Velvet Revolution, page 2
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.
What the president said about the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution
Someone attempted to shake the foundations and we are still able to argue about ornaments. Read the whole speech of President Zuzana Čaputová.
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November 17, 1989 was all about giving another chance to dreams stolen in 1948 and 1968.
Crossing the Slovak-Austrian border has never become a matter of course for me
How I ran for Mária Rozmaňová who was killed on the border in 1952.
Čaputová on the anniversary: Democracy is an opportunity
Politicians celebrated 30 years of freedom, too.
For a Decent Slovakia gathering: The legacy of November 1989 lives on
The organisers and participants stressed the importance of the 2020 general election.
Freedom can be lost democratically, from the inside
Has the country survived the abductions of the state, the inoculation of Mečiar, Fico governments and the Kočner underworld without harm to democracy?
Velvet Revolution Square takes its place in Bratislava
Part of SNP Square, where mass rallies against the communist regime took place 30 years ago, has been named after the Velvet Revolution.
1989 taught us that we the people are powerful
But it has taken us a long time to learn this lesson.
How the Velvet Revolution happened (timeline)
Day-by-day overview of the fall of totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia.
I was in the frontline because it reflected what I felt inside
One of the leaders of the 1989 student movement, Anton Popovič, remembers the fall of the totalitarian regime.
The Velvet Revolution embodies a peaceful change
Professor Ľubica Lacinová remembers her life before and after 1989.
1989: I knew immediately that Sľúbili sme si lásku would be a hit
People in the streets weren’t damaged by the regime; it rather annoyed, tired and disgusted them, said the singer songwriter of the 1989 revolution anthem.
The concentration of the automotive industry is now the Achilles’ heel of Slovakia
Former NBS governor Vladimir Masár was one of the people who facilitated Slovakia’s transition to a market economy.
Prague was supposed to be a quiet posting when I arrived in 1987
A Canadian diplomat thinks back to his time in Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution.
Slovaks live better now than before 1989, statistics show
But many people still yield to myths about the communist regime and nostalgia.
Paneláky are an irony of history
Many older Slovaks are nostalgic of the job security and the flats they got “from the state for free” before 1989.
More than 100 events will commemorate the Velvet Revolution
Project creators renamed revolution as evolution.
Slovakia has found the cure for the first populist power grab
When the people experience that they can win over anti-democratic forces on their own without help from outside, then it fortifies their immune reactions.
Slovaks more critical of the post-1989 world than Czechs
A third of Slovaks question the Velvet Revolution, a survey shows.
Mime Milan Sládek: People of my age die. Something must come last
Milan Sládek will premiere The Magic Four in Bratislava. It may be his last opus.
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