Havel will not accept ILH award in Montenegro

Former Czech president Vaclav Havel has decided to not accept an award for humanism in a ceremony in Montenegro on Monday that he was to receive for his contributions. Mr Havel was reportedly asked by Montenegrin intellectual circles protesting the awards to distance himself from Monday's ceremony, as figures like controversial former prime minister Milo Djukanovic, who served during the collapse of Yugoslovia in the 1990s, will be among those recognised. The award is being given by the International League of Humanists (ILH).