This is not like clicking a button to offhandedly add your name to a Change.org list: We are in 1970s communist Czechoslovakia and publicly supporting a singer imprisoned for telling a joke that ...

A playwright, a philosopher, a statesman, a hero—and an imp: That’s how I think of Vaclav Havel, who died on Sunday, December 18, aged 75. I didn’t know about his impishness until five years ago, when ...

Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who inspired millions of Czechs to force a bloodless Velvet Revolution in 1989, died Sunday after a long illness in his cottage in the Trutnov hills. He was 75.

Tsai Ing-wen, former President of the Republic of China (hereinafter Taiwan), began her trip to Europe on October 12 after being invited to speak at the Forum 2000 Conference in Prague. The Forum 2000 ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Vaclav Havel is a Resident Scholar for Chair of Modern Culture in the Kluge (John W.) Center with 18 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1990 Speech ...

(Reuters) - Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has died after a long period of illness. He was 75. Following are key events in the life of the former president: October 5, 1936 - Born into a wealthy ...

PRAGUE (AP) — Czechs and world leaders paid emotional tribute to Vaclav Havel on Friday at a pomp-filled funeral ceremony, ending a week of public grief and nostalgia over the death of the dissident ...

While in prison in 1981, he befriended the dissident and future Czech president Vaclav Havel. Later, he became a conservative voice in Rome. By Clay Risen His longtime career in the Foreign Service ...