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Arab spring 2011 and Europe’s fall of communism in 1989
As the Maghreb goes through its transitions, a look at the lessons learned from central and eastern Europe. Opinion from Daniel Novotny, deputy director of the research centre at the association for international affairs in Prague
czechoslovakia, conflict, democratisation, algeria, central and eastern europe, 1989, morocco
Belgium: French, Flemish or both?
Resignations, calls for a split - since legislative elections in June 2007, the Belgian kingdom seems to be screeching to a Czechoslovakia-style halt. Will the poorer, southern region of Wallonia soon belong to France, as 49% of the French-speaking Belgians voted for in a recent Ipsos report?
Petr Uhl: ‘I prefer to call it the Czechoslovak spring’
He stood on the barricades of Paris and Prague in 1968 and later produced the Charter 77 civic initiative. The man who once smoked cigarettes in prison with former president Václav Havel looks back over his sixty-six years, but also to Europe and the future
czechoslovakia, 1968 riots, petr uhl, pravo, 1968, communism, human rights
