As the Czechs were abandoned by London et al in 1938, paving the way for Hitler to invade their country, the news of their victory over the Germans on May 8, 1945, was also quickly abandoned. The ...

Hundreds gathered in Prague’s Nusle district on Thursday to commemorate VE Day with a large-scale reenactment of the 1945 Prague Uprising, featuring period uniforms, authentic weapons, and WWII ...

On May 5, 1945, Prague residents rose up against the Nazi German occupying forces. Shortly after, units of the Russian Liberation Army (ROK) -- Soviet soldiers who had agreed to fight under German ...

A Soviet general's statue in Prague was removed by a local council, prompting protest from Moscow. Ivan Konev led the liberation of the Czech capital in 1945, but many Czechs criticize his crackdowns ...

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer is due to visit Prague tomorrow for talks with Czech leaders. The visit comes at a time of renewed tension between the Czech Republic and its German-speaking ...

Photo credit: Ivan Konev in Prague, 1945. Karel Hájek / en.wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 3.0) Prague deputies stripped Marshal Konev of the title of honorary citizen of the capital of the Czech Republic, ...

People in Prague commemorated VE Day on Thursday with a large-scale reenactment of the 1945 Prague Uprising against the Nazis. Around 400 people, dressed in period uniforms and armed with authentic ...