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50 years ago The Večerníček is born Večerníček, which we could call “bedtime stories”, is the children’s TV program, about 10 minutes long, which was aired from January 2, 1965 on Československá Televize (now Česká televize). The program, broadcast in both Czech and Slovak...

100 years ago Jan Opletal, the student killed by the Nazis, was born Born on the first of January 1915, Jan Opletal was a Czech medical student who was killed during an anti-nazi demonstration during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. On the 28th of...

The Sardinian entrepreneur and politician, more than twenty years ago, the prophet of the Internet in Prague with his Czech On Line. “I wanted to compete with the new countries of Europe, with what was happening outside the Italian borders and with this new technology…...

We reveal all the facts regarding the National team under Pavel Vrba, a genuine surprise in these qualifications Courage and determination, combined with a constantly offensive and positive mentality. These are the main features of the Czech Republic of Pavel Vrba, who with 12...

Trip to the 2015 European Capital City of Culture It was not them, the “bearskins” or “Katyusha” of the Red Army that dislodged on May 6, 1945 the last soldiers of the Wehrmacht – led by General Ferdinand Schörner – from náměstí Republiky (Republic...

Last November 17, on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, a group of students whitened the famous John Lennon Wall of Prague, thus giving back the legacy of a provocative role to the bricks It is December the 8th, 1980, New York, at...

While Prague prepares to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the fall of the regime, many tourists make a stopover at the Museum of Communism It is almost exclusively foreigners who fill it up, intrigued by the atmosphere of the historical...

The new tunnel complex in Prague, still waiting to be opened also to road vehicles, has become a haven for fans of skateboarding who consider the track the most enjoyable one in Europe Initially, it was to remain a secret for just a few...

The revolution in November 1989 led Czechoslovakia in the delicate territory of the transition to democracy. It came out of it divided, but with a sigh of relief Shadows remain, but considering the range of possible (and unforeseen) options, it was, and it should...

Quentin Tarantino’s muse returns to visit her hometown. A trip down memory lane with the artist who has enchanted audiences around the world Barbara was born only a few months earlier in Reichenberg, currently Liberec, and the few memories are confused, vague recollections of...