On Aug. 21, 2024, we marked the 56th anniversary of the Communist Soviet-lead Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The August attack that is among the sad history of the Cold War. The “Prague ...

The city will hold a memorial ceremony on Sunday at the statue of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk to honor victims of Nazi occupation ...

An Englishwoman, a Czech RAF pilot, and a promise that shaped a lifetime. The story of Joy Kadečková spans war, loss, and ...

With a wrench, the mood of Czechoslovakia suddenly changed. Resuming operations, the official press, radio and television began to speak of the Russian invaders as “the visiting fraternal forces.” ...

Hours after Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia in August 1968, Romania's communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, denounced the invasion to a crowd of thousands in central Bucharest. The crushing ...

Jan Palach was a student activist who burnt himself to death 50 years ago this week to protest at the Soviet-led occupation of then Czechoslovakia. "He loved history and he was also interested in ...