PRAGUE -- Viewed from Prague, the images of Russian tanks streaming into Georgia earlier this month carried inevitable echoes. Many commentators and politicians around the world have made comparisions ...

Forty-seven years ago, Soviet troops and their Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia to bring an end to that country's brief period of political liberalization, called the Prague Spring. About 500 ...

Thirty years on since the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic enjoy a harmonious relationship 31 December marked the 30th anniversary of the break-up of Czechoslovakia; one of ...

Up the winding road to Hradčany Castle, which broods above Prague’s Baroque towers and its wide, grey Vltava River, came a steady stream of Tatra limousines. As they had many times before, they bore ...

The overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych’s government and Russia’s occupation and annexation of Crimea have been reported through an increasingly murky fog of propaganda. This has included rival accusations ...

Into the inner courtyard of Prague’s Hradcany Castle one morning last week rumbled a long cavalcade of black Tatra limousines. From them stepped Party First Secretary Alexander Dubcek, the ministers ...

Before beginning this article, a disclaimer must be made. The video accompanying this piece is one of the best highlight films of the 1934 final available on YouTube. However, there are several still ...

During the Cold War, Czechoslovakia stood apart from some of its Warsaw Pact partners by developing its own small arms. This included the Sa vz. 23, a “no-frills” submachine gun that was ahead of its ...

Hell’s Devils are remembered as the Czech Republic‘s first ‘underground’ band, from their formation in 1961. Guitarists ...

This is the fifth in a series about the 16 triumphant teams in the European Championship before the 17th edition is played in Germany next year. So far, we’ve looked at the USSR in 1960, Spain in 1964 ...