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Current AffairsPromoters of good name of Czech Republic thanked at Prague ceremony
Gratias Agit is the name of the award the Czech Foreign Ministry hands out
every year to individuals and organisations who promote the good name of
the Czech Republic around the world. This year's laureates included
everyone from the founder of the Israel-Czechoslovakia Friendship League
to a Vietnamese Czech studies specialist. More
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Today in Mailbox: the re-enactment of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV's
annual procession; a journey on the Posazavsky Pacific; response to US
plans to build a radar station in the Czech Republic and reactions to
Radio Prague's interview with a US veteran from Iraq. Listeners quoted:
Aloisie Krasny, David Eldridge, Vladimir Val Cymbal, Robin Lane, Andrew
Walters, Stephen K. McDonald.
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Current AffairsRussian President offers alternative to planned US missile defence shield in Central Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise proposal during the G8
summit in the German resort of Heilegendamm on Thursday when he offered to
his US counterpart George Bush to share a base to detect missile attacks.
Mr Putin offered President Bush the joint use of a Russian radar station
in Azerbaijan as an alternative to US plans to station parts of a missile
shield in the Czech Republic and Poland, an idea fiercely criticised by
Russia. Czech officials have so far adopted a 'wait and see' attitude to
Moscow's proposal.
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Current AffairsNatan Sharansky - Iran will bring on nuclear catastrophe to enter "paradise"
The eyes of the world's media may have shifted a few hundred kilometres
north to the G8 Summit in Germany, but the Prague conference at which
George W. Bush made his keynote speech continued into its second day on
Wednesday. The Democracy and Security conference, held at the Czech
Foreign Ministry, brought together dissidents from all over the world,
from Belarus to Iran. We've been speaking to one of the conference's main
organisers, Natan Sharansky.
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Current AffairsBush in Prague: The Cold War is over, Russia is not our enemy
The sounds of the American anthem welcomed US President George W. Bush to
Prague Castle on Tuesday for talks with his Czech counterpart, Vaclav
Klaus, as well as with Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. The talks
were the first stop of Mr Bush's European visit, which includes, first and
foremost, attending the G8 Summit in Germany, where Mr Bush will head on
Tuesday evening. Mr Bush's stop-off in Prague, though brief, was not
unimportant: he was in the Czech capital to discuss a number of issues,
among them a US request to station part of its missile defense system in
the Czech Republic. Also discussed were other issues including US visa
policy. More
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