Nov 18 2009
Twentieth Anniversary of Velvet Revolution
- Former Czech president Vaclav Havel joins the 20th anniversary celebrations in Prague. Photo from AP
The now divorced Czechs and Slovaks are celebrating peacefully together.
When Mr Panek and his friends gathered to plan demonstrations against one of Europe’s most hardline communist states, they feared the battle would take years. “We didn’t expect change to happen so suddenly, although now that seems strange,” says Mr Panek . . .