PRAGUE -- President Vaclav Klaus is known for frankly voicing his opinions, and finding popular support. But the latest furor -- over Prague's first gay-pride festival -- has left him more isolated than usual, roundly opposed by many in the Czech establishment and publicly at odds with the American ambassador. The tussle over Prague Pride -- which...
More than 5,000 Czechs have signed up to a Facebook campaign to mail pens to President Vaclav Klaus after a video of him sheepishly pocketing a pen during an official signing ceremony in Chile became widely popular on the Internet. Mr. Klaus says that it is customary for leaders to keep pens after signing accords. But the manner in which he sized...
President Vaclav Klaus on Friday asked the leader of the center-right Civic Democrat party, Petr Necas, to lead talks on forming the next government, after three center-right parties cumulatively won the most votes in elections last weekend. The three parties won a combined 118 seats in the 200-member lower house. If they can form a government, the...
Václav Klaus (født 19. juni 1941 i Prag) er Tjekkiets nuværende præsident. Han er en af landets vigtigste politikere siden kommunismens fald i 1989. Klaus er uddannet økonom og tilhører det højreorienterede Borgerlige Demokratiske Parti. Han var premierminister fra 1992 til 1997, og i 2003 blev han valgt som Václav Havels afløser på præsidentposten.