In Prague, the year 1968 began with a bold attempt to reform and liberalize its creaking Soviet communist regime from within, 50 years later, authoritarianism is again on the rise in Eastern Europe.

Editor’s Note: Daniel Kumermann is a former foreign affairs journalist, Czech Ambassador to Israel (1999-2003), Consul General in Los Angeles (2006-2011), and signatory of the Charter 77 human rights ...

On Saint Wenceslas Day, 1968, a group of young people in Prague attempted a quiet but short-lived demonstration in spite of the Soviet presence. The tenth-century legend was the one they passed around ...

A new book and companion exhibition highlight a Czech photographer's stunning snapshots of the Soviet invasion of Prague. Josef Koudelka/Magnum PhotosWenceslas Square, Prague, 1968 One afternoon in ...

The Czech Foreign Ministry has criticized Russian legislation that it says misrepresents the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The ministry statement, released on June 3, came amid reports that ...

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This year, NPR is looking at the events of 1968 that continue to shape our world. Fifty years ago today, Czechoslovakia's parliament under duress approved a treaty sanctioning the occupation of the ...

One afternoon in early September, the Czech photographer Josef Koudelka was administering a bottle of cognac to a group of well-wishers at the Pace/MacGill Gallery, two placid, spacious rooms on the ...

In Prague, the year 1968 began with a bold attempt to reform and liberalize its creaking Soviet communist regime from within, 50 years later,... Prague 1968: Reforming A Soviet Communist Regime MARY ...