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Talking PointThe legacy of communism and the need to reunite European history
Last month Prague hosted a major international conference on the crimes
committed by the communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe.
Delegates
from both sides of the former Iron Curtain discussed their research into
atrocities that in many cases had been swept under the carpet for decades.
To give a couple of examples: how many Europeans today remember that up to
130,000 people were executed in the Yugoslav republic of Slovenia in the
aftermath World War II, or that in Romania hundreds of opponents to the
Stalinist regime were shot by the Securitate and buried in unmarked mass
graves between 1948 and 1952? Raluca Grosescu from Romania’s Institute
for the Investigation of Communist Crimes points out that her
institute’s
work has involved a great deal more than just sifting through archives: More
Talking PointElection “super year” reshaping Czech politics
Czechs are living a political super year with three elections within the
space of 12 months. After the regional and Senate elections and elections
to the European Parliament, political parties are gearing up for early
general elections in October. Analysts say that at the end of all this,
the
Czech political scene could emerge in a whole new perspective. More
Current AffairsGreen party leader resigns over poor showing in the European elections
The head of the Green Party, Martin Bursík, has resigned from his post
over the party’s poor showing in the European elections. The Greens
received just over two percent of the vote, a much lower score than they
had hoped for. With the second in line now in charge, the party will try
for a comeback in October’s early general election.
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Current AffairsPresident Klaus’ hopes dashed as eurosceptics take a beating in the European elections
There were a lot of long faces in Czech politics as the results of
elections to the European Parliament came in, and one of them was that of
President Václav Klaus, the country’s most vocal eurosceptic and a fierce
opponent of the Lisbon treaty. His chief ally in Europe, Ireland’s Declan
Ganley, was forced to admit defeat and the three small eurosceptic parties
which the Czech president indirectly supported on home ground all failed to
make their mark.
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