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November 27, 2019 HistoryLab: Czech app aims to foster historical literacy among digital generation
A group of historians, educators and archivists – including from Czech
Radio – has rolled out a digital app designed to stimulate students’
interest in using primary sources. The overall aim of the HistoryLab
project is to develop students’ historical literary and critical
thinking, and help teachers craft interactive, multimedia lesson plans.
4 min
November 27, 2019 “It’s still revolutionary”: Věra Chytilová’s Daisies comes sixth in BBC poll of films by women
The 1966 film Daisies by Věra Chytilová has come sixth in an extensive
new BBC poll of the 100 greatest works by female directors. But what makes
the surreal, anarchic Czechoslovak New Wave film such a classic? I
discussed Daisies with journalist Hynek Pallas, who wrote a description of
it for the BBC project.
5 min
November 27, 2019 ‘Rescue digs’ at doomed Czech village of Libkovice atop coal seam unearth historic finds
The once picturesque village of Libkovice lay nestled in a small valley not
far from the hilltop where legend has it the primal Father Čech decided
his people would settle in Bohemian. Founded nearly a millennium ago,
Libkovice was the last town slated for liquidation after 1989 to make way
for coal mining operations. Its residents, together with environmental
activists faced off against freshly minted capitalists in an ultimately
futile battle to save the village, which lay above a rich seam of coal. But
the sad story has one silver lining: the destruction allowed for an
altogether different kind of excavation – archaeological “rescue
digs” – which unearthed a treasure trove of information about life in a
human settlement in Europe spanning a millennium.
11 min
November 26, 2019 Abortion rate drops as more Czechs plan parenthood
The number of induced abortions in the Czech Republic has dropped by nearly
20 percent over the past five years. While in 2014, the Institute of Health
Information and Statistics recorded a little below 22,000 induced
abortions, last year it was only 18,300. One of the reasons is that an
increasing number of Czechs are planning their parenthood.
4 min
November 26, 2019 Venus of Dolní Věstonice, Czechia’s Stone-Age treasure, to be displayed for first time in five years
One of the oldest pieces of art in the world, the Venus of Dolní
Věstonice, will go on display for the first time in five years. Visitors
of the Regional Museum of Olomouc will be able to view the clay statue in a
special high security glass box from Wednesday.
4 min
November 26, 2019 Czech initiative aims to revive fruit orchards by growing trees from seeds
Fruit trees have been a common feature in the Czech and Moravian landscape
for centuries. However, in the past decades, traditional orchards and fruit
tree alleys have been disappearing at an alarming rate. A Brno-based
initiative, called Pecky z Moravy, or Moravian Fruit Stones, aims to
reverse this trend by collecting tree seeds and planting them in the
countryside.
9 min
November 25, 2019 Czech troops wind up Bagram base security mission, will focus on supporting Afghan special forces instead
The Czech Army’s six-year mission in helping maintain security at the
Bagram military base in Afghanistan will soon come to an end. Newly, the
army’s tasks will focus on monitoring and supporting Afghan special
forces and operating a field hospital in the country.
4 min
November 25, 2019 Pekarová Adamová elected head of TOP 09, becoming sole female leader in Parliament
Markéta Pekarová Adamová has just been elected chairwoman of the
opposition TOP 09. The sole female leader of a party in Parliament is
herself just 35 and is reaching out to younger voters. But her main task
will surely be ensuring TOP 09 makes it back into the lower house.
4 min
November 25, 2019 Jan Kasl: In ‘89 people hoped for hundreds of unique new buildings in Prague
Prague has obviously changed enormously over the last 30 years. But what
have been the city’s most, and least, impressive construction projects
since the Velvet Revolution? After the Dancing House, why did interest in
audacious projects seem to cool? And how has Wenceslas Square fared? Who
better to answer those questions than architect Jan Kasl, who is president
of the Czech Chamber of Architects and served as mayor of Prague from 1998
to 2002. We chatted recently on Na příkopě St., in the very heart of the
city centre.
14 min
November 22, 2019 An Experiment in Vivisection: Czechoslovakia’s Second Republic 1938-1939
As a result of the Munich Agreement of September 1938, Czechoslovakia ended
up losing 30% of its territory, a third of its population and the greater
part of its industry and raw materials. Few people had much faith in the
country’s long-term survival as a democracy amid dictatorships. It was,
as Jan Masaryk put it, an “experiment in vivisection”. The radio
archives give a vivid picture of the consequences of that experiment, which
was to last less than six months and end in occupation and eventually war.
22 min

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