Historians have specified the number of victims of the 1968 Soviet-led
occupation of Czechoslovakia. According to the new figures, 137 Czechs and
Slovaks died as a result of the occupation by the end of 1968. Over 400
Under Communism, being gay or lesbian was essentially taboo. Homosexuality
was de-criminalized in the former Czechoslovakia from 1962, a lot earlier
than in many west European countries, but attitudes did not change as a
result.
Converge recently released the two-song single I Can Tell You About Pain" / "Eve" and broke the news that their first album since 2012 would be out later this year. Details on that album are still TBA, but the band did just drop yet another new song, "Under Duress."
Most of you will probably think this is one of the ugliest photos you have ever seen on TE. I agree that it doesn't have the beauty of a renaissance palace or a sunset over a green valley.
Hockey goalie Marek Mazanec, 26, is returning to Europe after signing with
Slovan Bratislava in the KHL. The player agreed to a one-year-deal. Four
years ago the Písek native, who had helped Plzeň clinch the Extraliga
Hungaryʼs government has allocated gross HUF 26.7 billion for the expansion of a road connecting the M1 motorway with the Slovakian capital Bratislava, according to national news agency MTI.
Hungaryʼs government has allocated gross HUF 26.7 billion for the expansion of a road connecting the M1 motorway with Bratislava, according to national news agency MTI.
I have spent the last two weeks behind the iron curtain - or, I should say in the area that was once firmly in the throes of the communist bloc - puppet regimes of the USSR - back before Ronald Reagan won the Cold War.
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico withdrew on health grounds from an important meeting on Friday aimed at stabilising his governing coalition, his office said.
A remembrance ceremony is being held in Prague on Monday early evening
marking the 72nd anniversary of the return of Czechoslovak aviators who
served with Britain’s RAF during WWII. Among those in attendance is set
