Charles University honours Vaclav Havel

Prague’s Charles University held a commemorative gathering to honour the memory of the late Czech president Vaclav Havel on Thursday. Among those present at the ceremony were Vaclav Havel’s brother Ivan, an important figure in the Czech academic community and the university’s former rector Charter 77 signatory Radim Palous. In 1990 Vaclav Havel received an honorary doctorate from Charles University for his philosophical writings.