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| | Press Releases 2004 |
 | | It was one of the first public talks in Britain by President Klaus - who was in the UK for a three-day visit - about the problems of being a new member state of the European Union, after having been under Communist rule for the second-half of the 20 th century. |
 | | The Czech Republic is one of 10 new countries which joined the EU on 1 May. The others are Malta, Slovenia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia and Latvia. |
 | | President Klaus, who has written more than 20 books on social, political and economic subjects, also received an honorary doctorate in Social Sciences from Brunel University Chancellor, the Rt Hon Lord Wakeham, in recognition of his outstanding service to the international community. |
| www.brunel.ac.uk /news/pressoffice/pressreleases/press2004/cdata/october/czechpresident251004 (287 words) |
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