A panel exhibition on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution opened
in the seat of the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday. The
exhibition of photographs documents the events of 1989 as well as the 1968
The Senate is an essential part of the system of checks and balances, a
guarantor of the constitutional order and a defender of democracy, the
Speaker of the Czech upper chamber Jaroslav Kubera said at a ceremonial
People in the streets weren’t damaged by the regime; it rather annoyed, tired and disgusted them, said the singer songwriter of the 1989 revolution anthem.