Is there any contemporary movement to reunify Czechoslovakia?

There is no significant movement. Both countries are in the EU and so citizens can move freely, study work and live in the other country without difficulty. Official documents from one country are still recognised in the other. Of course, there is definitely a nostalgic feeling among part of the population in both countries. read more

Historically, the Czech Republic was made up of three regions, Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia. Now it is divided into 14 regions. Slovakia is located to the southeast of Czech Republic, and shares its borders with Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. read more

7. At a meeting in Bratislava on 3 August 1968, Brezhnev read out a letter from some Czechoslovakian Communists asking for help. He announced the Brezhnev Doctrine - the USSR would not allow any Eastern European country to reject Communism. 8. On 20 August 1968, 500,000 Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia. read more