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Program:
9.00 – 9.15 Welcome remarks
9.15 – 10.45 I. Panel - Independence of Kosovo and impact on international relations
Speakers:
Ambassador James Bissett, Canada, Chairman of The Lord Byron Foundation (contribution here),
Ján Čarnogurský, Former PM of Slovakia (contribution here),
Dušan Čaplovič, Deputy PM,
Alexander Duleba, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (contribution here)
Moderator of the panel:
Jaroslav Daniška
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 II. Panel - Independence of Kosovo and impact on Balkan stability
Speakers:
Srdja Trifkovic, USA, Chronicles Magazine (contribution here),
James Jatras, USA, Director of The American Council for Kosovo (contribution here),
František Lipka, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia, former Ambassador of Slovakia
Matyáš Zrno, Civic Institute, Prague (contribution here)
Moderator of the panel:
Jaroslav Daniška
12.30 – 13.00 What Kosovo means for Serbia and the Balkans
Dusan Prorokovic, Serbia, Secretary of State at the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija (contribution here and presentation here)
13.00 – 13.30 Refreshments
13.30 – 14.45 III. Panel - Slovak and EU position on Kosovo independence
Speakers:
Roman Bužek, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia (contribution here),
Vladimír Palko, MP,
Peter Zajac, President of The Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik,
József Berényi, MP (contribution here)
Moderator of the panel:
Jozef Majchrák
14.45 – 15.00 Coffee break
15.00 – 16.00 Final open discussion
Moderator of the panel:
Jaroslav Daniška
16.00 End of the conference
