For the 18th time since 1989, Czechs are celebrating the end of "communism" and the beginning of "democracy". The country has seen many changes since that time but many feel nostalgia for the 'bad' old times and the communist party still has 15% representation in parliament. But the chances of going back to what it was are very small. See other events in Czech history.

See Wikipedia: The "Velvet Revolution" (Czech: sametová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 - December 29, 1989) refers to a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the Communist government there; it is seen as one of the most important of the Revolutions of 1989.