Milos Zeman
Klaus, Zeman: Kosovo a terrorist state, Prague should not have recognised it
PRAGUE - In an interview marking 25 years of their country's NATO membership, former Czech presidents Vaclav Klaus and Milos Zeman told public television broadcaster Ceska televize the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a huge mistake and that the so-called Kosovo was a terrorist state Prague should not have recognised.
Zeman: Bombing of FR Yugoslavia one of NATO's two fundamental mistakes
PRAGUE - Former Czech President Milos Zeman has reiterated the bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) as well as the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the surrender of power to the Taliban were NATO's two fundamental mistakes.
Czech Republic to send ambassador to Pristina for first time
PRAGUE - Fifteen years after recognising the so-called Kosovo, the Czech Republic will send an ambassador to Pristina for the first time.
At the government's proposal, President Petr Pavel has appointed Bohumil Mazanek to the post, the Czech ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement.
Mazanek will take over from the Czech charge d'affaires in Pristina.
This Week in Central Europe / 24 March 2023
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Vucic, Zeman open renovated Czech House in Belgrade
BELGRADE - At a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the presidents of Serbia and the Czech Republic, Aleksandar Vucic and Milos Zeman, opened the renovated Czech House in downtown Belgrade on Monday.
The ceremony was also attended by Czech Ambassador to Serbia Tomas Kuchta and Jarmila Lanik, the institution's former student.
Vucic: Why is only Serbia's territorial integrity not respected?
BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Czech counterpart Milos Zeman, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that, to a great extent, they were in agreement on the Ukraine war, and noted that Serbia respected the territorial integrity of Ukraine but that Serbia's own territorial integrity should be respected, too.
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Not the New Czech President’s Style
While that may have attracted some additional support from a sizable but fragmented anti-establishment and extremist minority that has emerged in the country, it also appeared to help mobilise the liberal democratic part of the electorate. The resulting turnout of over 70 per cent was a record for the second round of the election.
Zeman: We have not derecognised Kosovo, but we never sent ambassador to Pristina
BELGRADE - Czech President Milos Zeman said on Monday in Belgrade he had tried to get his country to derecognise Kosovo and that the attempt had been unsuccessful, but that neither he nor his predecessor had consented to Prague sending an ambassador to Pristina.
Vucic: Zeman demonstrated how great, courageous people make history
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday what outgoing Czech President Milos Zeman had said two years ago was etched in the heart of every Serbian citizen, and noted that no European leader was as popular in Serbia as Zeman.