Everything started on the November, 17th 1989. The university students gathered for the piety act at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Nazi murder of Jan Opletal. Then the crowd decided to march to the centre of Prague. The peaceful mass of students was stopped by the armed policemen who brutally beaten them up.
After this the end of communist regime started to count down and in little more then a moth was the dissident Vaclav Havel elected as the president of Czechoslovakia. Something unbelievable became a reality!
This year the democracy celebrates its 18th birthday which means it officially becomes an adult. During its 18 years went through many euphories but also disappointments. It has welcome visitors such as John Paul II. and George Bush, on the other hand some guests as the Russian army who ‘visited’ for more then two decades finally left. It lost its Slovak leg which decided to walk on its own and with its own skin has experienced what the capitalism all brings. It witnessed not only constant disputes between the political parties but even a coalition among the biggest political rivals.Nevertheless, there is a reason to celebrate; democracy achieved its full-age in a relative health despite of the fact that the unreformed communists have higher preferences then each of the two minority government parties. Happy Birthday!
This year the democracy celebrates its 18th birthday which means it officially becomes an adult. During its 18 years went through many euphories but also disappointments. It has welcome visitors such as John Paul II. and George Bush, on the other hand some guests as the Russian army who ‘visited’ for more then two decades finally left. It lost its Slovak leg which decided to walk on its own and with its own skin has experienced what the capitalism all brings. It witnessed not only constant disputes between the political parties but even a coalition among the biggest political rivals.Nevertheless, there is a reason to celebrate; democracy achieved its full-age in a relative health despite of the fact that the unreformed communists have higher preferences then each of the two minority government parties. Happy Birthday!
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