / CC-BY-SA 3.0. The Czech Radio archives give us a rich and nuanced picture of the months leading up to the Munich Agreement of September 1938 that resulted in Nazi Germany annexing huge areas of ...
Anniversary of Communist Takeover in February 1948
WEB02/26/2002. February 1948 in Prague. Almost three years after the end of World War 2, on the 25th of February 1948, the Communist Party seized power in Czechoslovakia. What followed was forty years of hard-line authoritarian rule and the Czechoslovak calendar remembered the date as "Victorious February". Pavla Horakova looks back at the day ...
Alexander Dubček – the smiling leader of the Prague Spring
WEBNov 27, 2021 · 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 tragic figure, who caved in to Soviet demands following the 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia.
A quick history of the Czech language. - Radio Prague International
WEBJan 1, 1998 · Czech culture blossomed under the 14th century emperor, Charles IV, but faced turbulent times with the Hussite wars that came soon afterwards. With the onset of rule by the Austrian Habsburg dynasty, Czech went into decline as a written language, with German becoming the language of the elite. Czech remained the language of …