Mirek Topolanek

Money headed to one single treasury

10-Nov-2008

An initiative that the Czech government approved involves having taxes, duty and social and health insurance all in one account. It plans to create one single spot for all business payments that are streaming into public...

Czech Health Min must win support for reform if wants to stay-PM

Prague - The position of Czech Health Minister Tomas Julinek (senior government Civic Democrats, ODS) is threatened unless he succeeds in explaining his reforms and winning support of medicals for it, Prime Minister and ODS...

CSSD wants Czech-U.S. radar treaties to be assessed by court

Prague - The Czech senior opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) want to propose that the lower house ask the Constitutional Court to assess whether the treaties on the installation of a U.S. radar base on Czech soil are in harmony...

EU leaders urge rapid results on financial reform

BRUSSELS (AFP) - An international summit next week in Washington should mark only the beginning of a global revamp of the financial order, EU leaders agreed Friday, calling for a second meeting in early spring.

Czech president might cause collapse of Lisbon treaty - press

Der Standard: Klausova ofenziva proti Lisabonu Vienna - The ratification of the Lisbon treaty need not necessarily collapse due to the Irish but due to the Czech Republic or rather its President Vaclav Klaus who is seeking to...

Czech arms maker manager ran business with Russian mafia

Muž, který podnikal s mafií, řídí zbrojovku Prague - Viktor Labsky, security manager of the ZVI arms producer in Vsetin, north Moravia, owned a company for three years with Andrei Korplyakov whom the Czech intelligence labelled...

News: Rough transition - Gov't scrambles to take over from France amid international criticism

By Ondřej Bouda Staff Writer, The Prague Post November 5th, 2008 issue French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Topolánek in Paris Oct. 31 to ensure a smooth transfer of power in January 2009. Le Monde, French daily "After...

Kamil Tchorek: Russia's show of bravado

Barack Obama got his first international relations surprise yesterday when President Medvedev of Russia chose not to congratulate him. Instead came a warning that Poland – America's staunch ally throughout the Bush years - will...

Czech PM seeks early visit by Barack Obama in early 2009

The Czech government and Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek in particular have signaled their intention to invite Barack Obama - the new President-elect of the United States - to the Czech Republic in early 2009. The purpose: to...

Czech presidency, what to expect?

The Czech Republic is expected to take over presidency in the European Union for six months starting Jan. 1, 2009. But not everyone is looking to this date with high expectations. In the middle of a global financial crisis,...