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Talking PointAssociation for Equal Opportunities informs Czech women about benefits of EU accession
Saturday was International Women's Day, an event celebrated around the
world every year. The Association for Equal Opportunities chose the eve of
International Women's Day to launch a nationwide campaign which will try
and inform Czech women about the pros and cons of European Union
membership. After the fall of communism, International Women's Day fell
into disregard in this country, so I asked Michaela Marksova-Tominova, the
deputy chairwoman of the Association for Equal Opportunities, whether the
choice of the date was deliberate.
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Current AffairsPoll suggests major shift by Czechs towards EU as referendum date approaches
The results of an opinion poll released by the Stem agency in Prague have
shown a startling jump in Czech support for EU accession - almost 80
percent in favour - an incredible difference with the mere 49 percent
touted by some agencies less than half a year ago. Have Czechs really had
a sudden change of heart? Radio Prague spoke to the Stem agency's Jitka
Uhrova to find out:
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Current AffairsFormer head of Council of Europe assesses first year of European Convention
The European Convention - the body set up to discuss the future of the
European Union - has just celebrated its first birthday. The Convention
was given the challenging task of finding ways to put the EU in touch with
its citizens and rid the Union of its bureaucratic image. So how far has
it gone in achieving those aims? A question my colleague David Vaughan put
recently to Daniel Tarschys, professor of Political Science at Stockholm
University and the former Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
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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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