The successor states of the former Czechoslovakia are marking 50 years since the crushing of the Prague Spring by Warsaw Pact forces, writes David Tresilian in Prague ...

Prague's Matejska pout, the oldest and largest fair in the Czech Republic, will take place for the 430th time in 2025. Originally held to mark the Feast of St. Matthias, for many it heralds the ...

Waves, the Czech Republic’s official entry into the International Oscar race, is set during the 1968 Prague Spring.

Jiri Mádl directs 'Waves,' a drama about the Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact invasion that serves as the Czech Republic's entry for the 2025 Oscars.

‘Waves’ Review: Jiří Mádl’s Drama on the End of the Prague Spring Marks a Timely Portrait of the Power of Principled Journalists The muscular spy thriller, which is the Czech entry for ...

The best hotels in Prague marry modernity and history, from spa retreats in historical buildings to sleek hideaways steps from the Old Town. Here's where to stay in 2024.

Since Mr Dubcek became Communist Party leader in January 1968, democratic reforms - dubbed the ‘Prague Spring’ - had been gathering pace in the face of Soviet disapproval.

Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic, well known for its unique architecture and charming historic areas. The city is a thriving cultural hub with plenty to offer travelers, boasting ...

This event marked the end of the "Prague Spring," a period of attempted political and economic reforms in Czechoslovakia.

Moscow’s barbaric suppression of the Prague Spring in1968 was a precursor to today’s war. Few are aware, however, that there was a Ukrainian factor behind the Soviet tanks.

Russia's current repression of speech against the invasion of Ukraine is "amongst the worst in Russian history," scholars say. There have been some pretty bad ones.

Daniel Kumermann was a teenager when Soviet troops crushed the 1968 Prague Spring uprising. He remembers “hundreds of tanks rolling around the streets, many destroying parked cars where it was ...