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A participant is carried on a stretcher to the Jamboree Hospital during the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, Aug. 4. Reuters-Yonhap ...
The oldest member of the Czech Scout movement, Eduard Marek, died on Sunday at the age of 104.
Czech Scouts are taking the Peace Light of Bethlehem to all corners of the Czech Republic this weekend. In Prague the Peace Light is traditionally burning at a number of places and is being taken around the city on a historic tram. The Peace Light first came to the Czech Republic in 1989 and the handover usually takes place in Vienna. This year the ceremony had to take place on the border with Austria due to the coronavirus restrictions.
For 30 years now, the Czech Scouts have been distributing the Peace Light of Bethlehem across the Czech Republic. The fire, which was lit in the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ, has been carried across Europe ahead of every Christmas period since the 1980s. This year the handover had to take place on the border with Austria due to the coronavirus epidemic. Photo: ČTK/Šálek Václav Czech scouts entrusted to carry the light met with their Austrian counterparts on the border crossing between the two countries on Sunday to light their own candles from the flame. The handover normally ta...
In collaboration with the publishing house Argo, the Czech Scouts have released a new comic book that depicts a plethora of stories from key periods in modern Czech history. Titled Odvaha je volba (Bravery is a Choice) the publication features drawings from several leading Czech illustrators. Tomáš Vovsík and Marek Steininger, photo: Czech Radio What does it mean to be brave? And what is the cost of upholding this virtue in difficult situations? Those are the questions explored in a new book published through collaboration between the Czech Scouts and Argo. The 128-page book consists of se...