Current Affairs Dispossessed Czechs win compensation battle for Subcarpathian Ruthenia property

03-07-2009 17:12 | Chris Johnstone

A small group of Czechs who have been seeking justice for almost 70 years have now been promised they will be compensated for property lost before and after WWII. The Czechs lost out when the Hungarians and then the Soviet Union took over Subcarpathian Ruthenia – formerly the most eastern tip of Czechoslovakia. After many setbacks, Czech lawmakers have now given the final go-ahead for compensation.

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