The Czech Republic looks set to officially declare August 21 a state
holiday, in memory of victims of the Warsaw Pact troop invasion of
Czechoslovakia in 1968 and subsequent Soviet-led occupation.
Senators voted overwhelmingly on Friday to amend legislation to create the
new holiday.
In total, 90 lawmakers from all parliamentary groups apart from the
Communist Party voted in favour of the bill, which must be signed by
President Miloš Zeman in order to become law.
According to the bill, the night of August 20-21, 1968, was among of the
most tragic times in modern Czechoslovak history.