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Current AffairsZieleniec advisor: Klaus EU views not shared by majority in party
It's just days before Vaclav Klaus is inaugurated as the country's 10th
president, and a question many people are asking is - will the former
Civic Democrat leader soften his often critical stance to European
integration? People call him a Euro-sceptic, he calls himself a
Euro-realist, but with just over three months to go before June's EU referendum, not
everyone is convinced Mr Klaus is the right man to represent the country
at this crucial time. Among them is Lukas Macek, advisor to Josef
Zieleniec, the Senate's representative on the EU Convention.
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Current AffairsPolish Foreign Minister stresses need for Visegrad Group to stay active after EU membership
Last week saw much anger and disappointment among the eastern European
candidate countries for EU membership after French President Jacques
Chirac harshly criticised their support of the United States' tough stance
on Iraq. With EU expansion nearing amid deep divisions among NATO and EU
members over the Iraqi crisis, Czech and Polish politicians met at the end
of last week for talks. Here's Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz
Cimoszewicz:
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In this week's Insight Central Europe: Austria is blocking the movement of US troops through the country from Germany to Italy, and the country's defence minister says without a UN mandate for military action there can be no overflights or troop movements through Austria; tourism officials of the four Visegrad countries (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) have signed an agreement aimed at closer co-operation in the tourism industry; meanwhile, Austria is seeing a marked increase in tourists from Central and Eastern Europe; and why doesn't the best-known Czech author Milan Kundera allow his latest novels to be published in Czech? More
ICE - Insight Central EuropeICE - Insight Central Europe
In this week's Insight Central Europe: Austria is blocking the movement of US troops through the country from Germany to Italy, and the country's defence minister says without a UN mandate for military action there can be no overflights or troop movements through Austria; tourism officials of the four Visegrad countries (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) have signed an agreement aimed at closer co-operation in the tourism industry; meanwhile, Austria is seeing a marked increase in tourists from Central and Eastern Europe; and why doesn't the best-known Czech author Milan Kundera allow his latest novels to be published in Czech? More
Current AffairsEU offers hundreds of jobs to Czechs
Less than a month ago, news broke that the Czech Republic's unemployment
rate would surpass the ten percent mark. With such pessimistic numbers,
why not try for a job in the EU? The Czech Republic and nine other
countries expected to be fully-fledged members in 2004, and the European
Union has to prepare for the changes. Practically overnight, its
population will increase by twenty percent, it will have two thirds more
member states and many more official languages. The EU is therefore
offering Czechs five hundred job opportunities at its institutions -
including the commission, parliament, and council - in Brussels,
Luxembourg and Strasbourg. Daniela Lazarova spoke to the acting head of
the selection policy unit at the European Personnel Selection Office, Mr
Guy Vanbisen, to find out more about the conditions involved and how tough
the requirements are:
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Current AffairsMixed Czech feelings on the French-German axis in Europe
It couldn't have been better timed. Just when all eyes are on France and
Germany, the Czech Foreign Ministry on Wednesday hosted a discussion on
the two countries' role in the new Europe. The current Czech government
comes close to the Franco-German pro-federalist view of European
integration, but over Iraq Prague has sided itself with the United States
and Britain. During the discussion the Social Democrat MP Libor Roucek,
who is also vice-chair of the Czech parliament's European Integration
Committee, firmly criticized France and Germany's recent reluctance to
offer military support to Turkey, and in an interview with Radio Prague's
David Vaughan he explained why.
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Current AffairsCzech politicians condemn Chirac outburst over Iraq
French President Jacques Chirac's furious and very undiplomatic outburst at
the EU candidate countries of Central Europe has elicited an equally
furious reaction from the countries themselves. Poland, Slovakia, Hungary
and the Czech Republic have all hit back at Mr Chirac, saying that France
has no right to dictate the foreign policy of other countries. But Czech
officials, while clearly rattled at Mr Chirac's fit of pique, have also
expressed dismay at the divisions in Europe over the Iraq crisis. Rob
Cameron has more.
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