Victims, not victors? The uniquely Czech debate over how to memorialise the Velvet Revolution
Source: The Guardian / www.theguardian.com / By Paul Wilson / Prague has long an uneasy relationship with monuments to its history – …
Speech by President-elect von der Leyen in the European Parliament Plenary on the occasion of the presentation of her College of Commissioners and their programme
Source: European Commission / www.ec.europa.eu / Mr President, Honourable Members, Today, the 27th of November and exactly 30 years ago, the clock …
Velvet Revolution embraced Gandhian ethics of responsibility, commitment to human dignity
Source: The Indian Express / www.indianexpress.com / By Ramin Jahanbegloo / Let us not forget that the strategies of non-violent resistance, dissent …
Thirty Years Ago, a Two-Hour General Strike Took Place
Source: prague morning / www.praguemorning.cz / By Lidia T. / Exactly 30 years ago, on November 27th, 1989, the work in Czechoslovakia …
Out of the darkness and waiting for the light 30 years after the Velvet Revolution
Source: New Europe / www.neweurope.eu / By Sasha Borovik / Former First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine responsible for the international …
Velvet Revolution memories bittersweet as Czechs worry for their democracy
Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / By Daniel McLaughlin / Nation marks 30 years since Vaclav Havel and fellow dissidents swept …
New generation of protesters links Slovakia with 1989 spirit
Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / Daniel McLaughlin / Velvet Revolution anniversary finds Slovaks demanding change after journalist’s murder Fifty-five years …
Velvet Revolution: Prague’s ghosts of communism
Source: BBC / www.bbc.com / By Rob Cameron / The Berlin Wall had only just fallen when 15,000 students gathered in Prague …
Czechs Rally Against Political Leaders on Eve of Velvet Revolution Anniversary
Source: The New York Times / www.nytimes.com / By Reuters / PRAGUE — Around a quarter million Czechs rallied against the prime …
Russia and China, controversial friends of the Czech president
Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / By Daniel McLaughlin / Milos Zeman’s ties with Putin and Jinping run counter to principles …