There is a public holiday today in the Czech Republic, as the country celebrates the 11th anniversary of the "velvet revolution" that began on Friday, 17 November 1989 in Prague, and heroic but futile struggle of Czech university students against the fascism at the eve of the WWII in 1939.
The second round of the Senate elections is to be held on Sunday when 26 seats will be contested. There are 19 candidates representing the Coalition of Four, 18 from the ODS, 8 communists and miserable 5 candidates of the currently governing CSSD. Results will be available on Monday morning (there are few palms and definitely no beaches in the Czech Republic, so counting should be straightforward…).
(Ondrej Schneider)