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Some 400 Czech volunteers enlisted in the German, Soviet and Czechoslovak armies on Saturday ahead of the battle for control of the Mosnov airfield. There were no reported causalities, or even wounded, thankfully, as this was merely a re-enactment of the bloodiest battle to take place on Czech soil during World War II: the liberation of Ostrava from Nazi German control.  More

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The Czech President Vaclav Klaus has found himself embroiled in a huge row with leading members of the European Parliament. Earlier this week two Euro-MPs, including the parliament's deputy president, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, accused Mr Klaus of using unfair means and lies to deceive the Czech public into rejecting the planned European constitution. They warned that he was leading the country into isolation, and they argue that he is the only anti-constitution head of state in the whole union. The Czech President himself has reacted with fury. David Vaughan joins me.  More

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"If the European Constitution fails to get approved, nothing earth shattering will happen. In fact we will have a flourishing European Union. The fewer such documents the better!" - words with which President Vaclav Klaus launched his latest literary work: a "guide" to the European Constitution.  More

Current AffairsJan Kohout: seasoned UN-EU diplomat, political tyro, and 'chief candidate' to become Prime Minister

Ambassador to the European Union and Social Democratic party member Jan Kohout is the odds-on favourite to become the next Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Mr Kohout is an experienced diplomat, but an untested politician: he has never been elected to public office or held a position of leadership within the Social Democratic party itself. Brian Kenety takes a look at the career of the man who might be set to take over the reins of government. More