Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:33:46 +0200https://english.radio.cz/klaus-says-role-individuals-exaggerated-inevitable-collapse-communism-8582539© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalAll this year Czechs are remembering the fall of communism in November 1989, but just what was it exactly? Was it the “overthrow” of communism? Or simply “the collapse”? That’s a debate that’s still simmering away in Czech society, and on Saturday the country’s president Václav Klaus once again waded into it, telling students in Prague that the role of individuals in 1989 is often overestimated.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/klaus_vaclav7.jpg?timestamp=1634982345 https://english.radio.cz/klaus-says-role-individuals-exaggerated-inevitable-collapse-communism-8582539 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9