From Ancient Rome to today: the development of gambling in Hungary
Budapest, Hungary – We tend to think that things just happen; the world is how it is today because that’sContinue Reading
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New app aims to connect Sudeten Germans from ex-Czechoslovakia
Prague, Czech Republic – A new digital app launched at the beginning of June seeks to help Sudeten Germans descendantsContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1992: 30,000 Poles rushed to McDonald’s first restaurant in Warsaw
On June 17, 1992, three years after the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, US fast-food giant McDonald’sContinue Reading
Israel cancels student trip to Poland amid ongoing dispute
Warsaw, Poland – A large-scale Israeli student trip to Poland has been cancelled at the last minute over an ongoingContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1940: 728 Poles were sent to Auschwitz in the concentration camp’s first mass transport
On June 14, 1940, Nazi authorities organised the first mass transport to the Auschwitz I concentration camp, deporting more thanContinue Reading
Rare 17th century coin sold for €4 million in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic – A rare ten-ducat coin dating from the 17th century sold for more than 10 million CzechContinue Reading
Nerozumiem: how well can you speak Slovak?
Bratislava, Slovakia – In this first episode of the Na Slovensku Aj Po Anglicky podcast, host Jeremy Hill explores theContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1391: the Bethlehem Chapel was founded in Prague
On May 24, 1391, the Bethlehem Chapel was founded in Prague’s Old Town as the first preaching chapel in Europe,Continue Reading
On this Day, in 1955: the Warsaw Pact came into existence in Central and Eastern Europe
On May 14, 1955, eight countries including the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, signed the Warsaw Treaty, bringing intoContinue Reading
Croatia angered at Orban’s Adriatic Sea coast “territorial aspiration”
Budapest, Hungary – Croatia has summoned the Hungarian ambassador in Zagreb over comments from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In aContinue Reading
Soviet general Ivan Koněv stripped of Prague honorary citizenship
Prague, Czech Republic – Soviet Marshall Ivan Koněv will be stripped of his honorary citizenship of Prague, according to aContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1911: Czech aviation pioneer Jan Kašpar completed a historic long-distance flight to Prague
On May 13, 1911, Czech aviator Jan Kašpar successfully flew from Pardubice to Prague in what was, at the time,Continue Reading
Czechs and Slovaks: a Central European family drama
Prague, Czech Republic – Undoubtedly tied together by geographical, linguistic, and cultural proximity, the two offspring of late Czechoslovakia haveContinue Reading
On this Day, in 2004: the four Visegrad countries joined the EU in a historic enlargement to the east
On May 1, 2004, the so-called “Visegrad 4” (V4) countries of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary were partContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1991: Czech artist David Černý famously painted Soviet tank No. 23 in pink
On the night of April 27-28, Czech student David Černý and a group of friends painted a Soviet commemorative monumentContinue Reading
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance, or the danger of politicising history
Krakow, Poland – In 1998, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) was created, in their own words, to “popularizeContinue Reading
After Krtek, beloved Czech puppet Hurvínek to fly to space
Prague, Czech Republic – The popular Czech puppet character Hurvínek will take off and fly into space this summer, localContinue Reading
Czech Republic adds two new memorial days to national calendar
Prague, Czech Republic – Two new memorial dates have been added to the Czech calendar and included in the country’sContinue Reading
Why was the 2010 Smolensk disaster a watershed moment for Poland?
Krakow, Poland – The events of April 10, 2010 have cast a long shadow on Polish politics and society, andContinue Reading
Czech Republic recognises Holodomor famine in Ukraine as genocide
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic has officially recognised the man-made Holodomor famine as a genocide against the UkrainianContinue Reading