Slovak president to visit Prague

Czech President Václav Klaus will on Monday meet his Slovak counterpart Ivan Gasparovič at Prague Castle during the latter's first official foreign trip after the start of his second five-year term in office. Mr Gasparovič, who was re-elected Slovak president in April and inaugurated earlier this month, will also meet Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer, and the two houses of parliament chairmen, Miloslav Vlček and Přemysl Sobotka. After meeting leading Czech politicians on Monday, he is to visit south Moravia on Tuesday to meet the regional governor and the mayor of Brno, and tour the UNESCO-listed chateau complex in Lednice. The visit will be Mr Gasparovič's second to the Czech Republic this year. The first, also an official state visit, took place in February.