Krtek a kalhotky («Krtek and the trousers»). Photo: Celia Pérez CELIA PÉREZ CARRASCOSA, Prague (Czech Republic) There is no Czech icon more endearing and sweeter than Krtek, which means “mole” in Czech. This cute children’s character was created in 1957 by cartoonist Zdeněk Miler at the Bratři v triku (Brothers in T-shirts) film studio inSigueSigue leyendo «Krtek, a film star and a national symbol»
Archivo de etiqueta: Eastern Bloc
Czechia and Cuba: the unspoken thaw
Fidel Castro, Cuban Prime Minister, and Gustáv Husák, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (and later, President) in 1972. Source: G.cz CELIA PÉREZ CARRASCOSA, Prague (Czech Republic) During the bloc era, numerous relations were established and consolidated between various countries. Czechoslovakia, for example, developed and strengthened diplomatic and friendly relations with several EasternSigueSigue leyendo «Czechia and Cuba: the unspoken thaw»
Czechia, destination of the Vietnamese diaspora in Europe
Vietnamese children in Chrastava (Czechoslovakia). 1956. Source: Růžena Tupé Archive CELIA PÉREZ CARRASCOSA, Uherské Hradiště (Czech Republic) The Czech Republic has one of the largest Vietnamese communities in Europe, surpassed only by France and Germany. About 60.000 Vietnamese live in this Slavic country. This places them as the third largest group of foreigners in CzechSigueSigue leyendo «Czechia, destination of the Vietnamese diaspora in Europe»
Czechia, Syria’s diplomatic ally in the heart of Europe
Depositphotos CELIA PÉREZ CARRASCOSA, Uherské Hradiště (Czech Republic) The so-called Arab Spring came to Syria through protests and riots in March 2011. Those protests triggered a war in the cradle of civilisation which is still being fought. In response to this conflict, one of the measures taken by the USA and the EU was toSigueSigue leyendo «Czechia, Syria’s diplomatic ally in the heart of Europe»