Divergent neighbors: the Czech Republic and Slovakai since independence.

From: Harvard International Review | Date: March 22, 1999| Author: Andor I. Meszaros | Copyright information

ANDOR I. MESZAROS, Senior Editor, Harvard International Review

On January 1, 1993, the state of Czechoslovakia ceased to exist and the Czech Republic and Slovakia were born in its place. The "Velvet Divorce," as the breakup was known, brought an end to more than 70 years of sometimes uneasy coexistence born out of the ashes of World War I. Communist rule from 1948 until 1989 kept any internal tensions securely under wraps, but the democratic government that succeeded it ...

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