In pictures: Czechs line Prague streets to mourn Vaclav Havel

Czechs pay final respects to Vaclav Havel

Thousands line the streets of Prague at start of three days of mourning for the former president and dissident playwright who led the Czech Republic and Slovakia out of communism.

Vaclav Havel: a rare man who crossed the great divide

Michael Bywater Mon 19 Dec 2011, AT 13:20

A writer tries to say what he means while a politician tries to say what people want to hear

Tributes for playwright president Vaclav Havel, 1936 – 2011

First Post Mon 19 Dec 2011, AT 09:00

The dissident writer who led the Czech Republic out of communism has died after years of ill-health

Czech President Vaclav Klaus

Vaclav Klaus: the man who won’t budge on EU treaty

Column Wed 14 Oct 2009, AT 18:14

Is the Czech president a narcissist, a hypocrite or just a man who knows his own mind?

Picture past, November 24: Velvet Revolution

Picture past, November 23: Velvet Revolution