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"Talking Cultural Diplomacy"
Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Former President of Latvia)
Keynote Address
July 28th, 2009
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (President of Malta, 2014-19) »
July 2024
Natalia Gavrilita (Prime Minister of Moldova, 2021-22) »
July 2024
Emil Constantinescu (President of Romania, 1996-2000) »
July 2024
Gjorge Ivanov (4th President of North Macedonia, 2009-19) »
July 2024
Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2020-21) »
May 2024
Emil Constantinescu (President of Romania, 1996-2000) »
May 2024
Mladen Ivanic (Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2014-15, 2016-17) »
May 2024
Alex Salmond (First Minister of Scotland, 2007-14) »
May 2024
Raila Odinga (2nd Prime Minister of Kenya 2008-13) »
February 2024
Gjorge Ivanov (President of the Republic of Macedonia, 2009-2019) »
September 2023
Natalia Gavriliata (Prime Minister of Moldova, 2021-2023) »
September 2023
Ivo Josipović (Former President of Croatia) »
September 2023
Boris Tadić (President of Serbia, 2004-2012) »
September 2023
Petar Stoyanov (President of Bulgaria, 1997-2002) »
September 2023
Bamir Topi (President of Albania, 2007-2012) »
September 2023
Mladen Ivanić (Former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina) »
September 2023
Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2020-2021) »
September 2023
François Fillon (Prime Minister of France 2007-12) »
February 2023
Dalia Grybauskaité (President of Lithuania 2009-19) »
February 2023
Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon 2020-21) »
February 2023
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (President of Malta 2014-19) »
February 2023
Moncef Marzouki (President of Tunisia 2011-14) »
February 2023
Gjorge Ivanov (President of North Macedonia 2009-19) »
February 2023
Emil Constantinescu (President of Romania 1996-2000) »
February 2023
Gordon Brown (Former Prime Minister of the UK) »
November 2020
Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon) »
January 2020
Emil Boc (Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Romania) »
December 2019
Guy Verhofstadt (Prime Minister of Belgium. 1998-2008) »
November 2019
Borut Pahor (President of Slovenia) »
November 2019
Marek Belka (Former Prime Minister of Poland) »
November 2019
Ferenc Gyurcsány (Former Prime Minister of Hungary) »
November 2019
Roza Otunbayeva (Former President of Kyrgyzstan) »
November 2019
Gordon Brown (Former Prime Minister of the UK) »
January 2019
Brian Cowen (Former Prime Minister of Ireland) »
December 2018
Mohamed Moncef Marzouki (Former President of Tunisia) »
November 2018
Nika Gilauri (Former Prime Minister of Georgia) »
June 2018
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson (Former President of Iceland) »
June 2018
Fredrik Reinfeldt (Former Prime Minister of Sweden) »
June 2018
Micheline Calmy-Rey (Former President of Switzerland) »
June 2018
Brian Cowen (Former Prime Minister of Ireland) »
June 2018
Matti Vanhanen (Former Prime Minister of Finland) »
June 2018
John Agyekum Kufuor (Former President of Ghana) »
June 2018
Rosen Plevneliev (Former President of Bulgaria) »
June 2018
Aleqa Hammond (Former Prime Minister of Greenland) »
June 2018
Zlatko Lagumdzija (Prime Minister of Bosnia Herzegovina, 2001-02) »
March 2018
Tarja Halonen (Former President of Finland) »
December 2017
Alojz Peterle (Former Prime Minister of Slovenia) »
December 2017
Bujar Nishani (Former President of Albania) »
December 2017
Hrant Bagratyan (Former Prime Minister of Armenia) »
December 2017
Alojz Peterle (Prime Minister of Slovenia, 1990-1992) »
December 2017
Yves Leterme (Former Prime Minister of Belgium; Secretary-General, IDEA International) »
December 2017
Joyce Hilda Banda (Former President of Malawi) »
September 2017
Petar Stoyanov (Former President of Bulgaria) »
September 2017
Edmund Stoiber (Former President of Bavaria, President, ICD Advisory Board) »
March 2017
Bujar Nishani (President of Albania) »
December 2016
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu (Former Prime Minister of Romania) »
December 2016
Marek Belka (Former Prime Minister of Poland) »
December 2016
Atifete Jahjaga (Former President of the Republic of Kosovo) »
December 2016
Ján Čarnogurský (Former Prime Minister of Slovakia) »
December 2016
Janez Jansa (Former Prime Minister of Slovenia) »
December 2016
Mirko Cvetkovic (Former Prime Minister of Serbia) »
December 2016
Lawrence Gonzi (Former Prime Minister of Malta) »
December 2016
Viktor Yushchenko (Former President of Ukraine) »
December 2016
Rui Duarte Barros (Former Prime Minister of Guinea–Bissau) »
December 2016
Emil Constantinescu (Former President of Romania) »
December 2016
Hrant Bagratyan (Former Prime Minister of Armenia) »
December 2016
Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia) »
December 2016
President Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (Prime Minister of Spain) »
December 2016
Djoomart Otorbaev (Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan) »
April 2016
President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (Former President of Poland) »
December 2015
Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia) »
December 2015
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) »
December 2015
Lawrence Gonzi (Former Prime Minister of Malta) »
