Václav Klaus
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Taxpayer billed EUR500,000 for embassy limos...and visiting dignitaries cost the taxpayer close to EUR500,000 since January 2008. The Eurosceptic Czech president Vaclav Klaus was chauffeured around Dublin at a cost of EUR24,000 during the controversial three-day state visit last... In this article: John Gormley, London, Brussels, Micheal Martin, Enda Kenny, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ireland, Department of Foreign Affairs, Climate change, and Taoiseach |
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Washington Times | 2 days ago
Real leaders learn, adapt
...who now lead most Western governments and, of course, the ever economically ignorant mainstream press. The other leader is Vaclav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, who has had the singular courage to stand up to the extreme...
In this article: William Bradford, George Washington, Capitalism, Global warming, Angela Merkel, China, Totalitarianism, and Revolutionary War
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Independent.co.uk - Commentators | 4 days ago
Mark Steel: Come rain or revolution, it's money they all want
...fact that the two systems are more similar than either would admit, to the extent they're often run by exactly the same people. Vaclav Klaus, the Margaret Thatcher-loving president, was a prominent official in the Communist state bank. One of...
In this article: Communism, Capitalism, Europe, Czech Republic, Central Committee, New Year's Eve party, Gary Glitter, and Margaret Thatcher
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The New York Review of Books | 4 days ago
Love and Truth: Vaclav Havel in Bratislava, Twenty Years After 1989
...the European Union at the same time, in 2004; the Slovaks use the euro while the Czechs do not; and the current Czech president, Vaclav Klaus, opposes European integration. Meanwhile the Slovak government, led by former communists in a...
In this article: Bratislava, Ideology, Jan Hus, Prague, Europe, Czech Republic, All rights reserved, and Nationalism
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The Australian | November 18, 2009
Open Letter to Climate Change Minister Nick Smith
...worldwide who support this ideology. There are few politicians who dare to stand up against this madness. One prominent one is Vaclav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic . He correctly sees this global mass hysteria as a major threat...
In this article: Global warming, Climate change, Copenhagen, UN, Ideology, Methane, and Kyoto Protocol
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
Czechs celebrate fall of communism 20 years ago
...capital. "It was a wonderful feeling, after all we hoped that something had to happen," she said. On Tuesday, Havel, President Vaclav Klaus and Prime Minister Jan Fischer joined hundreds of people laying flowers and lighting candles at a...
In this article: Vaclav Havel, Communism, Democracy, European Union, Prague, Respondent, Recession, and CT24
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 17, 2009
Czechs relive student protest on 20th anniversary of Velvet Revolution
...of mine crying because she was so afraid. She thought that people would die." In a speech on the eve of the anniversary, Vaclav Klaus, the Czech president, said that communism would never return but warned the Czech public of other...
In this article: Vaclav Havel, Communism, Reuters, European Union, Suzanne Vega, and Joan Baez
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Miami Herald - Opinion | November 15, 2009
Czech president prizes freedom above all
...told reporters after meeting with Foreign Minister Jan Kohout and his deputy Tomas Pojar. BY FRANK CALZON Czech President Vaclav Klaus is an economist with an open but well-disciplined mind. Schooled in communism, he converted to...
In this article: European Union, Czech Republic, Cuba, Vaclav Havel, Spain, United States, Communism, Georgetown University, and Miguel Angel Moratinos
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Reuters | November 03, 2009
Czechs' Klaus signs EU treaty, enters force December 1
By Jana Mlcochova Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the EU's Lisbon Treaty on Tuesday, removing the last barrier to the bloc's plan to overhaul its institutions and win a bigger role on the world stage. Klaus was the last EU leader to...
In this article: European Union, Frederik Reinfeldt, Europe, Climate change, World War Two, Jerzy Buzek, and Paavo Lipponen
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 03, 2009
Czech President Vaclav Klaus signs EU Lisbon Treaty into law
...the EU Lisbon Treaty into law after a court cleared the final legal obstacle standing in its way. Published: 3:29PM GMT 03 Nov 2009 Vaclav Klaus, the Czech President, has ratified the EU Lisbon Treaty Photo: AFP Mr Klaus was the last...
In this article: European Union, David Cameron, Brussels, Gordon Brown, Europe, London, Prague, Germany, and Czech Republic
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Guardian Unlimited | October 30, 2009
Rebels without a Klaus
Although two thirds of Czechs oppose the Lisbon treaty, Vaclav Klaus's accommodation with the EU leaves them in the cold Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, has concluded a deal with the EU, clearing the way for ratification of...
In this article: European Union, Lisbon, God, Czech Republic, Europe, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, and Social Democrats
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Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941) is the second President of the Czech Republic (since 2003, reelected 2008) and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1992–1997). An economist by trade, he is co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, the major Czech centre-right party. Together with Václav Havel and his Social Democrat counterpart Miloš Zeman, he is recognised as one of the three most important Czech politicians of the 1990s and the last of them to remain active.
- Birth Date:
- June 19, 1941
- Birthplace:
- Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Religion:
- None (atheist, Hussite sympathizer)
- Spouse:
- Livia Klausová
- University Attended:
- University of Economics, Prague
- Occupation:
- Economist
- Political party:
- Civic Democratic Party
- Title:
- Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
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