Slovakia and Czechia on Friday, August 21, marked the 58th anniversary of the invasion of then-Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. Prime Minister Robert Fico said that 1968 could have brought changes, but the invasion by the armies of five Warsaw Pact states ended the reform and democratization process. SITA ↗
On the anniversary, the prime minister condemned the use of brute military force, which he said thwarted the chance to reform the socialist system. In his statement, he spoke of necessary changes being suffocated in 1968. According to available information, however, he did not mention the occupation or the Soviet Union in the statement. kultura.pravda.sk ↗
Constitutional officials also commemorated the anniversary. The President of the Slovak Republic did not attend the event because of his work schedule. Commemorative events were also held in the regions. In Martin, participants blocked Červenej armády Street with barbed wire and then moved on to Sučany. The events of August 1968 were also commemorated in the Trnava Region, where the invasion affected, among other places, the airport and prompted people to leave towns. zilinak.sk ↗
August 1968 remains one of the most significant and most difficult moments in the modern history of Czechoslovakia. Historians note that the Prague Spring awakened modern civil society, and people in the streets resisted by building barricades and tearing down directional signs. STVR (Spravy) ↗
Fico spoke of a thwarted reform on the anniversary of August 1968
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Invázia v roku 1968 zasiahla aj Trnavský kraj: Vojaci obsadili letisko, ľudia opúšťali mestá
trnavak.sk
| 16:40 21.08.
Premiér: V roku 1968 hrubá vojenská sila zahrdúsila nevyhnutné zmeny
teraz.sk
| 13:34 21.08.
Fico: Vláda pomôže obciam a mestám postihnutých vyčíňaním počasia
teraz.sk
| 18:10 22.08.
Zuzana Petková: Šutaj Eštok musí odstúpiť už len vzhľadom na to, aká je polícia bezzubá
dennikn.sk
| 08:42 22.08.
V Martine si pripomenuli okupáciu z roku 1968. Ulicu symbolicky zablokovali ostnatým drôtom
zilinak.sk
| 16:30 21.08.
Pražská jar a skracovanie pracovného času
SME Blogy
| 15:03 21.08.
V Martine si pripomenuli okupáciu blokádou na Ulici Červenej armády
teraz.sk
| 14:50 21.08.
Fico k augustu 1968 odsúdil „hrubú vojenskú silu“. Okupáciu ani Sovietsky zväz nespomenul
kultura.pravda.sk
| 13:30 21.08.
S historikom o okupácii: Pražská jar prebudila modernú občiansku spoločnosť, ľudia v uliciach kládli odpor
STVR (Spravy)
| 13:25 21.08.
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