Notes for the 12th Summit of Central European Presidents in Zagreb

English Pages, 15. 10. 2005

1. I would like to express thanks to President Mesic and his country for the invitation as well as for the perfect organization of this gathering which I consider very important.

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President´s Address Delivered at the State Dinner on the Occasion of the State Visit of the President of Iraq

English Pages, 3. 10. 2005

Mr. President, Mrs. Hera Ibrahim Ahmed, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am really glad I can welcome you here at the Prague Castle at the occasion of the first visit of the President of the democratic Republic of Iraq to our country.

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Opening Address at the International Bar Association Conference

English Pages, 26. 9. 2005

President Neate, distinguished participants to the Annual Conference of IBA, Ladies and Gentlemen,

it was my pleasure to learn, a couple of months ago, that your annual conference would take place this autumn in Prague, in the capital of the Czech Republic.

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Notes for the address by Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, at the opening of the exhibition “Prague – the Crown of Bohemia, 1347 –1437”

English Pages, 20. 9. 2005

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am really pleased to be here today and to have the privililege to open this beautiful exhibition, coorganized by the Prague Castle Administration and Metropolitan Museum in New York.

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Address delivered by the President of the Czech Republic in Israel

English Pages, 13. 9. 2005

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to use this opportunity and to thank you for the invitation to visit your country as well as for the very friendly welcome I and my delegation received.

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Václav Klaus - Why Europe must reject centralisation

English Pages, 30. 8. 2005

(Financial Times version)

Citizens of the European Union were recently invited by their leaders to use the so-called “reflection period” for presenting views on the further course of European integration.

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We Should Make a Different EU

English Pages, 30. 8. 2005

(Original version of the Article)

We were recently invited by the European Council to use the so called “reflection period” for presenting our views on the further course of European integration.

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The Intellectuals and Socialism: As Seen from a Post-Communist Country Situated in Predominantly Post-Democratic Europe

English Pages, 22. 8. 2005

1. I take it for granted that this audience knows the slightly provocative (because mercilessly generalizing) but very powerful and important, now already 56 years old article “The Intellectuals and Socialism”.

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Address delivered by the President of the Czech Republic on Iceland

English Pages, 22. 8. 2005

Mr. President, Mrs. Moussaieff, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a pleasure for me to thank you – here and today – for the invitation to visit your beautiful country.

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Notes for the Independence Day Speech 2005

English Pages, 30. 6. 2005

Dear Mr. Ambassador, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear American friends,

let me congratulate you on the occasion of the 229th Independence Day of your great country, the United States of America.

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