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Let’s not take our eyes off Ukraine at this critical moment in history, several distinguished authors warn us.

The drama and battle scenes in them alone can give even modern historical blockbusters a run for their money!

David Owen interviews the author and scientist Vaclav Smil, whose books on environmental issues include “Size: How It Explains the World” and “How the World Really Works.”

While the World War III scenario in Europe was always unlikely, it was also the most dangerous.

Pictured above: Jiri Hrdina and Jaromir Jagr
Leading into the 1990 NHL Draft, which was held in Vancouver, all of the teams with high picks interviewed Jaromir Jagr.
He told them he wasn’t coming over to North America right away, and planned to stay in the Czech Republic for the

Czech cinema is often politically challenging — and (very) darkly funny, from New Wave classics like Věra Chytilová’s ‘Daisies’ and Jaromil Jireš’ ‘The Joke’ to modern favorites like Jan Hřebejk’s ‘The Teacher.’

EXCLUSIVE: The Czech Republic may opt to buy more of the aircraft if the strategic environment deteriorates further, Bryden Spurling has suggested.

The Jewish Communist partisan Angel Wagenstein was sentenced to death in 1944 — but he lived until 2023. From his Bulgarian homeland to postwar East Berlin, the filmmaker and novelist devoted his century of life to telling the stories of the persecuted.

What would later become known as the Prague Spring began with the ascension, on this day in 1968, of the reformist Alexander Dubček to the post of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.

If Makoto Hasebe makes his 380th Bundesliga appearance when Eintracht Frankfurt go to Darmstadt on Matchday 18, the 40-year-old will be among the five oldest players ever to feature in the German top flight.