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Senate 'approves' new Civil Code

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:09:50 GMT

The new Czech Civil Code now only needs to be signed by President Vaclav Klaus into law as the Senate did not take any stance on it within the set deadline of 30 days.

Klaus attacks education reform opponents

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:07:17 GMT

Critics of the Czech university system reform, now under preparation, are playing a false game of academic freedom, President Vaclav Klaus said yesterday, adding that he feels indignant at academics' reaction to the Education Ministry's reform proposals.

Friday News Briefing

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:07:09 GMT

EU TREATY President Vaclav Klaus said the government should decide on whether it will join the EU's planned fiscal discipline pact, rather than putting the issue to a public referendum, the daily Lidove noviny reported Jan.

Czech press survey - January 13

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:14:35 GMT

In Lidove noviny, Petr Kambersky wonders why President Vaclav Klaus and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg dispute over whether Prague should accede to the EU s fiscal union now that no restriction of national sovereignty threatens as Czechs are not part of the euro zone.

Where are the Europeans?: A few years back Vaclav Klaus, . . .

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:15:19 GMT

A few years back Vaclav Klaus, the Czech Republic's splendidly Thatcherite president, explained why attempts to resolve the EU's "democratic deficit" were doomed: The relationship between a citizen of one or another member state and a representative of the Union is not a standard relationship between a voter and a politician, representing him or ... (more)

Wednesday News Briefing

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:46 GMT

EDUCATION Vaclav Klaus Jr., son of President Vaclav Klaus, has stepped down as an adviser to controversial Education Minister Josef Dobes Jan.

Czech-Canadian writer Josef Skvorecky dies

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:08:39 GMT

Josef Skvorecky, left, who was a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto's Department of English, is seen in 1997 congratulating then-Czech Republic Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus, right. ...

Czech-Canadian writer Josef Skvorecky dies

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:07:15 GMT

Josef Skvorecky, left, who was a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto's Department of English, is seen in 1997 congratulating then-Czech Republic Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus, right.

PM praises Klaus for down-to-earth speech

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:49:14 GMT

Czech PM and Civic Democrat head Petr Necas praised President Vaclav Klaus for having dismissed false optimism and false promises in his New Year's Day speech yesterday, while the opposition disagrees with Klaus's criticism of pressure groups and unfulfilled EU entry expectations.

Klaus, Schwarzenberg, Albright speak at Havel's funeral

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:13:25 GMT

The speeches at former Czech and Czechoslovak president Vaclav Havel's funeral today, delivered by President Vaclav Klaus, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, focused on freedom and the necessity to fight for it.

Czechs Plan Havel’s State Funeral

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:03:09 GMT

Czech President Vaclav Klaus and the widow of Vaclav Havel agreed to hold a state funeral on Dec. 23 as citizens waited as long as three hours to pay their last respects to the anti-communist dissident playwright who became president.

Czechs Plan Havel’s State Funeral

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:22:51 GMT

Czechs overemphasise Dalai Lama's visit, president's secretary says

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:10:15 GMT

The Czech media romping about the Tibetan Dalai Lama is a kitsch of the century, Ladislav Jakl, Czech President Vaclav Klaus's secretary, is quoted by Prvnizpravy.cz server as saying yesterday.

President Klaus opposes loan

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:24:03 GMT

The Czech Republic should not provide any money for the International Monetary Fund to aid the euro zone countries with the biggest debts, President Vaclav Klaus told Czech Radio yesterday.

Gov't proves weaker this year than expected, Klaus says

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:34:53 GMT

The Czech government has been less effective and weaker this year compared with its position one year ago, President Vaclav Klaus said at a meeting with managers staged by the Euronews publishers Friday.

Gov't proves weaker this year than expected, Klaus says

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:23:45 GMT

Kenny still playing the populism game

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:07:52 GMT

When the Taoiseach assured people that they bore no responsibility for our economic collapse, I thought of Czech president Vaclav Klaus who opened his presidential term in 2003 with these words: "I am a bit like all of you.

Medvedev wants alleged vote fraud investigated

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:09:04 GMT

Chairman of Strahov Monastery's library Evermond G. Sidlovsky, right, looks on as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, 2nd right, signs a guest book upon arrival with his wife Svetlana, 2nd left, and Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus, left, with wife Livia, center, at the Strahov Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Dec.

