Czech Radio saves audio material from Communist era Slánský show trial

May 25, 2018

Czech Radio has managed to save material from recently discovered audio
reels of one of the Czechoslovak Communist era’s biggest show trials –
that of top party leader Rudolf Slánský and 13 co-accused. The salvaged
sound has now been made public.

2016 – 99th Segment: “Warranty Period”

May 24, 2018

In this series we present 100 songs which have gone down in the history of
Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. On Czech Radio’s web pages you can
find a poll, in which you can vote for the best hit from the past century.
We continue with the year 2016.

2015 - 98th Segment: “A Stranger in your Country”

May 23, 2018

In this series we present 100 songs which have gone down in the history of
Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. On Czech Radio’s web pages you can
find a poll, in which you can vote for the best hit from the past century.
We continue with the year 2015.

Philip Roth’s crusade to help Czechoslovak dissident writers under Communism

May 23, 2018

Towering Jewish-American author Philip Roth has died at the age of 85. And
while most of the tributes will rightly focus on his many prize winning
works over 60 years, there was another aspect to his life as well: the

Police question Thai politicians who criticized junta

May 21, 2018

In this May 5, 2018, photo, a pro-democracy demonstrator adjusts a poster Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's junta has a singular success it never hoped for: uniting a politically divided nation in growing dissatisfaction with the thin-skinned rule of the generals.

2014 – 97th Segment: “Wine”

May 22, 2018

In this series we present 100 songs which have gone down in the history of
Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. On Czech Radio’s web pages you can
find a poll, in which you can vote for the best hit from the past century.
We continue with the year 2014.

2013 – 96th Segment: “Trip”

May 21, 2018

In this series we present 100 songs which have gone down in the history of
Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. On Czech Radio’s web pages you can
find a poll, in which you can vote for the best hit from the past century.
We continue with the year 2013.

Marshal Konev statue to get new plaque

May 21, 2018

The Prague 6 authorities have said they will place a plaque at the statue
of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, erected in commemoration of his role in
helping to liberate Czechoslovakia from Nazi oppression, which would put

Turkmenistan, Slovakia stand for partnership in agriculture, trade, economy

May 21, 2018

Turkmen officials and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Turkmenistan Jan Bory discussed the prospects of partnership in Ashgabat's headquarters of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan, the Union of Industrialists and Entreprene

US gas lobby chief: A lot of LNG can come to Europe through Poland

May 21, 2018

Former Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo speaks during a press conference in the newly built Lech Kaczynski LNG Terminal in Swinoujscie, north-western Poland, 08 June 2017. The first commercial delivery of liquefied natural gas arrived from the United States to Poland earlier the same day.

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