Velvet Revolution
On November 17, Slovakia and the Czech Republic mark 30 years since the Velvet Revolution, a wave of demonstrations that toppled the communist regime in Czechoslovakia in 1989.
Slovakia ends November 17 public holiday amid fiscal pressures
The Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy will remain symbolic but no longer a day off, as coalition seeks savings after transaction tax backlash.
Memorial to victims of the Iron Curtain in Bratislava is stolen
It was installed only last November, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
Remembering the lesson of November 1989, thousands took to the streets
Some events commemorated the victim of police brutality in Košice.
Interior Ministry will pay Košice to restore hammer-and-sickle symbols
Poland and the Baltic states are removing Soviet memorials; Slovakia is using taxpayers' money to restore them.
A memorial plaque to commemorate victims of the border guards in Bratislava’s Petržalka
The memorial will be placed in the square bearing the name of the Border Guards.
Goodbye breadlines, hello malls: How 1989 changed shopping forever for Slovaks
Greater supply, higher wages and the availability of modern shopping centres.
In an old Russian car, visitors to Bratislava return to the Iron Curtain time
The city has preserved several communist-era landmarks and venues.
It's hard to prosecute communism sympathisers in Slovakia
Police investigate MP Ľuboš Blaha and SNS leader Andrej Danko.
The gains of 1989 cannot be taken for granted
The language of its memories is velvety, but our non-violent revolution required real effort.
Velvet Revolution falling out of favour
Less than half see end of communist regime in positive light, new poll shows.
The late Slovak artist could have been American had his parents not moved back to Kysuce
Painter Miroslav Cipár, who was born in northern Slovakia, died early November.
Quality of life, at least when it comes to shopping, has improved since the Velvet Revolution
Customers have more choices and can buy more for less.
Unconvinced by democracy: Czechs nostalgic for Communist past, Slovaks even more so
In the recent Czech election, voters finally turfed the Communist Party out of parliament. Yet 32 years after the fall of communism, its legacy still casts a long shadow over the former Czechoslovakia.
Personality of the Velvet Revolution dies at age 77
He was also a journalist and writer.
In the north-eastern settlements of Slovakia, people did not know who Havel was
One of the organisers of the Velvet Revolution in Bardejov reminisces about November 1989.
Pandemic is the hardest test since 1989. Let's stick together
President Zuzana Čaputová addressed the nation on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
Slovak for Congress: Krupina native makes a splash on Arizona’s political scene
Because of Trump’s dealings with Putin, all eastern Europeans are considered Russians because people don’t distinguish accents, says politician Eva Putzova.
Katarína Kaszasová: From dissident’s granddaughter to Slovakia’s top auditor
Auditors are like detectives, says head of Auditing Oversight Authority.
How we stopped being comrades
Freedom is not a birthright. No generation receives freedom ready-made and perfect: pre-prepared for consumption.
Book about communist Czechoslovakia honours the Slovak journey
Authors Zuzana Palovic and Gabriela Bereghazyova were born behind the Iron Curtain but raised in a free world.
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