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Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran - Erbil

A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) holds a torch light for his comrade who refills kerosene heater tank in an outpost near Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq on Thursday, February 09, 2023. The KDPI, a leftist Kurdish group of Iran that has been running an armed struggle against the Islamic Republic's regime in Iran from exile for decades. The group has found itself in the spotlight of the recent tensions inside Iran after the women-led protest movement ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini, as Tehran has repeated blamed what it calls the “separatist” Kurdish group behind the protests, and since has targeted the group with drones and missile strikes inside Iraq. Photo by Keiwan Fatehi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russia successfully launches Angara-A5 space rocket

STORY: Russia successfully launches Angara-A5 space rocket SHOOTING TIME: April 11, 2024 DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching of the Angara-A5 space rocket (Source: Roscosmos) STORYLINE: Russia successfully launched the Angara-A5 space rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday, according to a live broadcast of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos. This marks the first time this type of rocket blasted off from the Russian spaceport in the Amur region of the Far East. The space rocket launch was canceled twice previously on Wednesday and Tuesday due to a failure of the engine launch control system, and an issue with the pressurizing system of the rocket's oxidizer tank, respectively. The Angara is a family of Russian carrier rockets ranging from light to heavy classes. They utilize kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel, which are environmentally friendly components. The Angara family of rockets is inten

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A junior high school student walks by stockpiled kerosene tanks after arriving at her school, still being used as an evacuation center, in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 22, 2024, as regular classes resumed the same day about three weeks after a powerful earthquake devastated the central Japan city.

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Japan's core consumer prices jump 3.1 pct in March

STORY: Japan's core consumer prices jump 3.1 pct in March DATELINE: April 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of city views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's core consumer prices jumped 3.1 percent in March from a year earlier, with food prices and those for durable goods surging, the government said in a report on Friday. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said the nationwide core consumer price index (CPI), excluding volatile fresh food items in fiscal 2022, climbed 3.0 percent from a year earlier, marking the sharpest rise since 1981. The headline figure has remained above the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target for a complete year, the data showed, although government subsidies for household energy use helped soften energy prices, the data showed. But while energy prices went down 3.8 percent, with electricity, gasoline and kerosene prices dropping from a year ago, food prices leapt 8.2 percent in March. The rise in food prices was the

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Maintenance workers ensure power supply in village in China's Yunnan

STORY: Maintenance workers ensure power supply in village in China's Yunnan DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the village 2. Voice of Wangden, Associate director, Yanmen power supply station in Deqen County, China Southern Power Grid 3. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan): Former head of the village STORYLINE: Lying at the foot of snow-capped mountains, Yubeng Village of Deqen County in China's Yunnan is home to 42 Tibetan families. In the past, the village had been virtually cut off from the outside world, with no electricity or communication signal. In 2012, with the installation of electric wires, Yubeng Village ended the long history of relying on kerosene lamps for nighttime lighting. Now, with improved communications and better infrastructure, the picturesque village has drawn a large number of tourists. More than 130 homestay inns have been opened in this village of only 42 households. As the Spring Festival usually sees the peak of ele

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Kerosene shortage in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - A man shops for a wood stove instead of a kerosene heater (R) at a hardware market in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 2, 2014. In addition to the limited food supply, Syrians are facing a petroleum shortage due to the prolonged civil war.

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Quake aftermath in Iwate Pref.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People involved in the fishery industry draw kerosene from the underground tank at a local fishery association's gasoline station in the quake-hit city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 31, 2011. The area was devastated by a historic earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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MSDF vessel in quake relief

SENDAI, Japan - Kerosene is unloaded from the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Osumi at a port in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011, for survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster.

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Biofuel-powered JAL airliner conducts flight test

TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines Boeing 747-300 fitted with an environmentally friendly biofuel-powered engine took off from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 30 for a test flight. One of the jumbo jet's four Pratt & Whitney engines was powered by a biofuel blended half-and-half with conventional kerosene-based jet fuel.

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Biofuel-powered JAL airliner conducts flight test

TOKYO, Japan - Workers put biofuel in a Japan Airlines Boeing 747-300 jet at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 30 before its test flight. One of the jet's four Pratt & Whitney engines is powered by a biofuel blended half-and-half with conventional kerosene-based jet fuel.

