Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:31:36 +0200Missile defense base decision expected by end of Augusthttps://english.radio.cz/missile-defense-base-decision-expected-end-august-8617054© 2026 Radio Prague International For some months now there has been speculation about the United States building a new missile base somewhere in Central Europe. Initially analysts tipped Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic as key candidate countries for the base. Hungary now appears to be out of the running and it would seem the chances of a base being built here are increasing - on Sunday the Czech foreign minister, Cyril Svoboda, said it was almost certain Prague would play some part in the project. Richard Krpac, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, explains the latest developments: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/libava_0.jpg?timestamp=1591434672 Missile defense base decision expected by end of August https://english.radio.cz/missile-defense-base-decision-expected-end-august-8617054 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9