RESTORATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA A year and a half after the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, the country's post-communist leadership is bent on the restoration of a full blown capitalist order. A new bourgeoisie is emerging, legislation is being passed that widens class divisions,...

Czechoslovakia Human wrongs JUST weeks after European governments made brave new promises in Vienna about respecting human rights, Eastern Europe's best-known playwright has been sent to prison for laying a few flowers at a monument. Despite criticism from the West and protests...

The split of Czechoslovakia into two countries 15 years ago has been referred to as a "velvet divorce" _ hassle-free, peaceful and as amicable as a breakup can be.Now Belgium's Dutch- and French-speaking halves are studying that split to see if they, too, could divide...

The Russian military will be banned from monitoring a Czech radar site proposed by Washington as part of its global missile defense system, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Thursday.Topolanek told the Czech parliament that nonmilitary observers could be allowed "but no soldiers will be...

Explores the culture of Czechoslovakia. Discusses the rise of democracy in the nation.