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Emma De Ruiter

Thousands in Slovakia and Czech Republic rally against leaders on Velvet Revolution anniversary

Crowds in the Czech Republic and Slovakia took to the streets on Monday night to protest their governments on the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which ended decades of Soviet-dominated communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia.

Czechoslovakia split peacefully in 1993, and while the two nations have since joined the European Union and NATO, many now worry their pro-European values are under threat.

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