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Czech president Vaclav Klaus, an economist by profession, is preparing to
do battle with environmentalists. In his latest book called "Our
Planet is Blue - Not Green", which is to be released shortly, the
president challenges the conclusions reached by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change namely that climate change is caused by human
activity. The president on Wednesday presented his views to students at
the Prague School of Economics, where he argued that environmentalists
were not only misleading society - they were actually a threat to further
development.
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Current AffairsBusiness contracts and US missile defence shield dominate agenda of President Klaus's Russian trip
Czech President Vaclav Klaus ended a four-day trip to the Russian
Federation on Sunday - the first ever official visit to Russia by a Czech
head of state. Accompanied by an unusually large delegation of
businessmen, Mr Klaus's chief aim was, he said, to boost bilateral
relations, with special emphasis on economy. However, the meeting between
President Klaus and Russian President Vladmir Putin was to a large extent
dominated by the US project to install a tracking radar in the Czech
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Current AffairsRFE commentator: missile defence will not cloud Klaus Russia visit
President Vaclav Klaus has embarked on his first state visit to Russia
since becoming president. It's a historic visit but one that comes at a
time of rising tensions between Prague and Moscow over American plans to
build a radar station on Czech soil as part of its missile defence system.
Missile defence will undoubtedly dominate talks between President Klaus and
his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but will it overshadow them? We
asked Radio Free Europe commentator Jefim Fistejn.
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