Current Affairs Czechs & Austrians celebrate being together again

01-05-2004 | Jan Velinger

15 years ago the fences and barbed wire first came down at the Guglwald-Predni Vyton border that had separated Austria from communist Czechoslovakia for forty years. After the fall of communism, despite difficulties, the process of renewal and dialogue between both countries grew through the 90s - reaching a milestone Friday night, when both entered a new era: together in the European Union at last.

Guglwald-Predni Vyton border Guglwald-Predni Vyton border   Back

Featured

Related articles

More

Section Archive

More

Latest programme in English