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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Exactly 50 years ago today, on the night of August 21, 1968, Soviet troops (together with soldiers from several other members of the Warsaw Pact) entered Czechoslovakia and ended the “Prague Spring” — ...

The weather in Prague is relatively pleasant during the spring season, which technically starts in March and ends in June. During spring, travelers may experience varying temperatures as summer ...

In the early hours of an August day in 1968, I was awakened by the continuous thunder of heavy planes flying low overhead – we lived relatively close to Prague’s largest airport. It was about 3:00 a.m ...

End of the Prague Spring Western Spies Were Out in the Cold Forty years ago this Thursday, the Soviet Union ended the so-called Prague Spring with a massive invasion of troops and tanks. Intelligence ...

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 ...

Music illuminates Prague. It also acts as a kind of stethoscope to the city's soul. Prague Spring, founded in 1946, was originally a celebration, an expression of liberation at the end of the Second ...