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
The 20th anniversary of Jan Palach’s self-immolation brought many
thousands onto the streets for protests that had no precedent in communist
Czechoslovakia. Palach Week, as it became known, began on January 15 1989
The 20th anniversary of Jan Palach’s self-immolation brought many
thousands onto the streets for protests that had no precedent in communist
Czechoslovakia. Palach Week, as it became known, began on January 15 1989
Chairman of the Canadian House of Commons, Geoff Regan, will honor the
memory of Jan Palach at Charles University in Prague on January 18. The
Czechoslovak student died after setting himself alight in Prague on 16
Czech-born Holocaust survivor George Brady has died in Toronto at the age
of 90, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday, citing his nephew and
former culture minister Daniel Herman.
President Zeman’s first foreign trip in 2019 will take him to neighboring
Slovakia, the president’s office told the Czech News Agency on Saturday.
The Czech head of state will attend the summit of the Bucharest Nine, the
countries making up the eastern flank on NATO.
As the 50 anniversary of Jan Palach’s self-immolation draws near, the
National Museum has released details on a project it has been preparing for
over a year. The house where the Czechoslovak martyr grew up is to open as
a special Palach museum in August.
The Slovak president, Andrej Kiska, has bestowed a high state honour in
memoriam on Dagmar Burešová, a Czech lawyer who represented the family of
Jan Palach following his death. Mr. Kiska did so during a ceremony on
For every 10,000 employees in the Czech Republic, there are 101 robots.
This measurement, used in a recent HSBC study, places the Central European
state above the world average, which lies at 74 robots. However, in the
For every 10,000 employees in the Czech Republic, there are 101 robots.
This measurement, used in a recent HSBC study, places the Central European
state above the world average, which lies at 74 robots. However, in the
