Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:02:55 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czech-celebrities-demand-referendum-us-radar-8606061© 2026 Radio Prague International Close to fifty Czech cultural figures, scientists and musicians on Thursday signed a petition asking President Vaclav Klaus and the chairmen of both houses of Parliament to support their demand for a referendum to be held on whether the Czech Republic should host a US radar base on its territory. Their public appeal has pleased the Social Democrats and Communists, who are also pushing for a referendum, but the Czech government maintains that questions of defense are not a matter to be decided by the public. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/radar_kolaz.jpg?timestamp=1591417385 https://english.radio.cz/czech-celebrities-demand-referendum-us-radar-8606061 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9