The Irish will probably vote Yes to the Lisbon Treaty, but a group of Czech senators have now launched a legal appeal against the Lisbon Treaty in the Czech Constitutional Court, with the sole purpose of delaying Czech ratification. Under Czech constitutional law, President Klaus can only sign the treaty after the Constitutional Court has given his judgement, and it is not certain when this will be,...
Of all available days on the calendar, today is the day the Obama Administration announced its decision to scrap plans to build the Bush era missle defense shield over Europe that was to be installed in Poland and the Czech Republic. On this date in history without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939 the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany invaded Poland, less than one month after the Bolsheviks...
Prague - Former Czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek was struck and injured slightly by a rock while at an election campaign event in the town of Hustopece on Friday, local media reported. According to the CTK news agency, four young men first abused...
The Czech Presidency of the European Council has formally concluded at the session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The Czech Prime Minister, Jan Fischer, de-briefed Members on the results of the June European Council. It was the second EU Presidency of a 'new' Member State. The EPP Group regrets the loss of momentum and political stability inflicted on the Presidency, as the centre-right...
Prague/Zagreb - Czech politicians are taking their election campaign to Croatian beaches as voters get set for early parliamentary polls just weeks after the summer holidays. Ex-premier Mirek Topolanek and three vice-chairmen of his center- right Civ...
Prague - Czech voters are to head to the polls, triggered by a recent government collapse, on October 9 and 10, the presidential office said Wednesday. The three-party centre-right government of former premier Mirek Topolanek was ousted in a parliame...
The European People's Party, the largest group in the European Parliament, has arguably become way too politically correct. Despite its official center-right ideological affiliation, the well-known politicians connected with the EPP - such as Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy - and many of their less famous colleagues turned out to be essentially indistinguishable from the self-described European socialists...
“So many questions,” the Guardian ’s Zoe Williams writes. “How did Silvio Berlusconi and Colonel Qaddafi become friends in the first place?” Part of the answer—and part of the reason Muammar Qaddafi is visiting Italy this week—is oil-and-natural-gas deals , but they also claim to genuinely like each other. Perhaps each, in his own way, makes the other feel...
Full Comment's Araminta Wordsworth brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. Today: Breaking down the European Parliament elections. As the dust settles after last week’s elections for the European Parliament, it’s clear there’s been a seismic shift. Voters moved firmly to the right, dumping on Socialist incumbents — the Labour party of Gordon Brown,...
Mirek Topolanek, outgoing Czech prime minister, delivered a parting shot at Nicolas Sarkozy, saying he should have reined in the French president during his four months at the helm of the European Union
Mirek Topolanek, outgoing Czech prime minister, delivered a parting shot at Nicolas Sarkozy, saying he should have reined in the French president during his four months at the helm of the European Union
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 7 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned his country will have to react in some way if the rising number of Czech asylum seekers is not curbed. Harper raised the issue in talks with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek Wednesday in Prague on the sidelines of an EU-Canada meeting, Prague radio reported. Harper said the Czech Republic violated conditions under...
Mirek Topolánek, President of the European Council, as Czech Republic holds EU Presidency, answering questions on May 4, posed by an user in the European chat, avoided a direct answer on Moldova. Asked if Topolánek "personally consider the recent unrest in the Moldovan capital as an expression of state tyranny or as inability of the defeated party to accept its defeat in election",...
(ISRIA) This year's EU-Canada summit will take place in Prague on 6 May. The EU will be represented by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and the Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek in his role as EU President in Office. Canada will be represented by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Summit agenda will cover a range of issues starting from a follow-up to the recent G-20...
Prague - Outgoing Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, whose country presides over the European Union until June 30, on Sunday called North Korea's nuclear programme extremely dangerous. Topolanek spoke to reporters after bilateral talks with his J...
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