Press releases

• 12/21/2011

  Information about Lying in State and Funeral Service for President Václav Havel at Prague Castle

  Procession to Prague Castle and Lying in State in the Vladislav Hall, Wednesday, 21 December 2011 The Office of the President of the Czech Republic announces that the coffin of the Former President Václav Havel will be carried in ceremonial procession on Wednesday, December 21, to Prague Castle. The procession will depart from the Barracks of Prague Castle Guard at 10am in Loretánská street and will continue via Hradčany square to enter Prague Castle through the Giants’ gate and the first, the

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• 12/21/2011

  Information about the accreditation of journalists for the events related to the Funeral Service for President Václav Havel

  The Office of the President of the Czech Republic accepts requests for accreditation of journalists for the events related to the Funeral Service for President Havel on Tuesday, 20 December 2011, from 00:30am until 6pm. The requests received later are not going to be considered. The request for accreditation can be sent to the Office of the President of the Czech Republic only via the form available on the following website: www.hrad.cz/accreditation. The persons who will be granted accreditati

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• 12/18/2011

  Statement by the President of the Czech Republic reflecting the death of former Czech President Vaclav Havel

  Dear Fellow Citizens, This morning, the first President of our restored democratic republic, Václav Havel, has passed away after a long and severe illness. We knew about his serious health problems but the news about his death is something we did not dare admitting. We know how grave the health difficulties he was facing were and how brave he was in confronting them. Václav Havel has become a symbol of our modern Czech state. He has had merit in our modern statehood by his fearless fight again

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  11/5/2010

  Summit of the Presidents of the Visegrad group countries in Carlsbad

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  4/9/2010

  The President met with the President of the United States of America Barack Obama

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• 4/8/2010

  Official lunch with the Presidents of the USA and Russia

  On Thursday, 8 April 2010 at 1.20pm, the President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus will be hosting an official lunch on the occasion of the summit between the United States of America and the Russian Federation in Prague. The lunch will be attended by the Presidents of the United States of America and Russia, and a number of other important guests from the Czech Republic, the Russian Federation and the USA.

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• 4/8/2010

  The President will attend the dinner in the residence of the U.S. ambassador

  On Thursday, 8 April 2010, at 7pm, the President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus will attend an official dinner hosted by the President of the United States of America Barack Obama. The dinner will be attended by the President of the Czech Republic, the Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer and also the Presidents and the Prime Ministers of other ten Central and East European countries. It will take place in the Residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Prague.

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  4/8/2010

  The President of the Czech Republic met with the President of the United States of America and the President of the Russian Federation

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  4/7/2010

  The President met with the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev

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• 4/6/2010

  Press Accreditation for the U.S. – Russia Summit “START Follow ON”

  On Thursday, April 8th, 2010, Prague will host a U.S. – Russia Summit “START Follow ON”, headed by the U.S. President Barack Obama and the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. Please, pay attention to the following information concerning press accreditation. The Office of the President will receive accreditation requests for events connected with the summit from Friday, April 2, 2010 from 11.30am until Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 11.30am. Requests received after this date will not b

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• 4/2/2010

  Announcement of Prague Castle Administration

  Prague Castle Administration informs that because of the events connected with the summit START Follow On  USA – The Russian Federation the area of Prague Castle will be closed the whole day on 7th and 8th March 2010 and on 9th April 2010 Prague Castle area will be closed till 12 o’clock. This arrangement also relates to the Castle gardens, historical monuments and exhibition rooms.  In these days Prague Castle will not be accessible either from the street Na Opyši or across the I courtyard or

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• 2/4/2010

  The Prague Castle Administration will open the Rosenberg Palace and close the Golden Lane for the time necessary for reconstruction

  The opening of the Rosenberg Palace and the closing of the Golden Lane  - novelties affecting tourism at Prague Castle in 2010. The admission fee will not be changed. The Golden Lane will be closed from 1 May 2010 due to an extensive reconstruction of the road and historical houses there. Because of damaged sewerage, rain water runs into foundations of the houses and affects their statics. The Golden Lane will be closed probably 1 year, real time of closing depends on parallel archeological res

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