The Czech Radio archives include many recordings from the time of World War
II. They come from both sides: propaganda from within occupied Bohemia and
Moravia aimed at intimidating the population and bullying them into
The Czech Republic looks set to officially declare August 21 a state
holiday, in memory of victims of the Warsaw Pact troop invasion of
Czechoslovakia in 1968 and subsequent Soviet-led occupation.
Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček on Thursday praised Ukraine for
taking steps to resolve the conflict in the east of the country against
pro-Russian separatists on the basis of the Minsk Agreement.