Slovakia has awarded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy one of the country’s top awards, the State Award of Alexander Dubcek symbolizing "freedom and hope." Zelenskiy has been hailed as a hero in ...

Into the inner courtyard of Prague’s Hradcany Castle one morning last week rumbled a long cavalcade of black Tatra limousines. From them stepped Party First Secretary Alexander Dubcek, the ministers ...

It was 50 years ago, in 1968, that political reformist Alexander Dubcek was elected first cecretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and started a period of political liberalization. The ...

During Czechoslovakia’s “springtime of freedom,” First Party Secretary Alexander Dubcek was the symbol of the country’s new liberal spirit. Now, in the winter of its agony, Dubcek has increasingly ...

Thirty-five years ago, on Aug. 20, 1968, Anton Tazky -- a secretary of the Slovak Party Central Committee and a personal friend of Czechoslovakian Communist Party chief Alexander Dubcek -- was driving ...

Dr. Sean's Diary discusses about ways of looking at Alexander Dubček's legacy: “Possibly, we should think back beyond the humanism and apple pie to remember the more authoritarian impulses during the ...

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