25 Years from the Fall of Communism in Europe: a Czech photo Exhibit on year 1989 at Instituto Cervantes

Twenty-five years ago today, the world saw the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe which was brought about by the culmination of key events across various European countries—the independent elections in Hungary and Poland; the dismantling of the Berlin Wall in Germany; the Velvet Revolution in what was then Czechoslovakia; and the fall of the Ceausescu regime in Romania. As the monolithic Socialist Bloc gradually collapsed, the beginnings of a new era in Europe emerged.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of this historic year, the Embassy of the Czech Republic and Instituto Cervantes will open the photo exhibit "1989 as Seen by Photographers" at the Gallery of Instituto Cervantes. This commemoration is spearheaded by Czech Ambassador to the Philippines, H. E. Mr. Jaroslav Olša, Jr., the only resident Ambassador of the former Soviet-satellite country, now member state of the European Union. Curated by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, the exhibit collects a selection of snapshots taken by photographers in those crucial days and months which changed the face of Europe forever.

The photo exhibit will run from November 18 to December 20 at the Gallery of Instituto Cervantes, which serves in this occasion as venue of the event as a gesture of collaboration between Spain and the Czech Republic and the whole of the European Union.

The photo exhibit will be formally opened by Ambassador of the Czech Republic, H. E. Mr. Jaroslav Olša, Jr., and the Ambassador of Spain, H. E. Mr. Luis Calvo, on November 17, 2014, exactly 25 years after the peaceful student demonstration in the Czech capital, Prague, became the starting point of the Velvet Revolution, which eventually ended the communist rule in the then Czechoslovakia.

Instituto Cervantes is located at 855 T.M. Kalaw, Ermita, Manila. Entrance is FREE ADMISSION.

For further information about the exhibit please visit the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the Philippines website at www.mzv.cz/manila or www.facebook.com/CzechEmbassyManila, or call 811-1155.