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Vaclav Klaus

Vaclav Klaus

  1. I, the government, the Foreign Ministry have tried to intervene somehow. We eventually decided to send deputy (foreign minister Vladimir) Galuska with my personal letter to the Zambian President
    – Vaclav Klaus SOURCE: Prague Daily Monitor 2 months ago
  2. I disagree with the change to the pension system as stipulated by these bills. I do so based on reasons quite different from those of the opposition, whose MPs prevented any matter-of-fact debate by their obstructions in the lower house
    – Vaclav Klaus SOURCE: Prague Daily Monitor 2 months ago
  3. I've never had illusions [in this respect], but I'd like the illusions to be also dropped by most of the citizens whom the ideology that I call Europeism has led astray for many decades
    – Vaclav Klaus SOURCE: Prague Daily Monitor 2 months ago
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About Vaclav Klaus

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Václav Klaus (pronounced [ˈvaːtslaf ˈklaʊ̯s]; born 19 June 1941) is the second President of the Czech Republic and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1992 – 1997). He is co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, one of the Czech Republic's major political parties. Full Article

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    Croatian President Ivo Josipovic and his wife Tatjana (L), Slovakian President Ivan Gasparovic and his wife Silvia (2nd L), Czech President Vaclav Klaus and his wife Livia (2nd R), and Serbian President Boris Tadic and his wife Tatjana (R) are given traditional offerings of bread and salt...

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  3. Czech President Vaclav Klaus (R) and his wife Livia (L) wait for visiting dignitaries during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence of Chateau Lany some 40 km far from Prague, on February 18, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

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  4. Czech President Vaclav Klaus (2nd L) and his wife Livia (L) greet Slovakian President Ivan Gasparovic (C) and his wife Silvia during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence of Chateau Lany some 40 km far from Prague, on February 18, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    Czech President Vaclav Klaus (2nd L) and his wife Livia (L) greet Slovakian President Ivan Gasparovic (C) and his wife Silvia during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence of Chateau Lany some 40 km far from Prague, on February 18, 2012.

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  5. Czech President Vaclav Klaus (3rd L) and his wife Livia (L) toast with Serbian President Boris Tadic (R) and his wife Tatjana (2nd R) during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence of Chateau Lany some 40 km far from Prague, on February 18, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    Czech President Vaclav Klaus (3rd L) and his wife Livia (L) toast with Serbian President Boris Tadic (R) and his wife Tatjana (2nd R) during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence of Chateau Lany some 40 km far from Prague, on February 18, 2012.

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  6. Croatian President Ivo Josipovic (C) and his wife Tatjana (L) talk with Czech President Vaclav Klaus (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence of Chateau Lany some 40 km far from Prague, on February 18, 2012. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 days ago

    Croatian President Ivo Josipovic (C) and his wife Tatjana (L) talk with Czech President Vaclav Klaus (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence of Chateau Lany some 40 km far from Prague, on February 18, 2012.

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  7. Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus (R) toasts with presidents of Slovakia Ivan Gasparovic (2nd R), Ivo Josipovic of Croatia (3rd R) and his wife Tatjana during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence in Lany, near Prague February 18, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus (R) toasts with presidents of Slovakia Ivan Gasparovic (2nd R), Ivo Josipovic of Croatia (3rd R) and his wife Tatjana during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential residence in Lany, near Prague February 18, 2012.

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  8. Czech President Vaclav Klaus (2nd L) and his wife Livia (L) welcome his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic and his wife Tatjana (R) upon their arrival at the presidential residence in Lany, near Prague February 18, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

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  9. Czech President Vaclav Klaus and his wife Livia (L) welcome his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadzic and his wife Tatjana (R) upon their arrival at the presidential residence in Lany, near Prague February 18, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    Czech President Vaclav Klaus and his wife Livia (L) welcome his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadzic and his wife Tatjana (R) upon their arrival at the presidential residence in Lany, near Prague February 18, 2012.

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  10. Turkish President Abdullah Gul (2nd R) and his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus (R) review an honor guard on February 14, 2012 during an official welcoming ceremony at the Cankaya presidential palace in Ankara. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 days ago

    Turkish President Abdullah Gul (2nd R) and his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus (R) review an honor guard on February 14, 2012 during an official welcoming ceremony at the Cankaya presidential palace in Ankara.

