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The arrest of two Czech women puts further strain on Czech-Cuban relations
Relations between the Czech Republic and Cuba have been strained for some
time, after a number of diplomatic spats. Tensions between the two states
have risen further since the arrest last week of two Czech women -
including former Miss Czech Republic Helena Houdova - while they were
taking photographs of a slum area.
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Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz visits Prague
On a tour of neighbouring Visegrad countries, Polish Prime Minister
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz made a one-day working visit to Prague on Tuesday.
At a time when Czech-Polish relations are extremely good, Prime Ministers
Marcinkiewicz and Jiri Paroubek devoted much of their time to the question
of alternate energy resources for central Europe.
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Czech-German relations expected to thrive after Merkel takes office
On Tuesday, Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democrats, was sworn in
as Germany's first ever woman chancellor at a ceremony in the Bundestag.
On Wednesday, Mrs Merkel made her first official visit to Brussels and
Paris, followed by a trip to London on Thursday, confirming the priorities
of her government's foreign policy. But what developments can be expected
in Germany's relations with its eastern neighbour the Czech Republic?
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Will election of Poland's Kaczynski have knock-on effect in Czech Republic?
Poland is now firmly in the hands of conservative politicians, following
the election at the weekend of Lech Kaczynski as the country's new
president. Mr Kaczynski's right-wing Law and Justice party - led by his
brother Jaroslaw - also won the recent parliamentary elections and is now
trying to form a coalition. So what does all this mean for the Czech
Republic?
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Belarus presidential candidate appears at Forum 2000
In Belarus this month allied opposition activists agreed on a single
candidate to challenge the autocratic rule of President Alexander
Lukashenko in next year's presidential elections. Alexander Milinkevich,
the man picked to take on "Europe's last dictator," travelled to
Prague this week at the invitation of former Czech president Vaclav Havel,
a vocal
opponent of the Lukashenko regime. Mr Milinkevich discussed the current
situation in Belarus at the Forum 2000 meeting. More
