Tuesday, 12 May marks the opening of one of Central Europe’s major classical music events – the Prague Spring Music Festival.

PRAGUE — Could Soviet-style communism be reconciled with the dignity and freedom of the individual? In 1968, the question was put to the test when the leader of Czechoslovakia’s Communist Party, ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Prague comes into its own in spring. As biting winds give way to pleasant breezes from the south, the Czech capital throws off its ...

Thirty-five years ago this week, soldiers from five Warsaw Pact countries invaded Czechoslovakia, ending one of the most ambitious attempts at political reform to emerge in communist Europe. Around ...

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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 ...