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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Prague/Brno - The EU's Lisbon Treaty is expected to overcome a final hurdle on Tuesday when the Czech Republic's constitutional court decides whether to accept a legal challenge by members of the Czech parliament's upper chamber. Should the judges in...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Prague - A campaign against neo-Nazi fashion is to be launched in the Czech Republic, under the slogan Do you know what you are wearing? according to a media report at the weekend. Posters with the words: No support for neo-Nazis. Don't wear their ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Prague - The special opt-out clause agreed between the European Union and the Czech Republic to allow approval for the controversial Lisbon Treaty came under attack from the country's left and unions on Saturday. Faced with the possible refusal by eu...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Czech Republic's eurosceptic President Vaclav Klaus said Friday he would not pose any further obstacles to ratifying the Lisbon Treaty, after EU leaders agreed to give his country an opt-out. "I do not plan to impose any extra conditions for the ratification of the Libson Treaty," Klaus said in a statement published by his office. He said that the opt-out won at an EU summit in Brussels...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
PRAGUE: - Farmers sprayed milk on to fields across the Czech Republic yesterday to protest at low prices.Agriculture authorities said farmers planned to dump up to 500,000 litres of milk, or 7 per cent of their daily production.Farmers...
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Bier-Mania! Cultural Beer Tours (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Where did we go? Frankfurt-Schlüsselfeld (Sternbräu Brewery)-Bamberg (UNESCO)-Kulmbach-Neuhaus-Windichechenbach- Overnight Zoigl Land (Germany) Pilsen Urquell Brewery- Overnight Prague Prague Castle-Strahov Brewery-PRague (UNESCO)- Overnight Prague (Czech Republic) Zvikov Castle and Brewery-Lipan Brewery-Budweis Brewery- Overnight Cesky Budejovice (CZ) Cesky Krumlov (UNESCO) and Eggenberg...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Prague- The Czech Republic's Constitutional Court will not rule on a challenge against the European Union's reform Lisbon Treaty before the bloc's top-level summit starting Thursday. The court, based in the Czech Republic's second-largest city Brno, ...
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