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Current AffairsOpinion divided in parliament over Bush victory
While some European leaders may be feeling trepidation at the election of
George Bush to a second term as US President, the Czech President Vaclav
Klaus - himself a strong advocate of the political right - responded with
unconcealed delight, describing Mr Bush as a "true leader of his
nation at a difficult time". And that is despite Mr Klaus's
reservations about the Iraq war. But Czech political opinion is divided,
as we found out when we spoke to deputies in the Czech parliament on
Thursday. More
Current AffairsWould Czechs vote for Bush?
Public opinion in the Czech Republic of the US political scene is generally
portrayed as being more pro-Bush than in many European Union countries,
and
a poll held by the GFK Institute a couple of days before the presidential
election seemed to confirm this. It suggested that 20 percent of Czechs
supported Bush compared to 16 percent for Kerry. Martin Mikule asked the
political analyst Jiri Pehe to what extent he felt this to be an accurate
picture of public opinion. More
Current AffairsCzech reactions to US Presidential elections
Provisional ballots may delay a final verdict but it looks like US
President George W. Bush has won over Democratic Senator John Kerry and
will be re-elected to a second term in the White House. What will the
implications be for the Czech Republic? Whatever the final result, Ludek
Bednar, from Central Europe magazine argues that there is one important
lesson Czechs can learn from the US presidential race.
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Current AffairsWatching the U.S. race from afar
Those who say all eyes are on the American election on are certainly right
with respect to some parts of the Czech capital. Americans and even a few
inquisitive Czechs stayed up to attend all-night parties around Prague
with their eyes glued to television screens.
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Current AffairsBush and Kerry: Distant cousins and Bohemian 'blue bloods'
Whatever the final count, the next president of the United States will be a
direct descendent of the ancient rulers of Bohemia. A well-known
Czech-American scholar says that both President George W Bush and Senator
John Kerry — who are very distant cousins, twice removed — can trace their
roots back to Duke Borivoj I and Saint Ludmila.
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Current AffairsA Czech perspective on the battle for the White House
The presidential elections in the United States have been filling the Czech
papers for weeks, with speculation over who has the greater chance of
winning, and what the outcome might mean for the United States'
relationship to the Czech Republic and to Europe in general. In this
country opinion seems as deeply divided as in the US itself, and for
Czechs this is one of the most closely observed foreign elections ever.
Martin Mikule spoke to political analyst from Prague's Charles University
Borivoj Hnizdo.
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Current AffairsSeven new members welcomed to NATO fold
Two years ago at the NATO Summit in Prague the process was set in motion -
it is now just about ready to come full circle: on April 2nd NATO will
officially expand by seven new countries as Jan Velinger reports.
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