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The Latest Breaking News from Czechoslovakia

Mysterious envelope to reveal secrets of Czechoslovakia’s founding father

The sealed document was entrusted to the National Archive in 2005

The Independent UK

Munich 1938 tells us Trump must not give anything away at Putin summit

Ukraine – and Europe – will be hoping that Trump can hold his nerve when he meets Putin in Alaska on Friday

The Independent UK

Alaska summit: why Donald Trump should heed the lessons of Munich 1938 when he meets Putin

Donald Trump meets Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 for their first summit of Trump’s second term. Their topic of discussion will be the war in Ukraine. The pair may decide the fate of the country which Putin began to illegally occupy in 2014 and which Russian…

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This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven

A hastily arranged summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is set for Aug. 15, 2025, in Alaska, where the two leaders will discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not attend, barring a last-minute change. The Conversation’s politics editor Naomi…

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Exposing ‘the illegals’: how KGB’s fake westerners infiltrated the Prague Spring

Kremlin’s most prized spies were sent in to Czechoslovakia to whip up the 1960s reform protests in a move then replicated across the eastern bloc

The Guardian - UK

Obituary: Former F1 team boss Colin Crabbe, the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his chance

As the head of his small Formula 1 team, Colin Crabbe, who has died aged 82, was the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his big break. It was just before Crabbe’s 27th birthday when his Antique Automobiles team made its F1 debut in 1969, in the non-championship Madrid Grand Prix at…

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Jawa’s 350 Legacy Edition Looks Like the Perfect Beginner-Friendly Cruiser

Jawa Motorcycles might not be the first name that comes to mind when you think of retro-styled cruisers, but this classic brand has been making waves in India and beyond. Originally founded in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s, Jawa built a strong reputation for stylish, easy-riding motorcycles.

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Slovak opposition rallies against the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Slovakia’s capital on the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico

The Independent UK

Slovakia and former Czech leader settle lawsuit over collaboration with communist secret police

Slovakia’s Interior Ministry has agreed in a lawsuit settlement that former former Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis did not knowingly collaborate with communist-era secret police in what was then Czechoslovakia

The Independent UK

Youth-Led Uprisings: Catalysts For Political Change Worldwide

Explore historical youth-led uprisings globally, from Bangladesh to the United States, shaping political landscapes and inspiring change.

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Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change

In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign

The Independent UK

Nations which won Olympic medals in football

From the first football tournament in 1900 to the present day, a look at the nations which won Olympic medals in the sport...

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Best Euros players of all time

From its beginnings in 1960 up until the modern day, a look at the best players in the history of the European Championship...

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Best Euros moments

From memorable goals to iconic celebrations, a look at the best moments in the history of the European Championship...

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‘We’re in 1938 now’: Putin’s war in Ukraine and lessons from history

Some analysts believe Kyiv is buying the west time on the precipice of a world war. Is it being used wisely?

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The best World Cup hat-tricks

There were 54 World Cup hat-tricks between 1930 and 2022. Here, a look at some of the most memorable trebles in the men's tournament...

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“Me and Stipey stood there thinking, ‘This is history in the making’: the time Billy Bragg and Michael Stipe were roommates in Czechoslovakia

Bragg and the R.E.M. frontman visited the country for a series of special shows in 1990

The Conversation

What One Life gets wrong about Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport story

Barbara Winton self-published a biography of her father, Nicholas Winton, in 2014, which has now become a new major biopic, One Life. Already dubbed “the British Schindler” for his role in the rescue of 669, mainly Jewish, children from Czechoslovakia in 1939, with this new film Nicholas Winton’s fame is…

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One Life: The true story of Jewish heroism behind the Anthony Hopkins tearjerker

In his new film, Anthony Hopkins plays the real-life hero Sir Nicholas Winton, who was made famous in a landmark episode of Esther Rantzen’s BBC One show ‘That’s Life!’. Decades earlier, he facilitated the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Adam White digs into his remarkable story

Evening Standard

Sir Nicholas Winton: the true story of the British WW2 hero who saved 669 children from the Nazis

Winton became a key player in the Kindertransport rescue task force. Now his astonishing story is being told in a new film starring Anthony Hopkins

The Guardian - UK

How Nicholas Winton saved 669 children (and counting) from the Holocaust: ‘He became everybody’s grandfather’

Four generations owe their lives to the man who brought trainloads of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia to Britain in 1939. The original refugees remember the Kindertransport – and the shy stockbroker who got them on it

Evening Standard

OPINION - Havering council's attempt to cancel Hanukkah sent a truly chilling message

The sky was rarely darker than on a moonless night in Theresienstadt. Of the 140,000 Czech Jews imprisoned in the concentration camp-ghetto in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a quarter died of disease or starvation. The rest were carted away, murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps in the East. Yet even in…

The Guardian - UK

‘Is my play still relevant? I don’t care!’ Tom Stoppard on his Gaza quandary and reviving Rock ’n’ Roll

As his Velvet Revolution drama returns, the great writer talks about his mounting Israel-Gaza uncertainties, the epiphanies he has in every hot shower – and our one-star ‘corker’ review of The Crown

The Guardian - UK

John Bradley obituary

Other Lives: Historian and academic who taught and wrote books about Czech and Russian history and politics

The Independent UK

Former Czech Premier Andrej Babis loses case on collaborating with communist-era secret police

Slovakia’s Supreme Court has upheld a previous ruling that dismissed a lawsuit by former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis against allegations that he collaborated with Czechoslovakia’s communist-era secret police

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