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Network Europe - The Czech Republic marks 20 years since it threw off communism

On air: 17 November 2009 16:00

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Photo: Czech former president Vaclav Havel light candles at the students' memorial on Narodni trida street in Prague, Czech Republic, 17 November 2009. Twenty years ago, riot police moved in to break up anti-communist speeches at Prague University, triggering a series of demonstrations and strikes that would eventually lead to the installment of the first non-communist government in the country since 1948 and the election of playwright and dissident Vaclav Havel as president before the end of the year. EPA/FILIP SINGER

 

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