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  • Jan Hartl: In the early ‘90s even politicians felt they needed to learn from public opinion
    Sociologist Jan Hartl set up Czechoslovakia’s first modern-day polling
    agency, STEM, in 1990 and has been closely monitoring domestic politics and
    society ever since. When we spoke, the conversation took in Czech
    politicians’ shifting attitude to opinion surveys, Václav Havel’s
    private discussion circle and the “cautious nature” of the country’s
    voters. But I first asked Mr. Hartl for his standout memories of the Velvet
    Revolution.
    17 min
  • Taking stock of democracy 30 years after the fall of communism
    Thirty years ago Czechs took to the streets to demonstrate for freedom and
    democracy, for the chance to speak their mind without reprisals, to vote in
    free elections and shape their own future. Today they are taking stock of
    the country’s successes and failures, of how far they have come along the
    road to a liberal democracy and market economy and whether the ideals of
    1989 are still alive in people’s hearts and minds.
    34 min
  • 1989: the Velvet Revolution in context (or how ‘November’ began in ‘January’)
    The date is November 17, 1989, eight days after the fall of the Berlin
    Wall. A cordon of Czechoslovak riot police blocks the path of thousands of
    university students staging a march through Prague, calling for democracy
    – and freedom. As police truncheons begin to rain down on their heads,
    they chant “We have bare hands” – we are unarmed. Hundreds are
    bruised and bloodied; one student reportedly dead. The Velvet Revolution,
    as it came to be known, had begun.
    15 min
  • The Velvet Revolution in Moravia
    Thirty years ago the communist regime in Czechoslovakia started to fall
    apart. The main demonstrations and events were taking place in Prague. But
    the key question was whether the regions would join in and support the not
    so numerous college students and actors in the capital who were calling for
    a protest strike. Vít Pohanka witnessed how the Velvet Revolution started
    in the Moravian city of Olomouc:
    13 min
  • Wide range of events in store for Czechs this weekend as 30-year anniversary of Velvet Revolution reaches climax
    The 30-year anniversary of the Velvet Revolution culminates this Sunday,
    November 17. Aside from official state tributes, a wide range of
    commemorative events, including concerts, processions and debates, will be
    taking place in cities across the Czech Republic during the whole weekend.
    Meanwhile, opponents of the government are planning a massive demonstration
    in Prague.
    4 min
  • Places of the Velvet Revolution 5: Prague Castle
    As the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution approaches, we take you to
    places that are closely associated with the events that led to the collapse
    of the communist regime in 1989. In the fifth and last episode of our
    mini-series, we’ll take you to Prague Castle where Czechoslovakia’s
    first post-communist president, Václav Havel, was sworn in, starting a new
    era in the country’s history.
    3 min
  • A Stage for Revolution: Part 2
    In the first episode of this two-part series we got to know Barbara Day,
    who first came from England to Prague in 1965 and whose life has been
    closely connected to this country ever since. She talked about her interest
    in Czechoslovak theatre, and her involvement with some notable Czech
    theatres over the last five decades. Azadeh Kangarani continues the story.
    16 min

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