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Czech Republic Will Sign Agreement About Controversial Radar Base With U.S. on May 5
Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:20 AM EDT
Prague - A written agreement between the governments of the Czech Republic and the United States concerning the placement of a controversial American radar base on Czech soil should be signed on May 5, 2008, during a conference in Prague about missile defense with participation b …
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Vaclav Klaus Will Sign His Czech Presidential Oath With A $60,000 Pen
Wed Mar 5, 2008 12:41 PM EST
Prague - On Friday Vaclav Klaus will sign his second Czech presidential oath of office, this time with a limited edition pen that would carry a $60,000 price tag if it were actually for sale.
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Prague's Homeless "Boat People" Now Have Their Own Lawyer
Tue Mar 4, 2008 12:00 PM EST
Prague - The city of Prague's homeless people already have a unique shelter, a renovated boat house on the banks of the Vltava River. The shelter provides clean and modern overnight accommodation including hot meals for more than 150 people per night.
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Almost 10% of the Czech Republic Lost Power Yesterday in High Winds
Sun Mar 2, 2008 11:30 AM EST
Prague - Almost 10% of the population of the Czech Republic, or nearly one million people were intermittently without power on Saturday and Sunday because of extremely high winds that were clocked by meteorologists at up to 140 kilometers/hour (86 miles/hour).
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Czech Republic Reflects On 60 Years Since Communists Took Power
Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:51 AM EST
Prague - Events will take place all day on Monday in Prague to reflect on the 60th anniversary of the Communists' rise to power in Czechoslovakia on February 25, 1948.
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Foreigners Who Want Czech Residency Will Have To Speak Czech
Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:06 AM EST
Prague - Foreigners in the Czech Republic applying for permanent residency or citizenship will soon have to pass a Czech language exam.
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Czech Soldiers Are Helping to Defend the New Border Between Kosovo and Serbia
Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:20 AM EST
Pristina/Prague - Today two platoons of Czech soldiers attached to the NATO Kosovo force (KFOR) are helping local police monitor and defend the new border between Kosovo and Serbia.
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Czech Serial Killer Gets Life in Prison
Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:52 AM EST
Hradec Kralove - The regional Czech court in Hradec Kralove on Thursday sent Petr Zelenka to prison for life.
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Prague's Growing Garbage Woes May Turn Into Fortunes
Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:10 PM EST
Prague - Last year 81% of the Czech Republic's municipal waste ended up in Czech disposal facilities. Its disposal under the open skies is nevertheless least ecological and capacity is limited.
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Newly Re-Elected Czech President Doesn't Favor Recognition of Kosovo's Independence
Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:14 AM EST
Prague - Recently re-elected Czech president Vaclav Klaus, in a Sunday talk show on the local TV station Prima, took a cool position towards the recognition of Kosovo, saying "The government determines foreign policy, but if I were to sit with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, th …
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Head of Czech Social Democrats Compares Communist Party To A Blind Person
Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:53 PM EST
Prague - After the recent Czech presidential elections in which Vaclav Klaus was re-elected for a second six-year term, Jiri Paroubek, head of the CSSD (Social Democratic) political party made the following statement about the Communists: "If this reflects the development of Czec …
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Viktor Kozeny Claims Czech Court Case Against Him Was Fabricated
Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:13 AM EST
Prague - Viktor Kozeny, the former president of the Harvard Investment Funds, has called for Czech state prosecutor Jaromir Jindrich to make all transactions of the funds public on the Internet and to demonstrate which rules were broken, so that all Czech citizens may judge for t …
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Abandoned Czech Baby Is 11th Placed in Special "Babybox"
Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:54 AM EST
Prague - Today another Czech newborn was abandoned by placing it in a special "Babybox" mounted in the wall of the GynCentrum in the Prague neighborhood of Hloubetin, bringing the total of such cases in the Czech Republic to 11 since the project was started about two and a half y …
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Fugitive Financier Viktor Kozeny - New Hearings in the Prague Court
Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:48 AM EST
Prague - The City Court in Prague on Tuesday began to hear the indictment of Viktor Kozeny and Boris Vostry. They are accused of tunneling over 16 billion Czech crowns (nearly one billion U.S.
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A Sad Day For Democracy in the Czech Republic
Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:31 PM EST
Prague - Opinion - One of the murderers of Milada Horakova will go unpunished, after being sentenced to only eight years in prison for her deed.
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Trial of Czech Serial Killer Continues on Monday
Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:42 AM EST
Hradec Kralove - The trial of Petr Zelenka (31), a former hospital worker accused of murdering seven patients with the anticoagulant Heparin and attempting to murder nine more, continues tomorrow with hospital employees called as witnesses.
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New Czech Presidential Elections Will Be Necessary
Sat Feb 9, 2008 9:11 AM EST
Prague - 2:45 p.m. After three rounds of voting by the Czech Parliament and Senate, neither Vaclav Klaus nor Jan Svejnar received the necessary votes according to the Czech constitution to be elected President. New elections should be held within the next ten days.
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The Election Begins - Lawmakers Are Convening at the Castle
Fri Feb 8, 2008 4:36 AM EST
Prague - Congressmen and senators began to meet on Friday morning at the Prague Castle. At 10:00 a.m. they will begin to elect a president. They'll decide whether, for the next five years, Vaclav Klaus or Jan Svejnar will be sitting in the Castle.
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Czechs Shop the Internet Most Often in the Morning - That Means At Work!
Thu Feb 7, 2008 3:50 PM EST
Prague - Czechs reputedly shop on the Internet in the morning, that is, when they're at work. This differs from several other nations of the European Union, for example Norwegians shop the internet predominately in the evening.
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Opinion: Google Czech Republic Will Benefit
Thu Feb 7, 2008 8:35 AM EST
Prague - I believe a Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo will benefit rather than threaten Google and Google's Czech Republic research center in particular.
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A Clear Winter's Day in Prague
Thu Feb 7, 2008 8:13 AM EST
A walk from my flat near the Prague Castle down Nerudova Street to Mala Strana and across the Charles Bridge:
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