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Matsushita heaters found faulty after repair total 14

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshitaka Hayashi (R), senior managing director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., bows in apology at the end of a news conference at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 9. The company said that a total of 14 defective kerosene heaters it had recalled and repaired had subsequently broken down.

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M'shita vows to prevent recurrence of faulty heaters mishaps

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Toda (C), executive vice president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., bows in apology for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the company's defective kerosene heaters, during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 6.

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(11)Niigata quake victims weary, worried of more damage

OJIYA, Japan - Earthquake victims eat their supper while warming themselves at kerosene stoves at the shopping arcade in Ojiya, central Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 26. Power supply resumed for the first time in four days.

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3 killed, 24 hurt in Nagoya hostage crisis

NAGOYA, Japan - An unidentified office employee awaits rescue on the 4th floor of a Nagoya building Sept. 16 as a fire rages following an explosion. A man armed with a knife took eight people hostage, sprayed kerosene on the floor of a company office and set it aflame. Three people, including the man himself, died and 24 were injured.

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(3)Explosion after man takes 8 hostage in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Window panes and paper sheets are blown off on Sept. 16 when a man armed with a knife took eight people hostage at a courier company in Nagoya, sprayed kerosene on the floor and set it aflame. Initial reports said three people, including the man himself, were killed in the explosion.

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(4)Explosion after man takes 8 hostage in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Firefighters work to put off the fire that broke out following an explosion on the fourth floor of a Nagoya building on Sept. 16. A man armed with a knife took eight people hostage at a courier company in building, demanding unpaid wages, sprayed kerosene on the floor and set it aflame.

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(1)Explosion after man takes 8 hostage in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Fire and black smoke billow from the fourth floor of a building in Nagoya on Sept. 16 after a man armed with a knife took eight people hostage, sprayed kerosene around and set fire, Demanding unpaid wages. Initial reports said three people were killed, including the man himself and a policeman, and 24 other injured.

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Reusable high-thrust rocket engine achieves successful trial runs

STORY: Reusable high-thrust rocket engine achieves successful trial runs DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ignition test (file) 2. various of engineers 3. various of the ignition test (file) STORYLINE: According to the Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology on Saturday, a 130-tonne class reusable liquid oxygen kerosene staged combustion cycle rocket engine has successfully completed trials twice. The engine is designed to be an Earth-space shuttling power device for China's new generation of reusable carrier rockets. It has high comprehensive performance, strong expansion ability, and high reliability. The academy said some components of the engine adopt new technologies such as 3D printing, automatic welding, and intelligent assembly, adding that the engine made breakthroughs in twice ignitions of high-pressure supplementary combustion and continuous variable thrust. The engine is expected to serve the operation of the c

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Nigerian village lit up with solar-power light systems donated by Chinese firm

STORY: Nigerian village lit up with solar-power light systems donated by Chinese firm DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of donated solar-power light equipment and receiving ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Hausa): SHUAIB IBRAHIM, Local resident 3. various of locals of Bunkure community and solar-power light equipment 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABDULRAUF UMAR GADABU, Council Chairman of Bunkure local government 5. various of locals of Bunkure community STORYLINE: PowerChina, a state-owned hydropower and civil engineering construction giant in China, donated on Saturday over 500 sets of solar-power light systems to the Lauteye village in Bunkure local government area of Kano state, north Nigeria. The donation will end the long history of relying only on charcoal fires or kerosene lamps for nighttime lighting in the village. SOUNDBITE 1 (Hausa): SHUAIB IBRAHIM, Local resident "I am very thankful for this gift. I was born here and I grew up here. Before now

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Kenyans feel pinch amid hiking inflation, tax adjustment

