Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:48:48 +0200https://english.radio.cz/klaus-ratified-pension-ex-presidents-8082910© 2026 Radio Prague International On Monday, president Vaclav Klaus signed a law ensuring that former Czech presidents will receive 100,000 crowns per month from the state. Half of the funds are to be used as pension and the other half to cover their office expenses. The only former president concerned by this law is Klaus's predecessor Vaclav Havel. Mr. Havel's office remains active in its international quest for human rights and the former president himself continues to make numerous public appearances - on January 5th of this year he received the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize, which is India's highest honour. But the cost to operate Mr. Havel's current office is 150,000 crowns per month, far exceeding the support to be given by the state. Kay Grigar spoke with Mr. Havel's secretary Jakub Hladik regarding the passing of the law. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/klaus-ratified-pension-ex-presidents-8082910 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9