Karel Schwarzenberg

FM: Czech Republic supports swift EU accession by Turkey

PRAGUE, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said Thursday his country supports Turkey's bid for the membership of the European Union (EU) as soon as possible. The Czech Republic was one of the...

Turkish foreign minister pins hopes on Czech EU presidency

Babacan doufá, že české předsednictví bude pro Turecko přínosné Prague - Turkey firmly believes that progress in its talks on entry to the European Union will be achieved during the Czech Republic's forthcoming EU presidency,...

DIARY - Czech Republic - to December 18

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Czech PM, president congratulate Obama

Topolánek: Na vztazích s USA se nic nemění Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and President Vaclav Klaus today congratulated Democrat Barack Obama on being elected U.S. President. Klaus writes in his letter to Obama...

Czechs appreciate work of president, ombudsman as best

Lidé hodnotí nejlépe Klause a Motejla Prague - Czech ombudsman Otakar Motejl and President Vaclav Klaus are still the two Czech elected officials who received the best assessment from people, according to an October poll the...

ANALYSIS:Eastern Europe fetes Obama, seeks strong leadership

Vienna - Eastern European leaders lapped up Barack Obama's pledge of a new dawn of US leadership and heaped praise on the president-elect, although some questioned his toughness toward Russia. From the Baltics to Bulgaria, the...

In a first, Czech Republic to lead EU

The Czech Republic assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union, the first former Soviet bloc country to lead the group of 470 million Europeans, and during one of the worst economic conflagrations in a century.

Czech opposition demands top court examine U.S. missile deal

MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Czech opposition Social Democratic Party demanded on Monday that the Constitutional Court examine the legality of agreements signed with the United States on deploying an anti-missile...

What is (was) wrong with Topolánek’s government?

How is this coalition government trying to explain its own landslide defeat in both the regional and Senate elections? His government implemented courageous and painful reform steps, fought for the U.S. radar base and was...

Swedish FM on Bosnia's future

Croatia's and Serbia's EU integration will help Bosnia's stability "more than anything else", Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt believes. Bildt made the statement in a letter sent to his EU colleagues, after the British and...