Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:45:41 +0200Anti-government protests held on Velvet Revolution anniversaryhttps://english.radio.cz/anti-government-protests-held-velvet-revolution-anniversary-8549487© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe Czech Republic on Saturday marked the 23rd anniversary of the Velvet Revolution which toppled the communist rule in the country. Top Czech officials commemorated the student march of November 1989 which led to the fall of the communist regime, as well as the Nazi persecution of Czech students from 50 years before. But this year, the anniversary was partly overshadowed by anti-government rallies held in Prague and other places in protest against the government’s austerity programme.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/demonstrace_vaclavske_namesti1.jpg?timestamp=1591181188 Anti-government protests held on Velvet Revolution anniversary https://english.radio.cz/anti-government-protests-held-velvet-revolution-anniversary-8549487 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9