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EU Lisbon Treaty to become law within weeks after Czech President concedes defeat (Not with a bang but a whimper) - Daily Telegraph »
Posted by: gamahuche 2 months, 1 week ago in News
The controversial Lisbon Treaty is set to become law within weeks after the Czech Republic's eurosceptic president conceded his attempt to challenge it was ...
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Skeptic on the Inside Undercuts European Union - NYTimes »
Posted by: gamahuche 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
When the European Union and Russia held their most recent summit meeting in May, the Czech president, Vaclav Klaus, stunned European diplomats when he passed ...
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Egg-pelters make a mess of Czech campaign - Tri-City Herald »
Posted by: gamahuche 7 months ago in News
It all started two weeks ago when Lukas Botka, a 26-year-old activist, shelled Jiri Paroubek, chairman of the left-wing Social Democrats, at a rally in ...
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Vaclav Klaus: The Man with the E.U.'s Fate in His Hands - TIME »
Posted by: gamahuche 7 months, 1 week ago in News
Will he sign it or will he spike it? That's the question lingering in Europe's capitals as Czech President Vaclav Klaus holds the ...
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When the wind of history blows/ The people, like lovely birds/ Grow wings: Eastern Europe in 1989 - and 20 Years Later >The Observer »
Posted by: gamahuche 4 months, 4 weeks ago in Political Opinion
At the start of 1989 communist regimes ruled eastern Europe. By the end of the year they had all been routed by public uprisings.
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Treason? Politicians scrap over whether Klaus must sign Lisbon Treaty - 12-05-2009 Radio Prague »
Posted by: gamahuche 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
There was much rejoicing in Europe last week when Czech senators voted in favour of ratifying the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, which aims to ...
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Czech crisis, economy threatens EU expansion - Forbes.com »
Posted by: gamahuche 9 months ago in News
The Czech Republic's political crisis and the economic slowdown are
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threatening European Union plans to offer membership to new
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Maverick Czech President Brings Critical Gospel To EU - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty »
Posted by: gamahuche 10 months ago in Political News
Czech President Vaclav Klaus, the European Union's most prominent "eurosceptic," raised hackles in Brussels last week when he castigated the EU for failing to ...
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EU Risks Paralysis as Czech Collapse Snarls Treaty - Bloomberg.com »
Posted by: gamahuche 9 months, 1 week ago in News
The collapse of the Czech government threatened a new setback for the European Union ’s stalled governing treaty, distracting the bloc’s leadership just as ...
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Obama's Speech to the Public in Prague - ?eskéNoviny.cz »
Posted by: gamahuche 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Obama calls for reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons and action to combat climate change.
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At the same time he links the cancellation of the ...Read (447) | Share | Discuss (8) | Read Full Story at ceskenoviny.cz
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Czech Bickering May Hamper EU Anti-Recession Efforts »
Posted by: gamahuche 1 year ago in Political News
As the Czech Republic prepares to assume European Union leadership for the first time, the nation’s two top officials are clashing over the EU ...
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Freed from Power, Havel Mocks It - TIME »
Posted by: gamahuche 7 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
Vaclav Havel insists that his first play in 20 years, which opened to enthusiastic reviews at a small experimental theater in downtown Prague on May ...
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Vaclav Klaus: This “Provocateur from Prague” can certainly be called many things, but iconoclast he ain’t. »
Posted by: gamahuche 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Is President Václav Klaus an iconoclast? A foreign newsman called the president an iconoclast. Although it is quite fashionable today, in the Czech Republic ...
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Enfant Terrible Artist Challenges Czech Identity - NY Times »
Posted by: gamahuche 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
DAVID CERNY sends a rude text message to two bronze sculptures of naked, urinating men, which proceed to swivel their hips and move their protruding ...
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French-Czech row and EU disunity - FT.com/UK »
Posted by: gamahuche 10 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The bad feeling between France and the Czech Republic is finally out there for everyone to see. For anyone who likes their European Union united ...
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