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18-12-2011 14:38 |
Vaclav Havel, Czech leader and playwright, dies at 75
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16236393
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Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic's first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, has died at the age of 75.
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As president, he presided over Czechoslovakia's transition to democracy and a free-market economy.
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"Vaclav Havel was one of the greatest Europeans of our age," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote in reaction on Twitter.
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Wilfried Martens, former prime minister of Belgium and current head of the centre-right European People's Party in the European Parliament tweeted: "Deeply saddened by the passing of Vaclav Havel; his legacy will continue to inspire the ongoing struggles for freedom and democracy."
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