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...statue of the first President in the castle square. Given all the ceremony, Albright is sure to be asked if she would like to follow in Masaryk's footsteps. "It is not impossible that they will talk about this," says Pavel Fischer, chief policy adviser to President VACLAV HAVEL...
...statue of the first president in the castle square. Given all the ceremony, Albright is sure to be asked if she would like to follow in Masaryk's footsteps. "It is not impossible that they will talk about this," says Pavel Fischer, chief policy adviser to President Vaclav Havel...
...This romance began 18 months ago, officials on both sides of the Atlantic say, during a visit by Havel to Washington. Havel told the Czech-born secretary of state that he would like her to replace him as president of the Czech Republic. But Albright, less than halfway through her new job, demurred. Although Havel retains only a moral authority in the Czech Republic, the presidency being now a largely ceremonial post, the courtship has begun again. In a meeting last week in Hradcany Castle, former Czech ambassador to the U.S. Michael Zantovsky reintroduced the idea to Havel. "The ball...
...country from which she and her family escaped twice, once from the Nazis, a second time from the communists, it would also be extremely difficult. Czech polls show that the war in Kosovo, often dubbed Madeleine's War, was opposed by 75 percent of the Czech people. Also, Havel's term is not up until January 2003. He has been weakened by an operation for lung cancer and has no strong political base, so his approval would not help her politically...
...well known in the U.S. outside of hockey, he's a hero at home in the Czech Republic, where he sells his own Dominator line of sports clothing. Hasek is mentioned for President. And this isn't a country with Bill Clinton at the helm; they have Vaclav Havel...