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09/09/2026

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09/03/2026

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A festival at Prague Castle will be among the events marking the 90th anniversary of Václav Havel’s birth this October. 🎭

Havel ALIVE will showcase theatre, film, design and music connected to the late Czech democracy leader.

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08/29/2026

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🙏 Czechia will provide CZK 2.5 million in humanitarian aid to Nepal following devastating flash floods and landslides near the border with Tibet.

Nepalese police say more than 600 people have died and 2,426 remain missing after Wednesday’s disaster, which was apparently triggered by a glacier collapse.

The Czech Foreign Ministry says it has no information about any Czech citizens among the dead or missing.

Nepal's finance minister has estimated the country will need between $4 billion and $5 billion to rebuild the country after the devastating flood.

As well as wiping away homes, the flood has destroyed key infrastructure like roads and bridges.

08/29/2026

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A new mural inspired by traditional Czech lace is taking shape on Kostnické náměstí in Prague 3, where Polish artist NeSpoon is transforming a historic textile pattern into a large-scale work of public art.

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08/22/2026

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A painting of the death mask of Jan Palach was unveiled on Friday at a memorial to the young man who set himself on fire in connection with the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia that began on August 21, 1968. The work is by the UK-resident visual artist Hynek Martinec, who attended the presentation ceremony in Všetaty, the Central Bohemian village where Palach grew up.

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08/22/2026

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Czech Radio’s international broadcasting service was once one of the main sources of information about Czechoslovakia abroad, and it annually received thousands of letters from listeners the world over. A portion of this rich, multilingual archive, currently on display in the foyer of Czech Radio, reflects the tragic events of 1968.

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08/22/2026

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August 21, 1968, went down in Czechoslovak history as the day that Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops crushed the Prague Spring reforms and the hopes of millions of people yearning for freedom and democracy. At a solemn ceremony outside the Czech Radio building, political leaders laid wreaths to honor those who lost their lives in the invasion and highlighted the role of free media – then and now.

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08/17/2026

A new podcast by a Brown graduate who studied Czech!

Podcast Episode · Central Europe Matters · August 12 · 45m