Deputies pass compensation for Czechs from Subcarpathian Rus

The lower house has passed a bill on compensation for Czechs from Subcarpathian Rus, part of Ukraine, for property they lost during World War II. The bill still has to be passed by the Senate and signed by the president before coming into effect. Subcarpathian Rus was part of Czechoslovakia between 1918-1938. Czechs there lost property in 1938-1939, when Hungary annexed the territory, and in 1945 when it was annexed by the Soviet Union.