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Criminal charges filed over organisation of Liberec Nordic ski championships
All eyes are on the northern town of Liberec at the moment for the Nordic World Ski Championships, described as the biggest sports event the Czech Republic has ever held…
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Klaus steps into lion’s den with speech attacking “democratic deficit” in EP
The Czech president Václav Klaus addressed the European Parliament on Thursday morning, in a keenly-anticipated appearance that disappointed neither the president’s…
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Lower house says Yes to Lisbon but battle looms in Senate
The lower house of the Czech parliament approved the European Union's Lisbon Treaty on Wednesday, by a narrow margin of five votes. The treaty – aimed at reforming the EU…
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Prague street renamed in honour of Polish "human torch" against Soviet invasion
A street in Prague has been renamed in honour of a Polish man who committed suicide in protest at the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Ryszard Siwiec set himself…
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Central or Eastern? Schwarzenberg, Lavrov tussle over map of Europe
Prague, as any Czech schoolchild will tell you, is west of Vienna, and Czechs get notably prickly when their country is placed in “Eastern” rather than “Central” Europe…
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Union leader warns revival of “Švarc system” would mean death of social state
One of the government’s suggestions for combating the economic crisis is to revive the so-called “Švarc system”. It’s named after Miroslav Švarc, a Czech building…
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Václav Bartuška - Europe must stop taking energy supplies for granted
The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas couldn’t have been more timely for the Czech EU Presidency, which has made energy security one of its three…
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Sarkozy reluctant to cede European stage to “passive” Czechs
It’s five weeks since the Czech Republic took over the EU’s revolving presidency, and five weeks since France relinquished it. But have they relinquished it? President…
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Europe’s energy security discussed in Ostrava
The Czech city of Ostrava is hosting a two-day conference on how to improve the security of Europe's energy supplies, an issue that's been pushed to the foreground by the…
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Foreign Ministry fined over Sarkozy-Topolánek leak
The National Security Office has fined the Foreign Ministry over the leak of a transcript of an official conversation between the Czech prime minister Mirek Topolánek and…
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