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Talking PointDraft proposal hopes to see more victims of 1968 occupation compensated
On August 21, 1968, Warsaw Pact tank rolled into Czechoslovakia. As Soviet
troops shot at the radio building, Czechoslovak radio appealed for calm.
The invasion had come on direct order from Moscow to put an end to the
Prague Spring - the attempt by the Czechoslovak Communist Party, led by
Alexander Dubcek, to introduce "Communism with a human face", to
become more independent and loosen the tight grip of the Soviet Union.
Protests in the streets of Prague and other towns and cities, left dozens
of people dead and hundreds injured at the hands of the occupying troops.
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Current AffairsRemembering the Soviet invasion - 36 years later
Over a hundred people gathered in front of the Czech Radio building on
Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of
Czechoslovakia in 1968. Vinohradska Street, where Czech Radio is situated,
was one of the places that saw the biggest clashes between occupying
Warsaw Pact troops and Czech demonstrators, and therefore is a venue where
eyewitnesses and public personalities recall these events every year on
the 21st August - the day Czechoslovakia was occupied.
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Czechs in History"Building socialism" on the airwaves up to 1968
Today we look at the roles of some of those who believed in the Czech
branch of socialism, announcers at Radio Prague during the 50s and 60s.
We'll find out what inspired them to leave their homes in Canada and the
U.S. to make a new start in Prague - to help build socialism in former
Czechoslovakia - a very unusual fate. More
Current AffairsTop Communist, aged 80, begins prison sentence for radio 'sabotage' which aided 1968 Soviet-led invasion
The former hard-line Communist Party official Karel Hoffman on Monday began
serving out a four-year prison term for his role in the 1968 Soviet-led
invasion of Czechoslovakia. Mr Hoffmann, head of telecommunications at
that time, was found guilty of "sabotage" for having ordered the
country's medium-wave transmitter to stop official radio broadcasts
condemning the invasion. More
One on OneNeal Ascherson - fascinating memories of the Soviet invasion and much more
The British journalist and author Neal Ascherson is widely regarded as one
of the UK's leading experts on central and eastern Europe, and has
experienced some of the key moments in the region's recent history at
first hand. When he visited Prague recently, I asked Neal Ascherson where
his interest in this part of the world had come from. More
Current AffairsOpposition angry over rejection of bill to compensate people who suffered during the 1968 invasion
The legacy of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 remains an
open wound, as was seen on Tuesday in the Czech parliament. Tempers rose
over a bill aimed at giving financial compensation to people who suffered
during the tragic events as Warsaw Pact tanks rolled into the country.
David Vaughan reports.
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Current AffairsStudents commemorate the death of Jan Palach
It is now 35 years since the young history student Jan Palach died after
setting himself on fire in protest at the Soviet occupation of
Czechoslovakia. Last Thursday, students from Prague's Charles University,
where Palach had been a student, held a candlelight procession through the
city to commemorate his sacrifice.
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Current Affairs35th anniversary of Jan Palach self-immolation
On Friday, the Czech Republic marks the 35th anniversary of the
self-immolation of student Jan Palach who set himself alight in protest at
the growing lethargy in society to the Soviet occupation of
Czechoslovakia.
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