Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:39:32 +0200https://english.radio.cz/ex-foreign-minister-schwarzenberg-sees-echoes-velvet-revolution-ukraine-8541004© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalFormer Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg visited Ukraine over the weekend, openly comparing demonstrations in Kiev’s Independence Square with the 1989 Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution. The Top 09 leader undertook the visit as part of an ostensible fact-finding mission in his new capacity as the chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee. However, back home he has found himself the target of criticism for his vocal support of the opposition. I spoke to Mr. Schwarzenberg about the trip and began by asking him why he went:encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/ukrajina2_11.jpg?timestamp=1591146429 https://english.radio.cz/ex-foreign-minister-schwarzenberg-sees-echoes-velvet-revolution-ukraine-8541004 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9