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SpecialPrague students bring the past to life for the radio’s 90th birthday
It is exactly 90 years since the very first regular radio broadcasts in
Czechoslovakia began on 18 May 1923. These were humble beginnings, starting
in a borrowed scouts’ tent on the edge of Prague. But within just a few
years, radio became central to the lives of millions of Czechoslovaks and
over the decades the archives here in the Czech Radio headquarters have
become an Aladdin’s Cave of sound, a living audio source for anyone
wanting to research into twentieth century Czechoslovak history. For our
90th birthday, we joined forces with a group of journalism students in
Prague to bring some of these voices from the past back to life. More
Current AffairsJoin us on Saturday in celebrating our 90th birthday
This weekend we’ll be celebrating 90 years since the first regular radio
broadcasts in Czechoslovakia, and we’ll be bringing you a special
programme. David Vaughan has been working with a group of Prague journalism
students, to discover some of the forgotten gems hidden in the radio
archive. He tells us more about Saturday’s special programme.
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In FocusHBO drama Burning Bush delivers first film treatment of Palach story
The new HBO miniseries Hořící Keř, or Burning Bush, receives a gala
premiere at a Prague cinema on Wednesday night and kicks off on TV screens
next Sunday. Over 23 years after the fall of communism, it is, remarkably,
the first film treatment of one of the most dramatic moments of modern
Czech history – the self-immolation of Jan Palach in January 1969. More
Current AffairsNew website offers wealth of material on Jan Palach
For over four decades, Czechs have at this time of year – once covertly but now openly – marked the death of Jan Palach, who on January 16 1969 set himself on fire in protest at society’s resignation in the face of the Soviet occupation that began five months earlier. This year one of the events commemorating Palach’s act of self-sacrifice has been the launch of a new website containing a wealth of material on the student’s life, death and much more.
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PanoramaNatalia Gorbanevskaya visits Prague to launch Czech version of her book Red Square at Noon
Late last month the Czech literary world finally paid its due to Natalia
Gorbanevskaya a Russian poet, translator and civil rights activist who in
1968 risked her life to voice her opposition to the Soviet-led invasion of
Czechoslovakia. More than 40 years after her brave deed her book Red Square
at Noon reflecting the events was finally published in Czech. More
Current AffairsMarta Kubišová, the voice of Prague Spring, receives France’s Legion d’Honneur
Czech singer Marta Kubišová has been awarded France’s Legion of Honour
in recognition of her art as well as of her courage in standing up to
communist oppression. One of the greatest pop stars of the time, she became
a symbol of the Prague Spring of 1968. But when she refused to bow to the
new regime established after the Soviet invasion, she was banned from
performing, and could only return to the stage after the fall of communism
20 years later. More
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