Velvet Revolution 1989

Even the smallest gestures can become iconic. Václav Havel, Czech playwright and first post-Communist president, turned ...

On 17 November, the Czech Republic commemorates two pivotal events in its history: the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and the...

Two letters that moved a nation: OF for Občanské Fórum became in 1989 the symbol of the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslova...

On 17 November, CAMP Praha commemorates the role of students during the Velvet Revolution. The audiovisual production So...

Prague’s Národní třída once again becomes a centre of culture, dialogue, and social exchange: the association Díky, že m...

Foreign investors are increasingly discovering the Czech real estate market – demand for flats is rising, especially in ...

A special sound installation has been set up at the lower end of Wenceslas Square: the Poesiomat. At the touch of a butt...

Historians in the Czech Republic are advocating changes to the penal code, calling for stricter measures against the glo...

The Czech Republic is commemorating Jan Palach, who set himself on fire 56 years ago on Wenceslas Square in Prague, thro...

On 17 November, the Czech Republic commemorates not only the Velvet Revolution (sametová revoluce) of 1989 but also the ...

Democracy has existed in the Czech Republic for 35 years. This year, the organisers of Korzo Národní have prepared a div...

The Mafra Group, publisher of Lidové noviny (LN), will cease the printed edition of the Czech Republic’s oldest da...