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October 1977: Tom Stoppard on the trial of Havel, Lederer, Pavlicek and Ornest, for dissent against the republic.

By Tom Stoppard

Up to 1.5 million Ukrainians were internally displaced by Russia’s 2014 invasion of the country.

By Ido Vock and Nicu Calcea

What are Vladimir Putin’s intentions in Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and Czechs seek alliances outside divided Visegrad Four.

Zdenek Hrib is part of a new wave of progressive mayors in central Europe campaigning for direct EU funding to fight cronyism and…

By Ido Vock

“The problem is that people across society have lost their future. They have no vision now.”

By Robert Anderson

My week in Prague sent me back to the past, from shooting Amadeus to my own Catholic upbringing.

By Simon Callow

Psychosis, hysteria and abuse characterises these works that look back at the former Soviet and Socialist republics.

By Ryan Gilbey