Billy Gibbons sings blues, for Czech hero, Havel, on Capitol Hill When dignitaries from the House and the Czech Republic came together Wednesday to honor the country's late president, Vaclav Havel, they heard from the predictable political suspects in the…
Czech leader Havel mourned
Thousands of people in the Czech Republic have paid their last respects to Vaclav Havel, the country’s former president. Leaders from around the world joined the mourners at a state funeral in Prague on Friday. Havel led the 1989 “Velvet…
Former Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel dies
Politician, playwright and former Czech leader Vaclav Havel, a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, has died aged 75.