Senate unveils plaque honouring Václav Havel

The Czech Senate has unveiled a memorial plaque to former president Václav Havel on what would have been his 90th birthday. Senate President Miloš Vystrčil (Civic Democratic Party) and Dagmar Havlová attended the ceremony in Prague’s Wallenstein Garden. The plaque bears a quotation from Václav Havel’s first address to the Senate in 1997, highlighting its role as a forum whose members should put the country’s long-term interests above personal or party interests. The ceremony formed part of events marking 30 years since the establishment of the Senate. Václav Havel, a playwright and leading communist-era dissident, died in 2011.