Sir Nicholas Winton biopic to shoot in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic – One Life, the new biopic on the life of “British Schindler” and Holocaust hero Sir NicholasContinue Reading
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Prague, Czech Republic – One Life, the new biopic on the life of “British Schindler” and Holocaust hero Sir NicholasContinue Reading
On January 16, 1969, 20-year-old Czech student Jan Palach self-immolated on Prague’s Wenceslas Square to protest against the crushing ofContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The statue of British broker, humanitarian and Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton, located at Prague’s mainContinue Reading
On January 6, 1977, motivated by the arrest of members of the psychedelic band Plastic People of the Universe, theContinue Reading
On January 5, 1968, Slovak reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), andContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – The city of Budapest has been selected as the host of the 46th edition of the WorldContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Ice hockey traditionally thought of as born in Canada, has universal appeal. Canadians are far fromContinue Reading
On November 17, 1989, riot police suppressed a student demonstration in Prague, sparking the “Velvet Revolution,” which toppled the Communist regime of CzechoslovakiaContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – World-renowned Czech movie director Jiri Menzel, who passed away on September 5 this year, died ofContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Recent protests by far-right voters and Kotleba supporters against the COVID-19 restrictions in Slovakia, along withContinue Reading
On October 28, 1918, the independence of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed by the Czechoslovak National Council in Prague, following the collapseContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – In the years 1980-1989, the cooperation between Poland and the Czech Republic (then-Czechoslovakia) flourished on theContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic- A new movie will tell the story of Sir Nicholas Winton, the British banker and humanitarian whoContinue Reading
If you came of age during the Cold War, wanting to know what living was like behind the Iron Curtain,Continue Reading
This week, Kafkadesk spoke with Petr Pavlínek, member of the Civic Initiative Czechia (Občanská iniciativa Česko), an organization that standsContinue Reading