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In the Czech Republic, they commemorate November 17 magnificently, despite the pandemic. Last year, they were only online for celebrations with our neighbors, this time the Czechs have been meeting in the squares since the morning. According to the organizers of the events, they commemorate a crucial day that defines Czech history.

Deputy Prime Minister Andrej Babiš came to the monument with flowers first at six, still in the dark and without the presence of journalists.

According to the media, he probably wanted to avoid the crowds. Petr Fiala, who will most likely soon become the new prime minister, arrived in the morning when Národní třída was full of people.

There were several speeches. Probably the most controversial was the one presented by former president Václav Klaus. Ten talked about a pandemicwhich, according to him, is invented, as is climate change.

A Czech anthem sounded through Prague shortly in the afternoon. The only major protest was in the Old Town Square, where opponents of anti-pandemic measures gathered without gaps. They claim that communist totalitarianism was replaced by covid totalitarianism. The police did not intervene against them.

The anniversary celebrations on November 17 culminated eleven minutes after the seventeenth, when Jana Kirschner sang a Prayer for Martha. All important buildings were then symbolically colored in Czech national colors.

More in the report by Alžbeta Garaiová Maťašovská.