A Central European with a Swiss passport—In memory of Karel Schwarzenberg

On 11 November 2023, Karel Schwarzenberg, the former head of Václav Havel’s chancellery and former minister of foreign affairs, passed away at the age of 85. Kníže Karel, or Prince Charles, as he was often called in his homeland, was a formative figure of the Czech(oslovak) regime change and the post-communist era and was closely associated with our namesake from the turbulent period of the Central European regime changes.

Enchanted by Mitteleuropa – In memory of Erhard Busek

Erhard Busek, former Austrian Vice-Chancellor, head of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research, former chairman of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and head of the Institut für den Danube Region und Mitteleuropa in Vienna, died on 13 March.