This week, 35 years ago, the Czech government buckled under the mounting pressure of its people. In mid-November, student protestors had ignited a revolutionary fervour on the cold streets of Prague ...

People participate in a demonstration against a proposed government coalition, on the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that toppled the Communist government in then Czechoslovakia, in ...

Vaclav Havel, the unassuming playwright dissident who helped spearhead the Velvet Revolution of 1989 that overthrew Communism in Czechoslovakia, died on December 18. He became the country’s president ...

Rock music and stirring speeches by former dissidents echoed through the streets of Prague on Wednesday as Czechs marked the 15th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that ended communist rule. But ...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution on Sunday, flocking to central Prague for concerts and speeches to mark the end of communist rule. The festivities ...

FILE - Music journalist Jiri Cerny speaks during a press conference to the 57th edition of the Golden Prague International Television Festival, in Prague, Aug. 25, 2020. Cerny, a leading Czech music ...

The twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall's dismantling triggered reflection on its lessons for Europe and the left. Now the twentieth anniversary of Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution is prompting ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia(AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia on Monday protested against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and his pro-Russian stance, taking advantage of the anniversary of ...

PRAGUE (AP) — Jiri Cerny, a legendary Czech music critic who introduced Western music to generations of listeners behind the Iron Curtain and became one of the voices of the 1989 anti-communist Velvet ...