STORY: Kenyans feel pinch amid hiking inflation, tax adjustment DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:13 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nairobi streets 2. various of businesses in Nairobi 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GITAU NGUGI, Businessman 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RUTH WAIRIMU, Hawker 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOHN MAINA, Meat seller 6. various of businesses in Nairobi 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): PETER NJOGU, Car dealer 8. various of Nairobi streets STORYLINE: Businesses and consumers in Kenya face more pain as the inflation accelerated to a record high in September, as well as with the Kenya revenue authority (KRA) inflation tax levy adjustment. Monthly inflation data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the country's overall rate of inflation in September stood at 9.2 percent, compared to 8.5 percent in August. The KRA levy imposed on imports, including fuel (petrol, diesel and kerosene), took effect on Oct. 1. The inflation rise continued with an increase

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Bangladesh hikes fuel prices to highest in history

STORY: Bangladesh hikes fuel prices to highest in history DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:25 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas stations in Bangladesh STORYLINE: Bangladesh's retail fuel prices have been hiked to levels not seen since the country's independence in 1971. The Bangladeshi government Friday night hiked the fuel prices by up to 51.7 percent with effect from Saturday. According to a price notification from the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, a liter of octane now costs 135 taka (1.43 U.S. dollars), which is 51.7 percent higher than the previous rate of 89 taka (0.94 dollars). The prices of diesel and kerosene have been increased by 42.5 percent to 114 taka (1.20 dollars) per liter. Also, each liter of petrol now costs 130 taka (1.37 dollars), a rise of 44 taka or 51.1 percent, said the press release. Officials said the latest price hikes at the retail level were inevitable to reduce the subsidy burden on state-run distribution companies. Als

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Nepal Police baton charges and attempts to arrest a member of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML as they march towards parliament with live torch on their hand in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Members of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML march towards parliament with live torch on their hand in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Nepal Police in protective gear stand in line as youth wing of opposition CPN-UML calls for a torch light protest near the parliament. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Members of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML march towards parliament with live torch on their hand in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Members of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML march towards parliament with live torch on their hand in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Members of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML march towards parliament with live torch on their hand in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Members of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML march towards parliament with live torch on their hand in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Members of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML march towards parliament with live torch on their hand in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

Members of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML march towards parliament with live torch on their hand in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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11000000-POL-NEPAL- KATHMANDU- PROTEST AGAINST PETROLEUM PRICE HIKE BY OPPOSITION

A member of youth wing of opposition CPN-UML vandalizes a government vehicle during clash with Police near the federal parliament in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The incumbent government under the Prime Minister Ship of Sher Bahadur Deuba is facing challenges after increasing the price of petroleum products by nearly 20 percent in latest round of price adjustment on the basis of international crude oil market. A liter of Petrol in Nepal costs Nrs. 199 while petrol and kerosene costs Nrs. 192 per liter.

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SRI LANKA-ECONOMIC CRISIS-GAS SHORTAGE

(220618) -- COLOMBO, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People queue up to get kerosene for cooking due to the gas shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 17, 2022. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-ECONOMIC CRISIS-GAS SHORTAGE

(220618) -- COLOMBO, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People queue up to get kerosene for cooking due to the gas shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 17, 2022. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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Hiking fuel prices lead to rising sales of electric vehicles in Nepal

STORY: Hiking fuel prices lead to rising sales of electric vehicles in Nepal DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the electric vehicles STORYLINE: Electric vehicles make up only a tiny part of vehicle sales in Nepal for the moment, but increasing fuel prices are fueling growing interest in this green mode of transport. The policies for electric vehicles have become a hot topic in national politics in Nepal, as the South Asian country has set a target of electrifying 90% of all private passenger vehicles and 60% of all four-wheeler public passenger vehicles for sale by 2030. In Nepal, petrol is now priced at 170 Nepali rupees per liter, and diesel and kerosene at 153 rupees per liter, and high prices are prompting people to choose electric vehicles instead. Speaking to Xinhua, some residents in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, voiced their readiness to turn to electric vehicles. Not only individuals are switching to electric vehicles, but also

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Biofuel-powered JAL airliner conducts flight test

TOKYO, Japan - Workers put biofuel in a Japan Airlines Boeing 747-300 jet at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 30 before its test flight. One of the jet's four Pratt & Whitney engines is powered by a biofuel blended half-and-half with conventional kerosene-based jet fuel. (Kyodo)

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Biofuel-powered JAL airliner conducts flight test

TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines Boeing 747-300 fitted with an environmentally friendly biofuel-powered engine took off from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 30 for a test flight. One of the jumbo jet's four Pratt & Whitney engines was powered by a biofuel blended half-and-half with conventional kerosene-based jet fuel. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita heaters found faulty after repair total 14

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshitaka Hayashi (R), senior managing director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., bows in apology at the end of a news conference at a hotel in Osaka on Dec. 9. The company said that a total of 14 defective kerosene heaters it had recalled and repaired had subsequently broken down. (Kyodo)

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M'shita vows to prevent recurrence of faulty heaters mishaps

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Toda (C), executive vice president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., bows in apology for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the company's defective kerosene heaters, during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 6. (Kyodo)

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Shop owner in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Baghdad shop owner says kerosene lamps and generators are selling fast these days. The photo was taken on Feb. 4, 2003. (Kyodo)

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(11)Niigata quake victims weary, worried of more damage

OJIYA, Japan - Earthquake victims eat their supper while warming themselves at kerosene stoves at the shopping arcade in Ojiya, central Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 26. Power supply resumed for the first time in four days. (Kyodo)

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Evacuees at shelter

OFUNATO, Japan - A woman looks at a newspaper on March 15, 2011, at a shelter in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, where heaters are being used only at night to save kerosene. The area was devastated by the March 11 killer quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Quake aftermath in Iwate Pref.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People involved in the fishery industry draw kerosene from the underground tank at a local fishery association's gasoline station in the quake-hit city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 31, 2011. The area was devastated by a historic earthquake and tsunami on March 11. (Kyodo)

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MSDF vessel in quake relief

SENDAI, Japan - Kerosene is unloaded from the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Osumi at a port in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011, for survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Long line at gas station

SENDAI, Japan - People wait in a long line to buy kerosene at a gas station in Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011, two days after the area was struck by a powerful earthquake. (Kyodo)

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50th anniversary of Josef Hlavaty's death, Masaryk Square, piety, candles

The west Bohemian centre Plzen for the first time today, on Saturday, January 20, 2019, honoured the memory of Josef Hlavaty, a local resident who immolated himself on January 20, 1969, four days after student Jan Palach did the same in Prague in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Like Palach, Hlavaty, 25, died of fatal burns a few days after pouring kerosene on himself and setting himself on fire in a square in the centre of Plzen which bears the name of T.G. Masaryk now. Today's commemorative meeting was organised by the Town Hall and Mayor Martin Baxa (Civic Democrats, ODS) laid flowers at the site of the tragedy. Josef Hlavaty has a controversial life story and he was a man of different kind than Palach, but key testimonies from January 20, 1969 authorise us to consider him one of those who expressed disagreement with the [Soviet] occupation, Baxa said. The communist regime then succeeded in erasing Hlavaty's act from people's awareness, as a result of which he practically disappeared from history for 50 years, Baxa said, adding that the town of Plzen will be remembering Hlavaty's act annually from now on. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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50th anniversary of Josef Hlavaty's death, Masaryk Square, piety, candles

The west Bohemian centre Plzen for the first time today, on Saturday, January 20, 2019, honoured the memory of Josef Hlavaty, a local resident who immolated himself on January 20, 1969, four days after student Jan Palach did the same in Prague in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Like Palach, Hlavaty, 25, died of fatal burns a few days after pouring kerosene on himself and setting himself on fire in a square in the centre of Plzen which bears the name of T.G. Masaryk now. Today's commemorative meeting was organised by the Town Hall and Mayor Martin Baxa (Civic Democrats, ODS) laid flowers at the site of the tragedy. Josef Hlavaty has a controversial life story and he was a man of different kind than Palach, but key testimonies from January 20, 1969 authorise us to consider him one of those who expressed disagreement with the [Soviet] occupation, Baxa said. The communist regime then succeeded in erasing Hlavaty's act from people's awareness, as a result of which he practically disappeared from history for 50 years, Baxa said, adding that the town of Plzen will be remembering Hlavaty's act annually from now on. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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50th anniversary of Josef Hlavaty's death, Masaryk Square, piety, candles

