Karel Lánský, who kept independent Czechoslovak Radio on the airwaves for
eight dramatic days after the Soviet led-invasion of Czechoslovakia in
August 1968, has died at the age of 94.
Today it is largely forgotten by Czechs, but the Czechoslovak-Polish War of
January 1919 was a more significant conflict than its few hundred
casualties suggest. Although the freshly emerged and confident Czechoslovak
Today it is largely forgotten by Czechs, but the Czechoslovak-Polish War of
January 1919 was a more significant conflict than its few hundred
casualties suggest. Although the freshly emerged and confident Czechoslovak
The Slovak president, Andrej Kiska, has warned against the spreading of
distrust in the state and populism in a speech at Brno’s Masaryk
University. Rector Mikuláš Bek said that Mr. Kiska was maintaining the
The Finance Ministry has announced that orders for the special
“Republic” bonds, issued to mark the centenary of Czechoslovakia late
last year have exceeded 3 billion Czech crowns. A second issue of the bonds
has already come on the market.
The main prize in this year’s Trilobit film and television awards has
gone to director Marta Nováková for her documentary series
“Czechoslovaks in the Gulag”. The documentary series explores the fate
of Czechs and Slovaks who experienced the terrible cruelty of the Soviet
A concert by Italian neo-Nazi bands in memory of the Czech student martyr
Jan Palach, who set himself alight in protest against growing public apathy
to the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, was held at a country
Czechs are paying homage to the memory of student Jan Palach who set
himself on fire to protest against growing public apathy to the Soviet-led
invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. His action roused the public and
A concert by Italian neo-Nazi bands in memory of the Czech student martyr
Jan Palach, who set himself alight in protest against growing public apathy
to the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, will go ahead in
Fifty years ago on January 16, a young Czech university student named Jan
Palach doused himself in petrol and set himself alight at the top of
Prague’s Wenceslas Square. Three days after staging this desperate
