Foreign Policy
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Czech-Austrian relations once again under strain over Temelin
The dispute surrounding the Temelin nuclear power plant in South Bohemia is very much back on the agenda. Last week Austrian anti-nuclear demonstrators blockaded a number…
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Czech foreign minister warns: patience with border blockades running thin
At a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg took time off from the official talks to try and resolve a drawn-out…
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Remembering Russian émigrés kidnapped by Stalin's secret police
A short ceremony was held in Prague on Friday morning to commemorate the thousands of Russian émigrés who were illegally abducted by the Soviet secret police at the close…
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Far-right group protests against Sudeten Germans in Prague
Events were held around the country on Tuesday, remembering Czechs who fell in World War II. But the focus was also on a chapter from Czechoslovakia's post-war history…
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Czech diplomat, guards, come under fire in Afghanistan
Just weeks after the opening of a Czech Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul, Czech staff have been involved in a serious violent incident. When a car carrying the country…
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Business contracts and US missile defence shield dominate agenda of President Klaus's Russian trip
Czech President Vaclav Klaus ended a four-day trip to the Russian Federation on Sunday - the first ever official visit to Russia by a Czech head of state. Accompanied by…
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Czechs soften approach to EU treaty but insist on dropping the "C" word
The Czech government appeared to soften its approach to a new European constitution this week - provided the EU doesn't call it that. This week the cabinet - dominated by…
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Animosities flare up anew between Czech Republic and Austria over Temelin nuclear power plant
The Temelin nuclear power plant in south Bohemia has for years been the only problematic issue between the Czech Republic and nuclear-free Austria. In the year 2000 the…
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RFE commentator: missile defence will not cloud Klaus Russia visit
President Vaclav Klaus has embarked on his first state visit to Russia since becoming president. It's a historic visit but one that comes at a time of rising tensions…
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US missile defence chief in Prague to drum up support for radar base
The head of the U.S. Missile Defence Agency Lieutenant General Henry Obering paid a visit to Prague on Monday to drum up support for a plan to place an American radar…
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Fugitive Czech billionaire arrested in South Africa
The Czech newspapers on Tuesday were full of reports concerning the arrest of Radovan Krejcir, one of the country's most notorious fugitives, who was finally apprehended…
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Czech farmers heading east
Czech farmers are heading east. Not so long ago they criticized the fact that farmers from Germany could rent out land in the Czech Republic. Now they themselves are doing…
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