Dmitry and Svetlana Medvedev in Czech Republic

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:13:00 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Prague on an official visit where he held talks with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus and Prime Minister Petr Necas.

Russia's Medveved in Prague to do business

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:39:54 GMT

Abbot of Strahov Monastery Michael J. Pojezdny, 2nd right, and chairman of its library Evermond G. Sidlovsky, rigtht, guide Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus, center right, accompanied ...

Russian President visits Czech Republic

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:41:53 GMT

PRAGUE, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday arrived in Prague, kicking off his short visit to the Czech Republic. Medvedev will meet with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus and Prime Minister Petr Necas. He will also open an exhibition of Kremlin cultural treasures. During his visit, several agreements, including those on building a new railway in Russia and a multifunctional complex for Sochi winter Olympic Games are to be signed. Czech newspapers speculat ...

Russia, Czech Republic to set up joint nuclear energy venture

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:47:31 GMT

Russia and the Czech Republic will sign an agreement on setting up a joint venture to exchange advanced technologies in civilian nuclear power sector during the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Prague on December 7-8. During his official visit Medvedev will meet with Czech President Vaclav Klaus and Prime Minister Petr Necas to disc...

Klaus writes to his Zambian counterpart over detained Czechs

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:26:17 GMT

Czech President Vaclav Klaus has written a letter to his Zambian counterpart Michael Sata that was conveyed by a special Czech envoy, voicing his conviction that the three Czechs detained in Lusaka did not plan any crime, he told journalists tonight.

Klaus writes to his Zambian counterpart over detained Czechs

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:50:54 GMT

News 25.11.2011

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:56:45 GMT

President Vaclav Klaus has written a letter to his Zambian counterpart requesting justice for the three Czechs who are to go on trial for spying.

News 25.11.2011

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:01:27 GMT

President Vaclav Klaus has written a letter to his Zambian counterpart requesting justice for the three Czechs who are to go on trial for spying.

President: 3 Czechs arrested in Zambia not spies

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:47:27 GMT

Czech President Vaclav Klaus has asked his Zambian counterpart Michael Sata for a quick and just solution in the case of three Czech men accused of espionage in the African country.

Klaus vetoes Czech bill on criminal liability of firms

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:17:53 GMT

Czech President Vaclav Klaus has vetoed the government bill to introduce criminal liability of firms as of 2012, his spokesman Radim Ochvat announced Friday.

Klaus: Europe will face Lost Decade, needs to transform

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:45:31 GMT

Europe will probably face "a lost decade" due to its deep financial and economic crisis and it will need to undergo a fundamental change, Czech President Vaclav Klaus wrote for the Tyden weekly that will be out on Monday.

Corruption widespread among Czech politicians, says businessman Babis

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:16:22 GMT

Andrej Babis, one of the richest Czech businessmen who recently set up an anti-corruption movement, fiercely criticised Czech parliamentary parties, President Vaclav Klaus and people close to them for corruption in a discussion programme on Czech Television Sunday.

Klaus: Europe, not just Greece, is to blame for crisis

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:28:36 GMT

It is a mistake to reduce the current fundamental European or euro zone crisis to the problem of Greece since Europe alone is to blame for it over its financial management and its decision to live beyond its means, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said yesterday.

HN: Klaus awards Czech global warming opponent

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:19:37 GMT

Czech climatologist Jiri Kukla was behind the U.S. decision not to sign the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on lowering carbon dioxide emissions, daily Hospodarske noviny writes yesterday, describing the career of Kukla who received the Medal of Merit from President Vaclav Klaus on Friday.

President Ilham Aliyev congratulates Czech counterpart on country`s public holiday

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:14:57 GMT

Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev yesterday sent a congratulatory letter to President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus on the country`s public holiday.

Czech president grants seven pardons

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:55:00 GMT

Czech President Vaclav Klaus today pardoned seven people, including two Ukrainian citizens, mostly for humanitarian reasons, Presidential Office spokesman Radim Ochvat told CTK on the eve of the national holiday, the day of Czechoslovakia s establishment on October 28, 1918.

