Actualized 9.11.2023: Czech Embassy in Vienna summoned Austrian police to prevent Šinágl from "disturbing" Minister Lipavský's speech
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On November 7, 2023, the Czech Embassy in Vienna summoned the Austrian police, who asked me to leave the Diplomatic Academy (as an journalist), before the speech of the Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky on the topic GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGES AND THE NEW CZECH SECURITY STRATEGY, despite my proper registration. A truly "successful" November 7, this time not in Moscow... Coverage follows. JŠ
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It's not about who is right, but what is true -Nothing is great that is not true
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"Faith is a protest against the fact that the world cannot be as it could be" (Jewish proverb). History is always written by individuals. The best projects always come from individuals, you can't expect that from government and politicians.
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Ondřej Kašina, Czech diplomat, councillor, writer, who worked for more than 30 years in Czech diplomacy, mainly in Latin America
"The world has become more complex and more dangerous at the same time, and the more the West shows a loss of ability to react in a timely and appropriate manner. We are witnessing crises that are spiralling out of control, whether it is mass illegal migration, covid, or the war in Ukraine. For the small Czech Republic, the situation is all the more complicated. For a long time, our diplomacy has been a Cinderella, lacking self-confidence, prestige and finances. It is up to us to wake up in time to stop our economic degradation, our economic descent, before it weakens us so much that we are then really unable to react, simply because of a lack of resources. There will probably come a time, which will be painful, when there will be a wake-up call that we have to start doing some things differently, that we have to start respecting reality. The dream that we dreamt was not entirely realistic, we have to start saving what can still be saved. We missed the train. It's going to get worse to get better. Either our elites and our silent majority will wake up, the sooner the better, and start seeing that black is black and white is white and stop dreaming some delirium. It is a terrible economic crime to transport agricultural produce when it can all be grown locally. The awakening will be painful, but there must be a crisis. Otherwise, neither the silent majority nor our elites will wake up."
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