Of all the 1968 movements, the Czechoslovak Prague Spring was perhaps the only one that was not a generational conflict: Sons and daughters were united with their parents in wanting a more democratic ...

Forty years ago, Warsaw Pact countries invaded Czechoslovakia and crushed the democratization process known as the Prague Spring. Today, Prague is a primary stop on the grand European tour. Throughout ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The weather in Prague is relatively pleasant during the spring season, which technically starts in March and ends in June. During ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fifty years after the Prague Spring was put down by Soviet soldiers, the goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden focuses on the historical events, along with 16 films from Central and Eastern Europe in the ...

Alexander Dubcek's election in 1968 led to unprecedented reforms in communist Czechoslovakia. But his attempt at "socialism with a human face" failed. It did, however, plant a seed, reports Ian ...

Since the Soviet invasion of August 1968 and the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the older generation of Czech writers has been well served by translations. Jaroslav Hasek's picaresque novel, The Good ...

Rewritten plaque on Konev statue will tell of general’s role in suppressing Prague Spring Russia has been accused of interfering in the affairs of the Czech Republic after its embassy tried to block ...

No one should need an excuse to visit Prague; Prague is reason enough to go to Prague. But if ever you wanted to embrace an extra sensation in this most sensual of cities, go during the Prague Spring ...

Ondrej Neff was a 23-year-old journalist at Czechoslovak Radio at the time of the Soviet-led invasion of his country on 21 August 1968. Ondrej Neff lost his prominent radio job after the invasion ...

Under the glowering gaze of the National Museum at the top of Wenceslas Square stands a forty-year-old Russian tank. Its fuel tanks are strapped vulnerably to its rear and its gun aims at nothing in ...