The west Bohemian centre Plzen for the first time today, on Saturday, January 20, 2019, honoured the memory of Josef Hlavaty, a local resident who immolated himself on January 20, 1969, four days after student Jan Palach did the same in Prague in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Like Palach, Hlavaty, 25, died of fatal burns a few days after pouring kerosene on himself and setting himself on fire in a square in the centre of Plzen which bears the name of T.G. Masaryk now. Today's commemorative meeting was organised by the Town Hall and Mayor Martin Baxa (Civic Democrats, ODS) laid flowers at the site of the tragedy. Josef Hlavaty has a controversial life story and he was a man of different kind than Palach, but key testimonies from January 20, 1969 authorise us to consider him one of those who expressed disagreement with the [Soviet] occupation, Baxa said. The communist regime then succeeded in erasing Hlavaty's act from people's awareness, as a result of which he practically disappeared from history for 50 years, Baxa said, adding that the town of Plzen will be remembering Hlavaty's act annually from now on. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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50th anniversary of Josef Hlavaty's death, Masaryk Square, piety, candles

The west Bohemian centre Plzen for the first time today, on Saturday, January 20, 2019, honoured the memory of Josef Hlavaty, a local resident who immolated himself on January 20, 1969, four days after student Jan Palach did the same in Prague in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Like Palach, Hlavaty, 25, died of fatal burns a few days after pouring kerosene on himself and setting himself on fire in a square in the centre of Plzen which bears the name of T.G. Masaryk now. Today's commemorative meeting was organised by the Town Hall and Mayor Martin Baxa (Civic Democrats, ODS) laid flowers at the site of the tragedy. Josef Hlavaty has a controversial life story and he was a man of different kind than Palach, but key testimonies from January 20, 1969 authorise us to consider him one of those who expressed disagreement with the [Soviet] occupation, Baxa said. The communist regime then succeeded in erasing Hlavaty's act from people's awareness, as a result of which he practically disappeared from history for 50 years, Baxa said, adding that the town of Plzen will be remembering Hlavaty's act annually from now on. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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50th anniversary of Josef Hlavaty's death, Masaryk Square, piety, candles

The west Bohemian centre Plzen for the first time today, on Saturday, January 20, 2019, honoured the memory of Josef Hlavaty, a local resident who immolated himself on January 20, 1969, four days after student Jan Palach did the same in Prague in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Like Palach, Hlavaty, 25, died of fatal burns a few days after pouring kerosene on himself and setting himself on fire in a square in the centre of Plzen which bears the name of T.G. Masaryk now. Today's commemorative meeting was organised by the Town Hall and Mayor Martin Baxa, left, (Civic Democrats, ODS) laid flowers at the site of the tragedy. Josef Hlavaty has a controversial life story and he was a man of different kind than Palach, but key testimonies from January 20, 1969 authorise us to consider him one of those who expressed disagreement with the [Soviet] occupation, Baxa said. The communist regime then succeeded in erasing Hlavaty's act from people's awareness, as a result of which he practically disappeared from history for 50 years, Baxa said, adding that the town of Plzen will be remembering Hlavaty's act annually from now on. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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50th anniversary of Josef Hlavaty's death, Masaryk Square, piety, candles

The west Bohemian centre Plzen for the first time today, on Saturday, January 20, 2019, honoured the memory of Josef Hlavaty, a local resident who immolated himself on January 20, 1969, four days after student Jan Palach did the same in Prague in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Like Palach, Hlavaty, 25, died of fatal burns a few days after pouring kerosene on himself and setting himself on fire in a square in the centre of Plzen which bears the name of T.G. Masaryk now. Today's commemorative meeting was organised by the Town Hall and Mayor Martin Baxa (Civic Democrats, ODS) laid flowers at the site of the tragedy. Josef Hlavaty has a controversial life story and he was a man of different kind than Palach, but key testimonies from January 20, 1969 authorise us to consider him one of those who expressed disagreement with the [Soviet] occupation, Baxa said. The communist regime then succeeded in erasing Hlavaty's act from people's awareness, as a result of which he practically disappeared from history for 50 years, Baxa said, adding that the town of Plzen will be remembering Hlavaty's act annually from now on. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)