Czechoslovakia
Miroslav Kopt And The Secret Radio That Political Prisoners Built
Czechoslovak citizen Miroslav Kopt was arrested in 1954 and brutally interrogated by communist authorities before being sentenced to 10 years in prison for treason.
Havel Fellow Brings Havel Legacy To Russian Audiences
This spring, Ivan Beliaev, a 2014 Havel Fellowship alumnus, published Vaclav Havel: Life in History, a biography of the playwright, dissident, and first president of post-Communist Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel.
Ferdinand Peroutka: Mr. Czechoslovakia
On May 1, 1951, respected Czech journalist and first RFE Czechoslovak Service Director Ferdinand Peroutka began the first official transmission from Radio Free Europe (RFE) headquarters in Munich, saying, “This…
Radio Free Europe’s Audience Reach Behind the Iron Curtain
The data graphics below demonstrate Radio Free Europe’s weekly audience reach from 1963 to 1989 in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Audience reach for other foreign broadcasters is shown.
RFE/RL Invites You To A Film Premiere Of Occupation 1968
On the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, please join Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Current Time TV for a celebration of democracy and freedom and a…
Marking 60 Years Since The First RFE Broadcasts To Czechoslovakia
On May 1, 1951, the first director of the “Voice of Free Czechoslovakia” vowed that RFE’s programs would “smash the communist monopoly on speaking to the Czech nation.”
Havel Congratulates RFE On Anniversary Of First Czechoslovak Broadcasts
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC — Thanks to President Vaclav Havel, who took the time to draft a statement congratulating RFE/RL on the 60th anniversary of its first Czechoslovak broadcasts. English translation…