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Current AffairsConference sees diversification of energy sources, production as 'key' to security
The threat of terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,
and instability in oil-exporting regions like the Middle East: These were
among the topics being discussed in Prague this week at the "Energy
and Security" conference organised by the Programme of Atlantic
Security Studies (PASS), a local think-tank.
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Current AffairsBlast injures eighteen people in the centre of Prague
: An explosion ripped through the heart of Prague's main shopping district
on Sunday afternoon, in what police are saying was a failed attempt to
kill an Israeli casino owner, whose father was an underworld boss, who was
slain in a contract killing two years ago, just outside the Casino Royal
in downtown Prague. Eighteen people, most of them foreign tourists, were
injured in the attack on Sunday, which Czech Prime Minister Stanislav
Gross has called a aimed at
Brian Kenety has this report from outside the
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Current AffairsSenator warns that even the Czech Republic could become a target for a terrorist attack
Last month's terrorist bombings in Madrid meant that Friday's conference in
the Czech senate on Democracy and Security was a timely one. The
conference discussed the best ways for democratic governments to fight the
threat of terrorism whilst maintaining civil liberties.
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Current AffairsNational Security Council meets to discuss plan for fighting terrorism
Amidst all the hubbub surrounding the sacking of Health Minister Marie
Souckova and the kidnapping of Czech journalists in Iraq, it may have gone
unnoticed that the Czech National Security Council, which is headed by
Interior Minister Stanislav Gross, met on Tuesday to discuss the measures
that are in place to counter the potential threat of terrorist attacks in
the Czech Republic.
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Current AffairsSpidla proposes "pan-European fire brigade" to deal with terrorist attack
European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels for a summit dominated by
three main issues: turning the EU into the world's most competitive
economy, restarting the stalled talks on a European Constitution, and the
fight against terrorism. Leaders of the 10 countries which join the EU on
May 1st - the Czech Republic among them - are also attending the talks.
Radio Prague's Alexis Rosenzweig is in Brussels; we spoke to him earlier.
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