On 16 January 1969, Czech student Jan Palach set himself on fire on Prague’s Wenceslas Square in protest against apathy in the wake of the Soviet occupation of his country.
Petr Pavel has been elected as Czechia’s fourth president. A career soldier, Pavel served as Chief of the Czech General Staff and as Chair of NATO’s Military Committee.
The government's plan to cut the indexation of old-age pensions at a time of soaring inflation has raised an outcry and triggered threats of court action.