Czechoslovakia owes its unfortunate history to its lot as a main stage for the great conflicts of the 20th century. Born a democracy at the end of the First World War, it suffocated through decades of ...

Up the winding road to Hradčany Castle, which broods above Prague’s Baroque towers and its wide, grey Vltava River, came a steady stream of Tatra limousines. As they had many times before, they bore ...

This is the fifth in a series about the 16 triumphant teams in the European Championship before the 17th edition is played in Germany next year. So far, we’ve looked at the USSR in 1960, Spain in 1964 ...

Beneath crystal chandeliers inside Hradcany Castle, on a high hill over looking Prague, the party and government leaders of Czechoslovakia gathered to observe the 50th anniversary of their ...

In 1918, Czechs (of Bohemia and Moravia) and Slovaks (of Slovakia) united to form one nation called Czechoslovakia. In a peaceful separation, the country split in 1993 into Czech Republic and Slovakia ...