Foreign Policy
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Will the way be cleared for the controversial Brno-Vienna expressway?
Czech PM Jan Fischer visited Vienna on Monday for talks with Austrian officials that included the completion of the Temelín nuclear power plant in southern Bohemia as well…
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Czech Republic expels two Russian diplomats for alleged espionage
The Czech Republic on Monday expelled two Russian diplomats for alleged espionage, provoking an angry reaction from Moscow. The move has put a further strain on bilateral…
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Plans to expand Temelín provoke Austrian anger
ČEZ’s decision to more than double Temelín’s capacity has raised hackles in neighbouring anti-nuclear Austria. Politicians in Upper Austria, which lies under 30 kilometres…
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Why did so many Czech Roma apply for asylum in Canada?
Two weeks ago Ottawa imposed visa restrictions on Czechs after more than 1,700 Czech Roma, or Gypsies, sought refugee status in Canada in the first six months of this year…
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Student leader turned energy security trouble shooter
Václav Bartuška was one of the leaders of the student protests which toppled the Czechoslovak Communist regime in November 1989. Recently he has been the Czech energy…
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PM Fischer visits Israel
The Czech prime minister, Jan Fischer, is in Israel for a three-day working visit. After meeting the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, in Jerusalem on Wednesday, he’s set…
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Havel, former CEE leaders, call on Obama to resist "creeping Russian intimidation"
Former president Václav Havel has joined around 20 colleagues from Central and Eastern Europe in writing an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, appealing to him…
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Czech Republic faces uphill battle to win EU-wide retort to Canadian visas
The Czech Republic has pinned its hopes on the European Union for a forceful retort to Canada’s imposition of visas on Czech citizens. Prague has already officially lodged…
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Czech republic to restore diplomatic relations with Liechtenstein
Monday was a surprisingly busy day for Czech diplomats focusing simultaneously on one of the world’s largest countries, Canada, and on one of the smallest: Liechtenstein…
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Czech Republic hits back at re-imposition of Canadian visas
The Czech Republic has hit back at Canada’s reintroduction of visas on its citizens within hours of the move being announced by Ottawa. In reply, Prague has imposed visas…
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Klaus unmoved by German constitutional court verdict on Lisbon treaty
Ratification of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty crept one step closer to conclusion this week when Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled the documents is compatible with the country…
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Visa rumours spark fears as Canada threatens “measures” on Roma asylum-seekers
The Czech media is awash with claims that Canada is on the verge of reintroducing visas for Czech citizens, in reaction to the large numbers of Roma from the Czech…
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