Tracing one’s roots always brings surprises. This is the story of Růžena Nesnídalová, a pioneer in autism research – as far as the author has been able to piece together from her family’s tales.

As an EU country with a socialist past, Czech society remains politically divided. How do Czechs, especially Gen Z, feel about the European Union two decades after “Czeching In”?

What’s something we all worry about, whether it changes or not, rises or falls? You guessed it: currency. We asked young Europeans about their monetary system and the national symbols displayed.

“Dialogues to Remember” was the motto of the 2023 EUSTORY Summit. Under this premise, 11 aspiring journalists set out to discover which dialogues had shaped people’s lives in Prague.

What can conversations about the past teach us about the world we want to build? At the EUSTORY Summit 2023 “Dialogues to Remember”, over 100 young Europeans came together in Prague to explore memory, identity, and Europe’s shared stories.

Dr Zdeněk Hazdra, Director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague, remembered being among the prize winners of the very first Czech History Competition in 2001/2002.he first Czech EUSTORY History Competition in 2000/2001. In 2017, he returned to the Czech National History Competition to honour the prize winners.