Before the visit of President Bush to Prague

English Pages, 5. 6. 2007

As is well known, President of the United States George Bush will pay a short working visit to the Czech Republic today and tomorrow. He was here once already – during the Prague NATO Summit in 2002. Although our contacts with the USA have been very intensive in the last years and our relations are surely very good, this visit undoubtedly is an extraordinary event.

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Address of the President of the Czech Republic at the Terezín Commemoration Ceremony

English Pages, 20. 5. 2007

Dear attendants,

We came together, 62 years after the ending of the most dreadful war in the history of mankind and the liberation of the Terezín ghetto, to commemorate – as we do each year – the unfathomable human suffering that occurred here, and that – despite the passage of time - has not faded and remained a symbol of this place.

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Deloitte Speech: The Czech Republic after its transition and after its integration into the European Union

English Pages, 18. 5. 2007

1. Thank you for giving me a chance to speak here this morning. I am glad you decided to make your important gathering here, in Prague, in the Czech Republic. I am sure it was a good choice.

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Answers to questions from the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, Committee on Energy and Commerce, on the issue of mankind’s contribution to global warming and climate change

English Pages, 21. 3. 2007

Concerning mankind’s contribution to climate change and in keeping with obligations towards the welfare of our citizens: what, in your view, should policymakers consider when addressing climate change?

The – so called – climate change and especially man-made climate change has become one of the most dangerous arguments aimed at distorting human efforts and public policies in the whole world.

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Challenges of the Current Era

English Pages, 9. 3. 2007

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great pleasure to visit again your world-famous institute and to see many friends here. Thank you for the invitation.

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Law-Making in an Era Characterized Once Again by an Insufficient Belief in Human Action

English Pages, 8. 3. 2007

It is a great pleasure and a great honor for me and for my delegation to be here in Alabama, in the city of Montgomery, and to get a chance to address this distinguished audience in the State Capitol.

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Freedom and Democracy in Contemporary Europe: An Insider’s View

English Pages, 5. 3. 2007

Mr. Chairman, distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great pleasure to be here, to be for the first time in the American South after having visited the U. S. about 50 times before.

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Remarks at Milton Friedman Memorial Service

English Pages, 29. 1. 2007

Dear Rose, Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the University of Chicago Faculty, Ladies and Gentlemen,

it is a great honor for me to be with all of you here today, especially with Rose. Nevertheless, I am not sure I deserve to be privileged to be one of the speakers on this very special occasion, because I did not have the chance to be a long time colleague or a close personal friend of Milton Friedman.

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President Václav Klaus sent a telegram of condolence to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford

English Pages, 27. 12. 2006

Dear Mrs. Ford

It was with deep sadness that I heard about Gerald Ford’s passing away. I would like to express my sympathies to you and to your family in this difficult moment.

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Address by the President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus on the Occasion of His State Visit to the Republic of South Africa

English Pages, 12. 12. 2006

Dear Mr. President, Madam Mbeki, Your Excellencies, Honorable Ministers, Your Excellencies Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Guests, ladies and gentlemen,

It is a great honour for me and for all of us to be here. I would like to thank you for the invitation to visit your beautiful country and for the very warm welcome I, my wife and my delegation are receiving here. I see this visit as truly historic because it is the very first visit of the President of the Czech Republic to this most significant country of the African continent.

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