Mikulas Minar

Czech Protest Movement Plans Hot Summer

Published by Balkan Insight on Tue, 06/15/2021 - 07:52

A 26-year-old evangelical Christian and theology student at Prague's Charles University, Roll founded Million Moments alongside Mikulas Minar in 2017. Dressed in his trademark mustard-yellow, it was the red-headed Minar who originally chaired the organisation and so featured prominently on the front pages as the biggest protests in the country since the Velvet Revolution erupted.

In Pictures: Czechs Protest Ahead of Velvet Revolution Anniversary

Published by Balkan Insight on Sat, 11/16/2019 - 17:55

Saturday's protest was organised by "Million Moments for Democracy", a student-led movement that drew a quarter of a million people to Letna plain in June amid ire over alleged conflicts of interest involving the Agrofert conglomerate that Babis founded.

According to Million Moments chairman Mikulas Minar, Babis is abusing media and political power to profit his companies.

‘Million Moments’: Can Czech Protest Movement Regain Momentum?

Published by Balkan Insight on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 05:00

But the organisers called a pause over the summer holidays and asked protesters to reconvene on November 16, the day before the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. 

Can the protest movement now regain momentum through a new wave of protests, and even if it does, will it ever have a decisive impact on Czech politics?