PRAGUE/BRATISLAVA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of Czechs and Slovaks on Monday celebrated the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which ended decades of communist rule in the former ...

Slovakia marks the events of November 1989 each year largely in symbolic terms. Yet the real impact of the Velvet Revolution on living standards becomes most visible when comparing everyday life then ...

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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia on Monday protested against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and his pro-Russian stance, taking advantage of the anniversary of ...

Protesters in Slovakia on Monday used the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia to voice their protest against populist Prime ...

Until recently, Tarves in Aberdeenshire was considered a village - rural, picturesque, quiet. But thanks to a series of new housing developments more young families have moved to the area, and it has ...

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Thousands of Czechs and Slovaks on Monday celebrated the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which ended decades of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, with protests that warned ...

Czechs, Slovaks Mark Velvet Revolution With Protests in Defence of Democratic Values PRAGUE/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Thousands of Czechs and Slovaks on Monday celebrated the anniversary of the 1989 ...