Taipei, July 18 (CNA) Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫堃) arrived in the Czech Republic on Monday to begin a four-day-visit in the Central European country which he lauded as "a Mecca of democracy movements."
STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM: Hailing the Prague Spring of 1968 and Velvet Revolution of 1989, Taiwan’s legislative speaker praised the unyielding spirit of the Czech peopleBy Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNA
Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫堃) yesterday hailed the Czech Republic as a “Mecca of democracy” upon arrival in Prague, where Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil greeted the visiting Taiwanese delegation.
A cross-party delegation of lawmakers arrived at Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague at 9am on a Turkish Airlines flight.
You and Vystrcil embraced when they saw each other for the first time since Vystrcil visited Taiwan in September 2020 as the head of an 89-member delegation.
Speaking at a news conference immediately after their meeting, You said he is “at long last” visiting the Czech Republic as a pilgrim of sorts to the
By Lin Liang-sheng and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） caucus yesterday gave support to entertainer Antony Kuo （郭彥均） regarding a social media post he made about COVID-19, while the Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） caucus accused the KMT of “causing a scene.”
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday gave support to entertainer Antony Kuo (郭彥均) regarding a social media post he made about COVID-19, while the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus accused the KMT of “causing a scene.”
Kuo on Wednesday shared on Facebook a screenshot of an alleged conversation with a friend who is a healthcare worker, who apparently said that medical personnel had been working long hours without rest since April 5 amid the current COVID-19 outbreak, adding that “many children have passed away.”
He later apologized and deleted the post after receiving criticism.
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said on Saturday that