Soviet troops had invaded the city five days earlier, bringing an end to the Prague Spring, a tentative attempt to liberalise the Communist system. Standing in the square, they only had time to raise ...

On Jan. 16, Prague commemorates Jan Palach as his monument returns to the National Museum while a new book in English honors ...

Huge crowds flooded central Prague on Sunday demanding Prime Minister Andrej Babis step down over allegations of graft in a protest that organisers and local media claim drew around 250,000 people, ...

Palach’s memory will be commemorated later today at a traditional gathering outside the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University on Jan Palach Square, which is due to be attended by Prague Mayor ...