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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Budapest, Hungary – We tend to think that things just happen; the world is how it is today because that’sContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – A new digital app launched at the beginning of June seeks to help Sudeten Germans descendantsContinue Reading
On June 17, 1992, three years after the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, US fast-food giant McDonald’sContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – A large-scale Israeli student trip to Poland has been cancelled at the last minute over an ongoingContinue Reading
On June 14, 1940, Nazi authorities organised the first mass transport to the Auschwitz I concentration camp, deporting more thanContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – A rare ten-ducat coin dating from the 17th century sold for more than 10 million CzechContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – In this first episode of the Na Slovensku Aj Po Anglicky podcast, host Jeremy Hill explores theContinue Reading
On May 24, 1391, the Bethlehem Chapel was founded in Prague’s Old Town as the first preaching chapel in Europe,Continue Reading
On May 14, 1955, eight countries including the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, signed the Warsaw Treaty, bringing intoContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Croatia has summoned the Hungarian ambassador in Zagreb over comments from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In aContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Soviet Marshall Ivan Koněv will be stripped of his honorary citizenship of Prague, according to aContinue Reading
On May 13, 1911, Czech aviator Jan Kašpar successfully flew from Pardubice to Prague in what was, at the time,Continue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Undoubtedly tied together by geographical, linguistic, and cultural proximity, the two offspring of late Czechoslovakia haveContinue Reading
On May 1, 2004, the so-called “Visegrad 4” (V4) countries of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary were partContinue Reading
On the night of April 27-28, Czech student David Černý and a group of friends painted a Soviet commemorative monumentContinue Reading
Krakow, Poland – In 1998, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) was created, in their own words, to “popularizeContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The popular Czech puppet character Hurvínek will take off and fly into space this summer, localContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Two new memorial dates have been added to the Czech calendar and included in the country’sContinue Reading
Krakow, Poland – The events of April 10, 2010 have cast a long shadow on Polish politics and society, andContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic has officially recognised the man-made Holodomor famine as a genocide against the UkrainianContinue Reading