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  • Out of the darkness and waiting for the light 30 years after the Velvet RevolutionHavel in the MediaOut of the darkness and waiting for the light 30 years after the Velvet RevolutionVHLFNovember 22, 2019Source: New Europe / www.neweurope.eu / By Sasha Borovik / Former First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine responsible for the international donor coordination, and Former Acting Deputy Governor at Odessa Regional State Administration. The year 1968 remains one of the most turbulent years in modern history, marked by geopolitical …Read more...
  • Velvet Revolution memories bittersweet as Czechs worry for their democracyHavel in the MediaVelvet Revolution memories bittersweet as Czechs worry for their democracyVHLFNovember 19, 2019Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / By Daniel McLaughlin / Nation marks 30 years since Vaclav Havel and fellow dissidents swept into power Tomas Halik admits questioning the scope of papal infallibility during a private Vatican dinner with Pope John Paul II in November 1989, when the pontiff told …Read more...
  • New generation of protesters links Slovakia with 1989 spiritHavel in the MediaNew generation of protesters links Slovakia with 1989 spiritVHLFNovember 19, 2019Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / Daniel McLaughlin / Velvet Revolution anniversary finds Slovaks demanding change after journalist’s murder Fifty-five years separate Martin Butora and Karolina Farska, but both see this weekend’s anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution as a time to celebrate three decades of freedom while calling …Read more...
  • Velvet Revolution: Prague’s ghosts of communismHavel in the MediaVelvet Revolution: Prague’s ghosts of communismVHLFNovember 19, 2019Source: BBC / www.bbc.com / By Rob Cameron / The Berlin Wall had only just fallen when 15,000 students gathered in Prague on 17 November 1989. It was a moment that precipitated the end of communism in Czechoslovakia and is being marked 30 years on by the people of two …Read more...
  • Czechs Rally Against Political Leaders on Eve of Velvet Revolution AnniversaryHavel in the MediaCzechs Rally Against Political Leaders on Eve of Velvet Revolution AnniversaryVHLFNovember 19, 2019Source: The New York Times / www.nytimes.com / By Reuters / PRAGUE — Around a quarter million Czechs rallied against the prime minister and president on Saturday over concerns the pair are chipping away at democracy in the deeply divided nation celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Protesters …Read more...
  • Russia and China, controversial friends of the Czech presidentHavel in the MediaRussia and China, controversial friends of the Czech presidentVHLFNovember 19, 2019Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / By Daniel McLaughlin / Milos Zeman’s ties with Putin and Jinping run counter to principles of the 1989 Velvet Revolution Hundreds of thousands of Czechs are expected to gather in the streets of Prague this weekend, just as they did 30 years ago …Read more...
  • Metamorphosis in PragueHavel in the MediaMetamorphosis in PragueVHLFNovember 19, 2019Source: Tablet mag / www.tabletmag.com / By Edward Serotta / On the 30-year anniversary of the Velvet Revolution ending Communism in Czechoslovakia, notes on how to transform a one-party state into a democracy in a matter of weeks It was Oct. 17, 1989, and I was driving up from my …Read more...
  • The Exposure of the Republican PartyHavel in the MediaThe Exposure of the Republican PartyVHLFNovember 16, 2019Source: The Atlantic / www.theatlantic.com / By Peter Wehner / The GOP will not be a great or good party until those who lead it straighten their backbone. The first day of public hearings into the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump included an explosive revelation. William B. Taylor Jr., …Read more...
  • Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution – archive, November 1989Havel in the MediaCzechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution – archive, November 1989VHLFNovember 16, 2019Source: The Guardian / www.theguardian.com/ By Michael Simmons / The brutal suppression of a student demonstration in Prague on 17 November 1989 sparked anti-government protests across Czechoslovakia which toppled the communist regime. See how the Guardian reported events. Czech riot police beat protesters: 50,000 call for freedom and end to …Read more...
  • The fragile lightness of freedom: the Berlin Wall, thirty years onHavel in the MediaThe fragile lightness of freedom: the Berlin Wall, thirty years onVHLFNovember 14, 2019Source: open Democracy / www.opendemocracy.net / Alvaro Vasconcelos / What the fall of the Wall and the last thirty years should have taught us is that without freedom there is no equality, and without equality freedom is fragile and vulnerable. Thirty years after it disappeared, the memory of the Wall …Read more...

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