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Top StoryFormer Czech president Václav Havel dies aged 75

18-12-2011 13:07 | Jan Richter

Václav Havel, photo: ČTK Former Czech president Václav Havel died on Sunday morning at the age of 75, an assistant to Mr Havel told the news agency ČTK. The former dissident, playwright and politician passed away in his sleep at his beloved country house Hrádeček, in northern Bohemia, tended to by his wife Dagmar.  More

Czech HistoryCzech-US relations: like a 20-year-old marriage without sex, envoys say

11-10-2011 15:41 | Jan Richter

Michael Žantovský, William J. Cabaniss, Alexandr Vondra, Norman Eisen, photo: CTK In this edition of Czech history, we look at the development of Czech-American relations over the past two decades. Ever since the fall of the Iron Curtain, they have been the pivot of Czech foreign policy. But after the euphoria of the Velvet Revolution and the era of Washington’s fascination with Václav Havel, these relations today are like a 20-year old marriage with no sex – at least according to some current and former diplomats who appeared in Friday’s debate hosted by the Foreign Ministry. More

Current AffairsFormer Czech President launches 15th annual Forum 2000 Conference in Prague

10-10-2011 15:13 | Pavla Horáková

Václav Havel, photo: CTK The 15th annual Forum 2000 Conference which brings together world thinkers, former and acting politicians and other public figures was officially launched in Prague on Sunday by its founder, former Czech president Václav Havel. In their discussions, over a hundred and twenty delegates, including Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga and US economist Joseph Stiglitz will focus primarily on this year’s main theme which is “democracy and the rule of law”. More

MailboxMailbox

08-10-2011 02:01 | Pavla Horáková

Today in Mailbox: Former President Václav Havel’s 75th birthday, the Angola abduction, Prime Minister Petr Nečas’s statement on racial tensions in North Bohemia, interview with US Ambassador Norman Eisen, the Ministry of Industry and Trade building in Prague; and we also reveal September’s mystery man and announce the name of the lucky winner. Listeners quoted: Sandeep Jawale, Frank Miata, Andrew H. Dral, Myriam Powell, Charles Konecny, Hans Verner Lollicke, Colin Law, David Eldridge, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Mike Shea, Qian Xiu-ping. More

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