Václav Havel was an important writer, playwright and political activist. He worked tirelessly against tyrannical communism, and when ...

Vaclav Havel was a friend of the Jews and of Israel, but prominent Jews who mourned his passing this week said the Czech leader’s greatest legacy was his universal message of freedom. WASHINGTON ...

Václav Havel was President of Czechoslovakia (1989-92) and President of the Czech Republic (1993-2003). An author and playwright, he was one of the principal authors of the human rights manifesto ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Alice Austen about her novel "33 Place Brugmann." Set in Brussels during WWII, it tracks the residents of one building whose lives are upended by the Nazi occupation.

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Václav Havel Airport in Prague will begin preparatory work for a significant overhaul aimed at increasing its capacity by ...

The 2024 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize was awarded on Monday to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Addressing the ...