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A tale of two Vaclavs.(Letter from Prague)
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European Affairs
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June 22, 2007
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- Kraus, Michael
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"Which is the most neutral country in the world? Czechoslovakia. It refuses to intervene even in its own internal affairs." So went an anecdote I heard twenty years ago in communist-era Prague. But now it is June 2007. The Czechs joined NATO in 1999 and the EU in 2004, and President George W. Bush has visited Prague to make his case for the U.S.-built anti-missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland to be built by 2012 to cope with threats from rogue states such as Iran. Formal bilateral negotiations are only just beginning; it remains unclear whether this anti-ballistic system can work or how it relates to NATO's plans or whether the U.S. Congress will actually fund it. ...
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Inter Press Service English News Wire;
June 3, 1996 ;
David Rocks;
787 words
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Inter Press Service English News Wire;
June 7, 1996 ;
David Rocks;
787 words
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President appoints new government in Czech Republic
AP Online;
July 23, 1998 ;
155 words
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POLITICS-CZECH REPUBLIC: CHANGE BUT NO CHANGE ON ELECTION DAY
Inter Press Service English News Wire;
June 19, 1998 ;
David Rocks;
787 words
......about to fall. As the Czech Republic began two days of parliamentary...transformation to democracy." The Czech Republic is the only transformation...While the left-leaning Social Democrats are ahead in every opinion...enormous boost to the Social Democrats, who last ...
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Inter Press Service English News Wire;
January 17, 2007 ;
Zoltan Dujisin;
787 words
......GIN) -- With the Czech Republic into its seven month...over the governing Social Democrats led by former Prime...secretariat. The Czech Republic and Austria have...southern Bohemia in the Czech Republic, which ecologists...
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Inter Press Service English News Wire;
November 14, 2006 ;
Zoltan Dujisin;
787 words
......followed by the Social Democrats (CSSD), who had...expected the Social Democrats would get the...communists, the Social Democrats admit they would...taboo in the Czech Republic, largely due...split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia...elections. The ...
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CZECH REPUBLIC: RAMPANT CORRUPTION DRAWS CRITICISM FROM EU
Inter Press Service English News Wire;
October 25, 2007 ;
Zoltan Dujisin;
787 words
......Wire 10-25-2007 PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct. 24, 2007 (IPS...standing in the way of the Czech Republic's efforts to win the...European Union. The Czech Republic is considered by Transparency...anti-corruption record. "The Czech Republic suffers a lot from ...
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CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS GAIN IN POLLS
United Press International;
October 21, 2004 ;
194 words
......International 10-21-2004 Czech Social Democrats gain in polls PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct 21, 2004 (United...COMTEX) -- The ruling Social Democrats in the Czech Republic...Television showed the Social Democrats narrowing the gap with...The poll gave ...
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CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS GET POLL BOOST
United Press International;
September 23, 2004 ;
229 words
......International 09-23-2004 Czech Social Democrats get poll boost PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Sep 23, 2004 (United...COMTEX) -- The ruling Social Democrats in the Czech Republic...newspaper suggested the Social Democrats had the support of 16...July. The ...
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Czech Republic Faces Political Crisis
AP Online;
January 16, 2003 ;
NADIA RYBAROVA, Associated Press Writer;
257 words
...00-00-0000 Dateline: PRAGUE, Czech Republic The failure by Czech Republic lawmakers to elect a successor to...Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla, the Social Democrats' chairman. Many legislators refused...Mitrofanov, a commentator close to the Social Democrats, warned, With ...
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POLITICS: CZECH REPUBLIC REELS UNDER POLITICAL CRISES
Inter Press Service English News Wire;
December 8, 1997 ;
David Rocks;
787 words
......post-communist politics, the Czech Republic is being swamped by a tide...reformers to fall -- the Czech Republic faces the prospect of months...Leaders of the opposition Social Democratic Party say they...yesterday. The opposition Social Democrats, meanwhile, are eager ...
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One more defenestration; The Czech Republic.(In search of a new...
The Economist (US);
July 3, 2004 ;
444 words
......15 years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czech Communist Party has found a new way to threaten...vote, more than twice the score of the ruling Social Democrats, who came fifth. That lamentable performance...Vladimir Spidla, and his government. Other Czech parties scorn the Communists as ...
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Premier voices optimism for Social Democrats to stay in office, confirms...
AP Worldstream;
May 27, 2002 ;
ONDREJ HEJMA, Associated Press Writer;
371 words
...00-00-0000 Dateline: PRAGUE, Czech Republic Only weeks before parliamentary...expressed optimism that his Social Democrats will stay in office. He...government will also be a Social Democratic one, but with...reporters. I am leaving. His Social Democratic minority government...beaming ...
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Social Democrats picked to form new government
AP Online;
June 22, 1998 ;
ONDREJ HEJMA Associated Press Writer;
392 words
......Online 06-22-1998 PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) _ President Vaclav Havel asked the Czech Republic's center-left Social Democrats to try to form a government...succeed. Although the Social Democrats captured the most votes...into a coalition with Social ...
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