Pellegrini commemorates Dubcek as "giant" on death anniversary

Commemorating the 27th anniversary of the death of 1968 Prague Spring communist reform movement leader Alexander Dubcek on Thursday, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) in a Facebook post called him an inspiration for efforts to carry out a "responsible change to move the country forward and make it an advanced and modern democratic state". Calling Dubcek a "giant of Slovak history", Pellegrini said that he understood the need to bring about a historic change in society based on democracy and freedom.