Sophia Sadoughi (Free subscription) | yesterday
A tourism website has put an addition to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on its second annual list of the “World’s Top 10 Ugly Buildings.” VirtualTourist.com puts Michael Lee-Chin’s futuristic glass “Crystal” addition at No. 8 on the list. The website site says that while many praise the glass structure, “just as many are troubled by the incongruity to...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
PRAGUE -- A rare white tiger has been killed by two lions in a zoo in northern Czech Republic, a zoo official said Thursday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Prague - Czech and US officials continued talks Monday on the Czech Republic's role in Washington's revamped missile shield plans but declined to give details on what that role could be. We have a number of very good ideas that we are talking to the...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
PRAGUE - Senior U.S. and Czech Foreign Ministry officials are holding talks to discuss ways for the Czech Republic to participate in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan. Monday's...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
PRAGUE -- Senior U.S. and Czech Foreign Ministry officials are holding talks to discuss ways for the Czech Republic to participate in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has opened the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Velvet Revolution featuring a political debate, live music and international celebrities.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Prague - Stefan Fuele, the Czech minister for European affairs, is the Czech Republic's candidate for a post at the European Commission, Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said Tuesday. A seasoned diplomat, Fuele, 47, was the Czech Republic's ambassado...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Key dates in the revolutions that swept across eastern Europe 2 May Hungary dismantles the barbed wire and electric fencing on its borders with Austria. Moscow does not act. 3 June Solidarity, the Polish trade union that became a social movement, wins virtually every seat it contests . 23 August Protesters form 400-mile human chain in Baltic states, demanding autonomy from Moscow. September By the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Prague - Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer proposed Zdenek Tuma, the governor of the Czech National Bank, for a post in the European Commission, the premier's office said Sunday. Fischer has said that he would select the Czech Republic's candidate for...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Prague - Caretaker Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer on Saturday indirectly turned down an offer by two major Czech political parties to become the Czech Republic's nominee for the European Commission. The premier confirmed that the two largest partie...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PRAGUE -- Senior U.S. and Czech defense officials held talks Friday to discuss ways for the Czech Republic to participate in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
• Prague court ruling opens battle for 'plum posts' • Miliband and D'Alema emerge as favourites The treaty designed to transform Europe into a more unified and influential global player yesterday cleared its last hurdle to ratification, throwing open the race to secure the plum posts of European president and foreign minister. President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic, a staunch opponent...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Prague - The Czech Republic's Constitutional Court Tuesday ruled that the European Union's Lisbon Treaty does not clash with the Czech constitution, allowing the pact's ratification which now only needs to be signed by Czech president Vaclav Klaus. T...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Prague - The Czech Republic's Constitutional Court Tuesday ruled the European Union's Lisbon Treaty not at odds with the Czech constitution, court chairman Pavel Rychetsky said. That removes the final hurdle to ratification of the pact, which has b...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Prague - The Czech Republic's Constitutional Court approved the EU's reforming Lisbon Treaty on Tuesday. The court ruled that the treaty was not at odds with the country's constitution, court chairman Pavel Rychetsky said. ...
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