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  • 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
  • Places of the Velvet Revolution 4: Federal Assembly building
    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 fourth episode of our mini-series,
    we visit the former Czechoslovak Federal Assembly building, where some key
    political changes took place 30 years ago.
    5 min
  • A Stage for Revolution 1
    The date is Tuesday 19 October 1965 and we are in Prague. A 21-year-old
    British girl has just got off a train at the Art Nouveau building of
    Prague’s Main Station. Over half a century later, Barbara Day once again
    lives in the city, which has come to play a central role in her life.
    17 min
  • Places of the Velvet Revolution 3: Wenceslas Square and Letná plain
    As the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution draws near, we take you to
    places that are closely associated with the events that led to the collapse
    of the Communist regime 30 years ago. In the third episode of our
    mini-series, we visit Wenceslas Square and Letná plain, the scene of
    spontaneous demonstrations, which followed the brutal police crackdown on
    an unarmed student demonstration on November 17, 1989.
    5 min
  • November 17, 1989 reconstructed through testimonies of 300 participants in new book
    In a remarkable work of oral history, four students with the help of former
    dissident and award winning author Aleš Palán have produced a 270 page
    history of the events that took place in Prague on November 17, 1989. One
    of them is Alžběta Ambrožová, a 26 year old graduate of English and
    American Studies. She says that around 300 testimonies were collected
    through a mix of interviews and online questionnaires. I began by asking
    her about how people felt going into that watershed event in Czech history.
    15 min
  • Places of the Velvet Revolution 2: Laterna Magika
    As the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution draws near, we take you to
    places that played a significant role in the events leading to the collapse
    of the Communist regime 30 years ago. In the second episode of our
    mini-series, we visit the former Laterna Magika theatre in central Prague,
    which served as the headquarters of the Civic Forum.
    5 min

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