CZECH REPUBLIC:  More Loyal Thanâ¦
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PRAGUE, Dec 18 (IPS) - A report by U.S. intelligence services minimising  the Iranian threat has meant another embarrassment for Czech  politicians supportive of U.S. plans to set up a radar base in  Central-Eastern Europe.
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PRAGUE, Oct 22 (IPS) - The reforms proposed by the governing coalition in  the Czech Republic could dismantle not only the most successful  welfare state in the post-communist region, but also break a long  tradition of social solidarity in a country that boasts the  lowest poverty rate in Europe.
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From symbol of mediaeval majesty to magnet for mass tourism, Prague's Charles Bridge has a special place in Czech hearts.
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BUDAPEST, Feb 23 (IPS) - The rise to power of the right-wing Civic   Democrats has returned the Czech Republic to a eurosceptic and  Atlanticist  path, even at the expense of public feelings. The  opposition says the  country risks political isolation in Europe.
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When the Czech Republic players arrived in Grand Forks, ND, for the world junior hockey tournament, they were greeted by two billboards that read: &quot;Roger and Tim welcome out-of-town Czechs.
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Investor's Business Daily - Austria's chancellor and Slovakia's prime minister sawed through a red and white border barrier in a symbolic extension of the EU's passport-free zone to former Eastern Bloc nations: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Support for the move is mixed, with the head of the EU's border watchdog agency warning that it will fuel illegal immigration.
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But these apparently insignificant arguments provide a key insight into the different streams of opinion in the Czech Republic, a country whose attitude to EU membership is complex and sometimes contradictory.
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PRAGUE- The second regional elections in the history of the Czech Republic have ended with a convincing victory of the senior opposition Civic Democrats (ODS) while the senior government Social Democrats (CSSD) ...
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For a team that just lost its World Cup of Hockey semifinal to Canada in heartbreaking fashion, the Czechs were a proud group of players.
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PRAGUE, Sep 25 (IPS) - The case of an ethnic Hungarian student who claims  to have been attacked by Slovak xenophobes has come to symbolise  the persistent clashes that strain relations between two of the  EU (European Union)'s most unfriendly neighbours.
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Latvia is the second most corrupt European Union member state after Poland in the international anti-graft organization "Transparency International's" Corruption Perception Index (CPI) this year.
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Eastern Europe&#39;s largest country outside of Russia stands at a crossroads this weekend, as voters in Ukraine decide between an autocratic leader who leans toward an increasingly autocratic Russia, or a democratic one who wants closer ties to the West.
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Pentagon space shield plan raises stakes with Russia - and local Czechs.
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BUDAPEST, Jan 31 (IPS) - The new right-wing government of the Czech  Republic, eager to prove its "prestige" as a reliable  ally of the United States, last week started negotiations for the  setting up of a military base in the Czech Republic. It will not  be easy.
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Stronger cooperation, and an increased budget, were decided upon at a meeting of senior tourism officials of the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), held in the Czech tourism ...
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For those with a little imagination and, perhaps, an adventurous streak, the Czech Republic proves a worthy rival to any Spanish hotspot.
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should prepare themselves to soon join Zoran Djindjic&quot;, the Serbian prime minister who was assassinated in March 2003. betraying Serbia&#39;s national interests by urging the extradition of Serb suspects to the Hague tribunal.