Klaus: Social unrest in northern Bohemia is exploited for political purposes

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:06:43 GMT

Usti nad Labem, North Bohemia, Oct 19 - Some people abuse the social unrest in the Sluknov region, north Bohemia, for their political games, President Vaclav Klaus said yesterday.

Obama, 2012 GOP-ers Need More Urgency on America's Future

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:57:04 GMT

Recently, the president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, spoke to a group of Americans in Berlin.

Czech leader says more European integration 'fatally wrong'

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:20:03 GMT

Greater integration is cause of the European Union's problems and is not the solution to the debt crisis, Czech President Vaclav Klaus has said.

Czech President Klaus blames EU integration for EU problems

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:42:34 GMT

EU greater integration is a cause of EU problems, not any way out of the current debt crisis, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said at the summit of the Visegrad Four today.

Czech President Klaus blames EU integration for EU problems

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:37:37 GMT

EU greater integration is a cause of EU problems, not any way out of the current debt crisis, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said at the summit of the Visegrad Four today.

President, dignitaries celebrate Czech Statehood Day

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:12:06 GMT

Brandys n.L., Central Bohemia, Sept 28 - Czech President Vaclav Klaus as well as Roman Catholic dignitaries highlighted the importance of traditional values and family at the Saint Wenceslas pilgrimage Wednesday.

President, dignitaries celebrate Czech Statehood Day

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:38:31 GMT

Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 26

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:34:14 GMT

KLAUS ON NUCLEAR POWER: The catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power complex should not be allowed to call into question of the wisdom of atomic energy, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said.

Czechs: Nuclear power good despite Japan disaster

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:41:18 GMT

* Japan's disaster sparked nuclear rethink worldwide

* France also remains staunchly pro-nuclear in Europe

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The catastrophe at

Japan's Fukushima nuclear power complex should not be allowed

to call into question of the wisdom of atomic energy, Czech

President Vaclav Klaus said on Friday.

"After the tsunami wave hit the Fukushima power plant, some

governments decided not to build new nuclear power plants and

some even to abandon nuclear energy as such," Klaus said in a

speech to the U.N. [More]

Romani activists write to Czech President and ask him to publicly help calm unrest

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:24:35 GMT

Romani activists write to Czech President and ask him to publicly help calm unrest Czech Republic, 13.9.2011 04:06, Various Romani civic associations, individuals and initiatives have decided to write to Czech President Vaclav Klaus regarding recent events in the Sluknov foothills.

Klaus, Schwarzenberg heading for USA separately

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:15:22 GMT

Czech President Vaclav Klaus and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, who ended up in an open dispute about Czech diplomacy's concept lately, will visit the United States in the following days to represent the Czech Republic at the U.N. General Assembly's session.

Armenian Ambassador To Chech Republic To Spare No Effort For Bilater

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:49:22 GMT

ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO CHECH REPUBLIC TO SPARE NO EFFORT FOR BILATERAL TIES PanARMENIAN.Net September 7, 2011 - 17:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 7, Tigran Seyranyan, Armenian ambassador to Czech Republic handed credentials to Czech President Vaclav Klaus.

Joint vote on Czech opt-out, Croatia's EU entry is unlikely

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:59:04 GMT

The votes on the Czech opt-out from the Lisbon Treaty, demanded by President Vaclav Klaus, and on the ratification of Croatia's EU entry probably will not be linked in Czech parliament, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said yesterday.

Weaknesses exposed in Czech president's attack on gov't foreign policy

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:41:29 GMT

President Vaclav Klaus, a staunch euroskeptic, says the government's Foreign Policy Concept to deal with the current crisis in Euopean integration which he peceives Czech President Vaclav Klaus used the annual gathering of Czech diplomats at Prague Castle on August 30 to express several controversial opinions: he called for further reducing the ... (more)

Klaus: Dobe best Czech post-communist education minister

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:41:53 GMT

Josef Dobes is the best Czech post-communist education minister, President Vaclav Klaus said in the public Czech Television's "Before Midnight" programme on Thursday.

Medvedev will visit Prague in December - Klaus

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:06:50 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Prague in December at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus, Klaus said at his meeting with Czech ambassadors today, confirming the unofficial information about the visit.