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problems. While one governing party is in favour of an emphatic “yes”,
and the country’s eurosceptic president has already voiced an emphatic
“no”, everything points to the fact that Czechs will continue to sit on
the fence for as long as possible. More
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Party, a movement which includes numerous factions all united by their
desire to prevent a possible U.S. anti-missile base on Czech territory.
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Talking PointEthnic Poles and Hungarians - the gradually disappearing minority nations
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the rights of Polish and Hungarian minorities in the Czech Republic. In
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today.
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Current AffairsCzech government opts for a broader EU information campaign
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membership. Martin Mikule called Petra Masinova from the Office of the
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Current AffairsWhat's next for the EU Constitution in the Czech Rep as Britain shelves its vote?
The EU constitution suffered another major set-back on Monday when Britain
announced it would be postponing its referendum vote. The decision
provoked immediate reaction from pro-constitution politicians including
Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek, who has been pushing for the
ratification process to continue. Here in the Czech Republic, as
elsewhere, doubt has grown over what to do next: should - and can - the
constitution be saved? Or is it, as critics say, in rigor mortis.
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