PRAGUE — Czechs are bidding an emotional farewell to Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who led their peaceful 1989 revolution that brought to an end decades of Communist rule. Havel's wife Dagmar ...

Vaclav Havel was undoubtedly one of the greatest Europeans of our generation, a man, who fully deserves the unquestionable respect both of his country and the world. By signing up, you confirm that ...

Autumn 1989 was one of the most exciting times in decades. The Berlin Wall, symbol of communist tyranny, was pulled down, bringing freedom to East Germany. Other Eastern European “satellite” states of ...

Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who inspired millions of Czechs to force a bloodless Velvet Revolution in 1989, died Sunday after a long illness in his cottage in the Trutnov hills. He was 75.

World leaders past and present are in Prague for the funeral of Vaclav Havel, the playwright who led the "Velvet Revolution" in the former Czechoslovakia and then went on to lead the new Czech ...

Former Czech president Vaclav Havel, hero of the Velvet Revolution that gave his country independence from Soviet rule in 1989 -- pictured here in 2009 -- has died, aged 75 Former Czech president ...

PRAGUEPRAGUE — The urn carrying Vaclav Havel’s ashes has been buried at his family plot at a cemetery in the Czech capital of Prague. Havel was the dissident playwright who led the 1989 revolution ...

PRAGUE (AP) — Czechs are bidding an emotional farewell to Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who led their peaceful 1989 revolution that brought to an end decades of Communist rule. Havel’s wife ...

World leaders past and present are in Prague for the funeral of Vaclav Havel, the playwright who led the "Velvet Revolution" in the former Czechoslovakia and then went on to lead the new Czech ...