Current Affairs Ceremony marks the closing of historic Czech Radio building for refurbishment
The Czech Radio building has stood on Vinohradska Street for the last 75 years, and witnessed the rise and fall of the First Republic, the Nazi occupation, and then communism. The building itself has featured heavily in recent Czech history, with vicious battles being fought in its vicinity at the end of World War II, and Russian tanks and civilians clashing there again in 1968. But in all of these 75 eventful years of operation, the building has not been renovated once, and now it is in need of a 500 million CZK facelift. On Friday, the building was officially closed for the refit. Rosie Johnston was amongst the crowds of Czechs who turned out for the ceremony:
Photo: S. Budkova
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