Selected speeches and interviews
9/26/2012, New York -
Address of the President of the Czech Republic at the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly
Mr. Chairman, I would like to congratulate you on your election to serve as the highest representative of the 67th session of the United Nations...
6/10/2012, Los Angeles -
Global Governance and its European Variant
Many thanks for giving me a chance to come again to this very beautiful but also (as seen from Prague) very remote part of the world. Nevertheless, I...
5/22/2012, Chicago -
Notes for the Heartland Institute Conference Speech
Many thanks for the invitation and for giving me the opportunity to address this distinguished audience. I am not for the first time in Chicago. It is...
4/21/2012, Fez, Morocco -
How Regimes Collapse and How to Go Back to Liberty? (Notes for Fez)
Mr. Rector, members of the Mont Pelerin Society, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for the invitation. Being here...
4/2/2012, Cercle de l’Union interalliée, Paris -
Introductory Remarks to the Presentation of the Book „Sauver les démocraties en Europe“
Many thanks for the publication of this collection of my recent texts and speeches about Europe here in France and in French language. This book may, hopefully, give – at least to interested and concerned readers – the direct contact with my views, not with their very often intentional and calculated caricature in the media.
2/16/2012, Adana, Turkey -
Speech of the President at Çukurova University in Turkey
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Students, Thank you for the invitation to visit your university and for the possibility to address this audience....
1/17/2012, Riyadh -
Riyadh Speech: The European Problems As Seen from Prague
Secretary General, Ministers, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, In the past twenty years, I had been – especially in its first part –mostly...
1/14/2012, Vienna -
The Political Economy of Introducing Free Markets: Notes for IIASA Conference
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be at this very unique gathering with all of you. It is nice to meet so many old friends. It is rather...
11/4/2011, Globus -
Interview of the President for the Croatian Globus Weekly
Globus: Mr. President, I suppose the Czech Republic is quite happy to be outside the eurozone now. But, still, how do you asses the situation? It is...
10/28/2011, Rothmayer Hall, Prague Castle -
Address delivered to the members of the Diplomatic Corps on the occasion of the Czech National Day
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me, as well as for my wife, to welcome all of you here at the Prague Castle, in this...
