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Current AffairsPrague and Paris seek to mend strained relations
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg appears to have mended some
fences with France on a just completed official visit. After veiled
criticism from Mr. Schwarzenberg of French expulsions of Roma, this was set
to be an awkward meeting but it seems to have ended with a desire to put
future relations between Prague and Paris on a better footing.
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Current AffairsCzech Foreign Minister’s comments over Roma expulsion rack up tension between Prague and Paris
A very undiplomatic spat has blown up between Prague and Paris. The fuse
was lit by Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg who said that
France’s ongoing expulsion of Roma, or gypsies, from camps across the
country smacked of racism.
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Current AffairsSarkozy reluctant to cede European stage to “passive” Czechs
It’s five weeks since the Czech Republic took over the EU’s revolving
presidency, and five weeks since France relinquished it. But have they
relinquished it? President Nicolas Sarkozy continues to stride manfully
across the European stage, while the newspapers of Paris issue dark
murmurings of French unhappiness with Czech “passivity”. So who is in
charge of Europe?
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Current AffairsForeign Ministry fined over Sarkozy-Topolánek leak
The National Security Office has fined the Foreign Ministry over the leak
of a transcript of an official conversation between the Czech prime
minister Mirek Topolánek and the French president Nicholas Sarkozy. The
transcript, which contained some rather undiplomatic language, caused a
minor sensation and prompted an apology from Foreign Minister Karel
Schwarzenberg.
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Current AffairsSarkozy criticizes Czech president's refusal to fly EU flag
Just two weeks before the Czech Republic takes over the rotating presidency
of the EU from France, the French president has taken a swipe at the
Czechs. Nicolas Sarkozy says it is insulting that some Czech public
buildings are refusing to fly the EU flag – an apparent reference to
Prague Castle, home to the fiercely Euro-sceptic Czech president, Václav
Klaus.
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Current AffairsCzech foreign minister apologizes for leak of Sarkozy meeting
Czech Foreign Karel Schwarzenberg has apologised for the publication of a
transcript of a meeting last month between French President Nicolas
Sarkozy
and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. While some Czech officials have
denied the authenticity of the record, the magazine Reflex, which printed
the minutes, claims it an interesting insight into how power deals are
struck. More
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