December 2015
Rui Duarte Barros (Former Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau) »
December 2015
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) »
October 2015
James Mancham (Founding President of the Seychelles) »
September 2015
Sharif Sheid Ahmed, Former President of Somalia »
July 2015
James Mancham (Founding President, Seychelles; Member ICD Advisory Board) »
July 2015
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former President of Spain) »
July 2015
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former President of Spain) »
July 2015
Boris Tadic (Former President of Serbia) »
June 2015
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Former President of Comoros »
June 2015
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi (Former President of Comoros) »
June 2015
Quett Masire (Former President of Botswana) »
January 2015
Lech Walesa (Former President of Poland) »
November 2014
Ion Iliescu (Former President of Romania) »
November 2014
Petru Lucinschi (Former President of Moldavia) »
November 2014
Stanislav Suschkevich (Former President of Belarus) »
November 2014
Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia) »
November 2014
Petre Roman (Former Prime Minister of Romania) »
November 2014
Vytautas Landsbergis (Former President of Lithuania) »
November 2014
Boris Tadić (Former President of Serbia) »
November 2014
Rexhep Meidani (Former President of Albania) »
November 2014
Viktor Yushchenko (Former President of Ukraine) »
November 2014
Vicente Fox (Former President of Mexico) »
November 2014
Massimo D’Alema (53rd Prime Minister of Italy; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy) »
November 2014
Lars Lokke Rasmussen (Former Prime Minister of Denmark) »
November 2014
Tui Atua Tupua Tamase Taisi Efi (Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa) »
November 2014
Iveta Radicova (Former Prime Minister of Slovakia) »
November 2014
Dr. Adnan Badran (Former Prime Minister of Jordan) »
November 2014
Lawrence Gonzi (Former Prime Minister of Malta) »
July 2014
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) »
July 2014
Filip Vujanović (President of Montenegro) »
July 2014
Igor Lukšić (Former Prime Minister of Montenegro) »
July 2014
Jadranka Kosor (Former Prime Minister of Croatia) »
July 2014
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu (Former Prime Minister of Romania) »
April 2014
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) »
April 2014
Stjepan Mesić (Former President of Croatia) »
March 2014
Arnold Rüütel (Former President of Estonia) »
December 2013
Bertie Ahern (Former Prime Minister of Ireland) »
December 2013
Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia) »
December 2013
Hrant Bagratyan (Former Prime Minister of Armenia) »
December 2013
Petru Lucinschi (Former President of Republic of Moldova) »
December 2013
Jadranka Kosor (Former Prime Minister of Croatia) »
December 2013
Mari Kiviniemi (Former Prime Minister of Finland) »
December 2013
Mascarenhas Monteiro (Former President of Cape Verde) »
December 2013
Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, (Former President of Malta ) »
December 2013
Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Former President of Latvia) »
December 2013
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (President of Iceland) »
April 2013
Ruud Lubbers (Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands) »
December 2012
Halldór Ásgrímsson (Former Prime Minister of Iceland) »
December 2012
Pierre Nkurunziza (President o of Burundi) »
December 2012
H.E Shahbaz Sharif (میاں محمد شہباز شریف) Prime Minister of Pakistan »
October 2012
Blaise Compaoré (Former President of Burkina Faso) »
June 2012
Said W. Musa (Former Prime Minister of Belize) »
June 2012
Alfredo Palacio (Former President of Ecuador) »
June 2012
Enrico Letta (Former Prime Minister of Italy) »
June 2012
Yves Leterme (Former Prime Minister of Belgium) »
December 2011
Valdas Adamkus (Former President of Lithuania) »
December 2011
Alojz Peterle, Member of European Parliament »
December 2011
Alojz Peterle (Former Prime Minister of Slovenia) »
December 2011
Janez Jansa (Prime Minister of Slovenia) »
May 2011
Rexhep Meidani (Former President of Albania) »
May 2011
Al Imam Al Sadig Al Mahdi (Former Prime Minister of Sudan) »
March 2011
Nahas Angula (Former Prime Minister of Namibia) »
March 2011
Joaquim Chissano (Former President of Mozambique) »
November 2010
Stefan Sofianski (Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria) »
May 2010
Kjell Magne Bondevik (Former Prime Minister of Norway) »
May 2010
Mark Laar (Former Prime Minister of Estonia) »
February 2010
Sir James R. Mancham (Founding President of the Seychelles) »
January 2010
Mike Kenneth Moore (Former Prime Minister of New Zealand) »
November 2009
Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Former Prime Minister of Poland) »
November 2009
Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic (President of Croatia) »
November 2009
Alfred Sant (Former Prime Minister of Malta) »
November 2009
Mirko Tommassoni (Former Captain Regent of San Marino) »
November 2009
Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Former President of Latvia) »
July 2009
Cassam Uteem (Former President of the Republic of Mauritius) »
July 2009
Jorge Sampaio (Former President of Portugal) »
July 2009