A mobile museum on rails is criss-crossing the Czech Republic is a bid to
recreate the exploits of Czech soldiers serving in allied armies during
WWI. The main focus is on the so-called Czechoslovak legionnaires in
Former Czech Radio director general Peter Duhan has died at the age of 71.
The Slovak-born Duhan headed the public broadcaster for over four years and
stood down in 2015 for health reasons. While he was in charge Czech Radio
Although they are now separate countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are united in marking 100 years since the creation of Czechoslovakia, the nation that formed in 1918 following the end of World War I.
How did Karel Gott become the only artist from a communist state to take
part in the Eurovision Song Contest? What was Czechoslovakia’s role in
the Eastern Bloc’s parallel Intervision? And why were rockers Kabát such
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 2003.
The Czech Republic scored a hard-won victory in its first game at the World
Ice Hockey Championship on Saturday, rallying from a goal down to beat
Slovakia 3-2 in overtime. The team will next face Sweden on Sunday.
