Czech holiday calendar 2023: Three state holidays fall on a weekend
Overall, 2023 shapes up fairly well for long weekends, with 10 out of the 13 holidays falling on weekdays.
GALLERY: 90,000 pack Prague's Národní to mark Velvet Revolution
Despite the bad weather, organizers are reporting their largest turnout ever for the annual event marking the fall of the communist regime.
Thirty-three years after the Velvet Revolution, how has student life changed?
Students were behind the mass protests that began on Nov. 17, 1989. Today's generation enjoys more freedom, but must be wary of similar dangers.
Nov. 17, 2022: What's open and where can you enjoy free admission?
Here's everything you need to know about the Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy and International Student Day.
Honor the Velvet Revolution in Prague with a street festival, concerts, and a parade
For the first time in three years, events at Národní and Wenceslas Square will take place without restrictions.
Czech Interior Ministry replaces controversial Putin body-bag banner with symbols of peace
The Czech Interior Ministry honored the upcoming anniversary of the Velvet Revoltuion with a new banner installation bearing a message of love.
Prague uncovered: Depeche Mode’s 1988 Prague concert began a ‘revolution’
The British electro-pop band’s first Czech show was a last-minute substitution, and authorities prepared for the worst.
Eduard Marek, the oldest Czech Boy Scout, dies at 104
He was imprisoned by both the Nazis and communists for upholding the Scouting ideals.
Czech holiday calendar 2022: five state holidays fall on the weekend
There are only three long weekends in 2022 but you can make a five-day weekend in July by taking a Monday off.
On this day: A Žižkov protest sparked the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia
For reasons that are still not clear, local Communist authorities gave a permit to Havel and his friends to hold a public anti-government demonstration.
Events across Prague to mark 10 years since Václav Havel’s death
Concerts, films, a procession and more are planned to recall the life of the dissident and former president.
PHOTO GALLERY: Thousands mark Velvet Revolution anniversary in Prague
Former president Václav Havel appeared on Wenceslas Square as a deep-fake hologram, while Prague, Dubai, and NYC lit up in the tricolor for the occasion.
Stores remain open November 17, but many Czechs say they shouldn't be
The 2016 law regulating holiday shopping has left store operators, workers, and shoppers calling for a full ban or none at all.
Watch large drone shows over Prague and Brno on the November 17 holiday
In recent years, drone shows becoming a safer and more environmentally alternative in the firework-loving Czech Republic.
Glen Hansard to headline Wenceslas Square concert honoring Havel's legacy
Remembrances of the Velvet Revolution, 1939 student protests, and Havel’s legacy will take place again in the center of Prague on Nov. 17.
The German invasion of Bohemia and Moravia took place 82 years ago today
The concessions made in the 1938 Munich Agreement led only to a brief reprieve of Hitler’s expansion demands.
Lennon Wall book published marking 40th anniversary of the former Beatle’s death
The wall on Prague’s Kampa island played a significant role in protests before the Velvet Revolution.
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