Vaclav Klaus

Czech President Slams Diplomats For Supporting Gay Pride Festival

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 10.08.2011

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PRAGUE — The Czech president lashed out Monday at 13 ambassadors for their petition in support of a gay pride festival in the Czech capital, and...

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Czech Parliament To Compensate Anti-Communists

AP | Posted 09.19.2011

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PRAGUE -- The Czech Parliament has approved legislation to honor and compensate members of the anti-communist movement. The bill gives members of the...

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Chess, Jazz and Hockey Legends in Prague

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 09.02.2011

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World chess champion Vishy Anand visited Prague shortly before Czech president Vaclav Klaus celebrated his 70th birthday with a jazz concert at the Prague castle.

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WATCH: Czech President Caught Stealing Pen In Chile

Posted 06.12.2011

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Could Czech President Václav Klaus be a kleptomaniac? That's the question on a lot of minds after Klaus met up with Chilean President Sebastian Pi...

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Obama Prague Trip Ends On Meeting With Czech President Vaclav Klaus

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PRAGUE — President Barack Obama on Friday briskly capped his latest mission abroad, squeezing in some diplomacy with his host, Czech President V...

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EU: Vaclav Klaus, Czech President, Signs Lisbon Treaty

ft.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vaclav Klaus, Czech president, on Tuesday signed the Lisbon treaty, ending a year-long stalemate with his fellow EU leaders and bringing the new gover...

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Remembering 1989, Diversity in Post-Communist Europe

Barry D. Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, nearly 20 years after the Berlin Wall came down, freedom and diversity are the realities in post-communist Europe.

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Climate Deniers Gather In Times Square

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, more than 600 people have gathered in New York for the International Conference on Climate Change. But it may not be what you think -- it's...

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Bush Won't Get To Keep The Gifts He Amassed While In Office

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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As George W. Bush learned, there's an upside to being president: He amassed a dazzling array of gifts from foreign dignitaries. But there's a downsid...

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New EU President: Climate Change Is A Myth

London Times | David Charter | Posted 05.25.2011

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The European Union's new figurehead believes that climate change is a dangerous myth and has compared the union to a Communist state. The views of Pr...

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Europe's Hopeful Over Obama -- But Fretful About Its Own New President

David Paul Appell | Posted 05.25.2011

The Euro-presidency is admittedly a largely ceremonial job, and what can be accomplished in just six months is fairly limited. So why then should Americans care?

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Sarkozy Attacks Czech Refusal To Fly EU Flag

Telegraph | Bruno Waterfield in Brussels | Posted 05.25.2011

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The French president sided with federalist Euro-MPs who are engaged in a bitter feud with Vaclav Klaus, the Czech president and a Eurosceptic. Seni...

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