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  11. Presidents of (L-R) Croatia Ivo Josipovic, Slovakia's Ivan Gasparovic, Czech Republic's Vaclav Klaus and Serbia's Boris Tadic attend a news conference at presidential residence in Lany near Prague, February 18, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

    Presidents of (L-R) Croatia Ivo Josipovic, Slovakia's Ivan Gasparovic, Czech Republic's Vaclav Klaus and Serbia's Boris Tadic attend a news conference at presidential residence in Lany near Prague, February 18, 2012.

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  12. Serbia's President Boris Tadic (R) and his host Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus walk past children holding a welcoming bread and salt upon their arrival at the presidential residence in Lany, near Prague February 18, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

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  15. Turkish President Abdullah Gul (2nd R) and his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus (2nd L) pose with their wives, Livia Klausova (L) and Hayrunnisa Gul (R), on February 14, 2012 during an official welcoming ceremony at the Cankaya presidential palace in Ankara. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 days ago

    Turkish President Abdullah Gul (2nd R) and his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus (2nd L) pose with their wives, Livia Klausova (L) and Hayrunnisa Gul (R), on February 14, 2012 during an official welcoming ceremony at the Cankaya presidential palace in Ankara.

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  16. Tatjana (3rd L), wife of Croatia's President Ivo Josipovic, speaks to children holding a welcoming bread and salt upon their arrival at the presidential residence in Lany, near Prague February 18, 2012. Slovakia's President Ivan Gasparovic (3rd R), Croatia's President Ivo Josipovic (4th... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

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  17. Presidents of Slovakia Ivan Gasparovic (R) and Croatia Ivo Josipovic (2nd R) listen to a folklore band during a welcoming at presidential residence in Lany, near Prague February 18, 2012. Standing near are Livia (L), wife of Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus, and Tatjana, wife of... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 2 days ago

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  19. Czech President Vaclav Klaus and Dagmar, the widow of late former President Vaclav Havel, attend the funeral ceremony inside Prague Castle's St. Vitus Cathedral December 23, 2011. International leaders bade farewell on Friday to Vaclav Havel, the anti-communist dissident who led the... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

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  21. Czech President Vaclav Klaus (C-R), his wife Livia, Czech and foreign politics and diplomats look at the hearse carrying the coffin of late Czech president Vaclav Havel in front of Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague on December 23, 2011. Havel, a dissident and playwright who was the hero... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

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  22. Czech President Vaclav Klaus delivers a speech during the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel at the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, on December 23, 2011. Havel, a dissident and playwright who was the hero of the 1989 Velvet Revolution against communist rule and became... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

    Czech President Vaclav Klaus delivers a speech during the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel at the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, on December 23, 2011. Havel, a dissident and playwright who was the hero of the 1989 Velvet Revolution against communist rule and became...

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  23. Czech President Vaclav Klaus delivers a speech during the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel in the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. Havel was the leader of the peaceful anti-communist "Velvet Revolution." He died Sunday, Dec. 18,... AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    Czech President Vaclav Klaus delivers a speech during the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel in the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. Havel was the leader of the peaceful anti-communist "Velvet Revolution." He died Sunday, Dec. 18,...

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  24. PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - DECEMBER 23: Czech President Vaclav Klaus and his wife Livia Klausova arrive for the state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel at St. Vitus Cathedral on December 23, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. International heads of state and thousands of... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

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  25. (From L) Livia Klausova, wife of Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Dagmar Havlova, widow of former Czech President Vaclav Havel, her daughter Nina Veskrnova and the latter's husband attend the funeral service for former Czech president Vaclav Havel at the St.... Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

    (From L) Livia Klausova, wife of Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Dagmar Havlova, widow of former Czech President Vaclav Havel, her daughter Nina Veskrnova and the latter's husband attend the funeral service for former Czech president Vaclav Havel at the St....

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  1. I, the government, the Foreign Ministry have tried to intervene somehow. We eventually decided to send deputy (foreign minister Vladimir) Galuska with my personal letter to the Zambian President
    – Vaclav Klaus SOURCE: Prague Daily Monitor 2 months ago
  2. I disagree with the change to the pension system as stipulated by these bills. I do so based on reasons quite different from those of the opposition, whose MPs prevented any matter-of-fact debate by their obstructions in the lower house
    – Vaclav Klaus SOURCE: Prague Daily Monitor 2 months ago
  3. I've never had illusions [in this respect], but I'd like the illusions to be also dropped by most of the citizens whom the ideology that I call Europeism has led astray for many decades
    – Vaclav Klaus SOURCE: Prague Daily Monitor 2 months ago