Comenius University (UK) in Bratislava will continue to be considered a holiday on 17 November. Rector of Charles University Marek Števček announces, despite the planned abolition of public holidays, to announce a symbolically rector’s leisure on this day. TASR informed the spokeswoman of the University Eva Kopecká.
“Seventeen November is the day when the Nazis closed Czech universities in 1939, executed nine students, and more than a thousand others sent to concentration camps. Seventeenth November is the day of launching the processes leading to the end of the totalitarian establishment in 1989. It is also the day when we started building academic self -government. It therefore deserves our attention, respect and respect across society, ” The Rector of Charles University stated in this context.
As he added, 17 November is touched by the UK inherently. “Several November events in 1989 took place in our premises, and our students and our students were behind them. From the legendary student march on November 16 to the discussion in our auditorium, it was the courage of young people who stimulated social change. As a result, we can freely create, study or travel today, ” approached.
Therefore, it plans to declare a rector’s leisure time to commemorate the legacy of November events on 17 November this year. Regardless of the formal form of the holiday. He believes that this tradition will be maintained by the UK in the future, and the student defiance of 1939 and 1989 will be kept in its collective academic memory.
Coalition parties in consolidation agreed that 17. November would not have to be linked to the day of employment. The government is also prepared to negotiate a similar procedure for one more public holiday, starting with 2026.
