European Unifications (Monetary and Other) and Current European Problems

English Pages, 19. 10. 2004

Vice-Chancellor Stringer, Ladies and Gentlemen,

thank you very much. It is a great honour and a great pleasure to be here in Edinburgh, in this beautiful city, and to receive such a highly important award from your University.

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Letter of the President to Joanne Kathleen Rowling

English Pages, 28. 7. 2004

Dear Mrs Rowling

Thank you for your letter of June 14, 2004, in which, on the basis of one accidental, non-serious article in the British press, you objected to the use of so called net and cage beds for mentally handicapped children in the Czech Republic, and asked for a ban on their use.

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Notes for the Independence Day Speech 2004

English Pages, 2. 7. 2004

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

I feel honoured to be asked by the Ambassador of the United States, this time by Ambassador Cabaniss, to say a few words here on this very special occasion as a representative of the Czech Republic.

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NATO and Today’s World: Istanbul speech

English Pages, 28. 6. 2004

Secretary General, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,

we are meeting in a rather complicated international situation, which forces us to face new challenges, to solve new tasks, to fulfil new obligations.

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Letter to George H. W. Bush, former President of the U.S.A.

English Pages, 8. 6. 2004

Dear Mr. President,

Allow me to be among those who would like to wish you - with full respect and high esteem a happy birthday. Above all, I wish you a good health and happiness in your private life. I know that you have always been very much concerned with the success and prosperity of the United States and so I wish you many reasons to be happy with whatever may come in the future of your great country.

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Address of the President of the Czech Republic delivered on the Eve of the Accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union

English Pages, 30. 4. 2004

Dear guests, my fellow-citizens,

In a few hours we shall become witnesses of, as well as participants to, one of the most important events in the history of the Czech state. Speaking about history I mean those one thousand years of our existence, not only the relatively short period of our modern statehood since January 1st, 1993.

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Notes for BOAO Forum for Asia

English Pages, 24. 4. 2004

1) Let me express my gratitude for the invitation which I have gladly accepted to participate in this important gathering.

2) It gives the President of a small Central European country a very good opportunity to present the Czech Republic to the political and business leaders of China, of South East Asia and of the whole Asian continent.

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Address delivered by President Václav Klaus on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Czech Republic membership in NATO

English Pages, 12. 3. 2004

Distinguished guests,

Today we celebrate the 5th anniversary of an event of extraordinary importance for our country. Exactly five years ago the Czech Republic became a full fledged member of the North Atlantic Alliance.

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The Future of Euro: A View of A Concerned Outsider

English Pages, 20. 11. 2003

It is an enormous pleasure to be here today and to share the platform with so many distinguished scholars. I am afraid, however, that now, at the end of the conference, it is very difficult to come with anything illuminating or surprising.

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Freedom and its Enemies

English Pages, 19. 11. 2003

I agree with one of my gurus, Friedrich von Hayek, that „freedom cannot endure unless every generation restates and reemphasizes its value“. I would extend his argument slightly by saying that these days such a restatement should be done also by those who had lived for decades in a non-free communist world.

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