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 ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — The events unfolding in Ukraine potentially hold dire implications for the future, but ...

Excellent pamphlet from Solidarity with a critique of the myth of the Prague Spring. It recounts the internal struggles in the Czech Communist Party as the technocrats outmanoeuvre the dogmatists, and ...