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Marching with the Czech Flag

Celebrating Democracy

November 17th 2009
"The lost reign over your affairs will return to you people, it will return." ~Line from the 1968 protest song 'Prayer for Marta' by Marta Kubišová . Over the last few weeks we have watched on TV as neighbouring countries celebrated 20 years since communism fell - the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the revolutions in Poland and Hungary. Today it was the Czech Republics turn - 20 years sin ... read more
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Czech Flag Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more
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