Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:40:20 +0200https://english.radio.cz/communist-party-official-shocks-nation-ahead-freedom-celebrations-8116850© 2026 Radio Prague International As the Czech nation celebrates 30 years of freedom and democracy the words of a leading Communist Party official have caused a public outcry. In an interview for Czech Radio, the party’s deputy chair, Stanislav Grospič argued that the 1968 Soviet-led occupation of Czechoslovakia was not an invasion and that the people killed had died mostly in road accidents. While his words evoked widespread condemnation, the Communist Party has not distanced itself from the statement. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/grospic.jpg?timestamp=1590362899 https://english.radio.cz/communist-party-official-shocks-nation-ahead-freedom-celebrations-8116850 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9