Fidel Castro, Cuban Prime Minister, and Gustáv Husák, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (and later, President) in 1972. Source: G.cz CELIA PÉREZ CARRASCOSA, Prague (Czech Republic) During the bloc era, numerous relations were established and consolidated between various countries. Czechoslovakia, for example, developed and strengthened diplomatic and friendly relations with several EasternSigue leyendo «Czechia and Cuba: the unspoken thaw»
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Vladimír Mečiar (left) and Václav Klaus (right) during the last meeting on Czechoslovakia. Brno, 26/08/1992. Source: Czech News Agency (ČTK) Czechoslovakia, a consensual separation CELIA PÉREZ CARRASCOSA, Prague (Czech Republic) The new country that was established in 1918 was encouraging for both the Czechs and the Slovaks. In general, the development of Czechoslovakia was beneficialSigue leyendo «Czechoslovakia, a country which joined two nations II»
Czechia, destination of the Vietnamese diaspora in Europe
Vietnamese children in Chrastava (Czechoslovakia). 1956. Source: Růžena Tupé Archive CELIA PÉREZ CARRASCOSA, Uherské Hradiště (Czech Republic) The Czech Republic has one of the largest Vietnamese communities in Europe, surpassed only by France and Germany. About 60.000 Vietnamese live in this Slavic country. This places them as the third largest group of foreigners in CzechSigue leyendo «Czechia, destination of the Vietnamese diaspora in Europe»
Czechia, Syria’s diplomatic ally in the heart of Europe
Depositphotos CELIA PÉREZ CARRASCOSA, Uherské Hradiště (Czech Republic) The so-called Arab Spring came to Syria through protests and riots in March 2011. Those protests triggered a war in the cradle of civilisation which is still being fought. In response to this conflict, one of the measures taken by the USA and the EU was toSigue leyendo «Czechia, Syria’s diplomatic ally in the heart of Europe»