Karel Schwarzenberg invited to Bilderberg Club conference

Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg is reported to have been the only Czech present at the annual conference of the Bilderberg Club in Chantilly, Virginia. The club is an informal, invitation-only organization of world politicians, representatives of the military and industry, bankers and businessmen. The list of its club members is not permanent and participants attend the annual meetings as private persons. According to the news website iDnes this year’s topics included nuclear weapons, Islamic radicalism, the situation in Afghanistan and relations between Europe and the United States.