Czechoslovakia

Milos Zeman wins second term as Czech president

Pro-Russian incumbent Milos Zeman was re-elected Czech president on Saturday.

Jan 28, 2018, 00:12 AM IST

Czech PM drops plan to resign, seeks removal of finance minister

Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka reversed his decision to resign on Friday, saying he would instead seek the removal of Finance Minister Andrej Babis, his main political rival, to end a dispute in the centre-left government.

May 05, 2017, 15:22 PM IST

Czechs pick "Czechia" as one-word name after decades of hesitation

The Czech Republic emerged, along with Slovakia, from the peaceful breakup of the old Czechoslovakia in 1993. 
 

Apr 15, 2016, 15:55 PM IST

Regret leaving Czech Republic: Martina Navratilova

In 1981, an 18-year-old Navratilova defected Communist Czechoslovakia to become a US citizen.

Nov 25, 2015, 22:55 PM IST