Otto von Habsburg – The Advocate of the Baltic Cause

Standing up for the Baltic Independence
in the early 1980s in the European Parliament

A seminar commemorating the efforts of Otto von Habsburg
to the recognition of the independence of the Baltic States

15.00   Arrival, coffee

15.30   Opening words

Mr Uldis Zariņš, Director of the Library of the University of Latvia

H.E. Mr György Urkuti, Ambassador of Hungary to Latvia

Dr.sc.pol. Iveta Reinholde, Vice Dean for Science, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Latvia

15.40   The European Parliament’s Resolution on the Baltic States of 1983 and the role of Otto von Habsburg as the driving force behind the adoption of this resolution

H.E. Mr Egils Levits, former President of the Republic of Latvia

16.00   Otto von Habsburg. The Advocate of the Baltic Cause

Mr Bence Kocsev, Research Fellow, Otto von Habsburg Foundation, Budapest

16.20   Growing up with Otto: How Pan-European Perspectives Shaped the Habsburg Family

H.E. Mr Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen, Ambassador of Hungary to the Holy See

16.40   The Latvian Press and Otto von Habsburg

Dr. Gunārs Nāgels, former Director of the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, Riga

17.00   Web of lies – The Tale of Communism

Dr. Rajmund Fekete, Director, Institute for the Research of Communism, Budapest

17.20   Questions and answers

17.40   Closing words and opening of the exhibition on Otto von Habsburg

H.E. Mr György Urkuti, Ambassador of Hungary to Latvia