New pilfering allegations made against Klaus

A reporter recounts a tale of a sticky-fingered Czechoslovak economist having to explain why he took a woman’s gloves during a dinner

Politics & Policy

Raymond Johnston | 14.04.2011

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In the wake of a viral video, a tale of an old faux pas resurfaces

The recent appropriation of a jeweled pen at a press conference in Chile by Czech President Václav Klaus is not his first brush with allegations of petty theft. A video of the pen incident, which has been viewed more than 2 million times on the Internet, has inspired a journalist to recount an incident from two decades ago.

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