Hladik, who worked in the Presidential Office's protocol section during Havel's presidency, decided to work in the commercial sector. "It is naturally a loss to me, but I respect that he [Hladik] wants to get acquainted with other fields, maybe more adventurous ones.
He is a capable and talented man who commands many languages and whom the current world offers a number of interesting work opportunities," Havel, who stays abroad these days, told the server. He added that Hladik's departure was no surprise to him since they had agreed on it previously. Havel also said Hladik was rather his deputy than secretary. Hladik became Havel's secretary in February 2003 after Havel's second and last five-year term as Czech president expired. Havel then opened an office Czech-U.S. radar treaty to include chapter on link with NATO ...
Havel hospitalised with heart trouble ...
British Council to rebuff Russia ... in Prague centre. He is primarily focused on human rights observance, including in Cuba. The International Committee for Democracy in Cuba was set up on his initiative in 2003. Havel, 71, former dissident and playwright, occupied the post of Czechoslovak president after the collapse of the communist regime from December 1989 to 1992, and after Czechoslovakia's split in 1993 he became Czech president (in office 1993-2003).
(Ceske Noviny)
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