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.
One of the organisers of the Velvet Revolution in Bardejov reminisces about November 1989.
President Zuzana Čaputová addressed the nation on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
Because of Trump’s dealings with Putin, all eastern Europeans are considered Russians because people don’t distinguish accents, says politician Eva Putzova.
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Auditors are like detectives, says head of Auditing Oversight Authority.
Freedom is not a birthright. No generation receives freedom ready-made and perfect: pre-prepared for consumption.
Authors Zuzana Palovic and Gabriela Bereghazyova were born behind the Iron Curtain but raised in a free world.
Someone attempted to shake the foundations and we are still able to argue about ornaments. Read the whole speech of President Zuzana Čaputová.
November 17, 1989 was all about giving another chance to dreams stolen in 1948 and 1968.
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How I ran for Mária Rozmaňová who was killed on the border in 1952.
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Politicians celebrated 30 years of freedom, too.
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The organisers and participants stressed the importance of the 2020 general election.
Has the country survived the abductions of the state, the inoculation of Mečiar, Fico governments and the Kočner underworld without harm to democracy?
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Part of SNP Square, where mass rallies against the communist regime took place 30 years ago, has been named after the Velvet Revolution.
But it has taken us a long time to learn this lesson.
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Day-by-day overview of the fall of totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia.
One of the leaders of the 1989 student movement, Anton Popovič, remembers the fall of the totalitarian regime.
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Professor Ľubica Lacinová remembers her life before and after 1989.
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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.
Former NBS governor Vladimir Masár was one of the people who facilitated Slovakia’s transition to a market economy.
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A Canadian diplomat thinks back to his time in Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution.
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