The Czech and Slovak presidents, Milos Zeman and Ivan Gasparovic, would welcome a better transport connection between their countries and a closer cooperation of companies, such as rail cargo operators, they said after their meeting in Bratislava today. Zeman arrived on a two-day visit to Slovakia, his first foreign trip since he was inaugurated on March [...]
The Czech government certainly would not like Britain to leave the European Union, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said in reaction to PM David Cameron’s address in which he today promised a referendum on Britain’s EU membership after British elections in 2015. Necas said the Czech government is interested in Britain being an active and [...]
The Iranian authorities have arrested a Slovak citizen for alleged espionage as a collaborator of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Slovak media have written confirming reports from Iran. The man, arrested last week, is 26-year-old Matej Valuch, daily Sme wrote. In a video that is available on YouTube and that the Iranian state television has [...]
The instruments manufactured in the Czech Republic that will be on board the satellites to be launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the spring are to help forecast earthquakes and look for extraterrestrial life, Jan Kolar told CTK today. Kolar, director of the Czech Space Office (CKK), said these were some of the [...]
The Czech military is preparing the tender for the purchase of 238 new accurate long-range rifles for 100 million crowns, financial daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) writes today. The military wants to buy the rifles that are something between the usual assault rifle for servicemen and the heavy rifle for specially trained snipers, HN writes. At [...]
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas and Industry and Trade Minister Martin Kuba leave for a working visit to Serbia on Monday and they will be accompanied by around 50 entrepreneurs, the Economic Chamber told CTK on Friday. Kuba and the businessmen will then continue to Bosnia. Petr Kuzel, head of the chamber, said members of [...]
On Friday after 24 years Israel admitted that it’s secret service Mossad liquidated Vaziri Khalil, a representative of the former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The information was published by the daily news Yediot Acharonot, which had this information at their disposition for 12 years. However only now the military cencorship allowed for it to be [...]
The Czech Republic will ask Russia to explain the stopping of the Czech consulate car by the police in Yekaterinburg on Thursday, Czech Foreign Ministry spokesman Vit Kolar told CTK today. The Russian police wanted to check the driver’s blood alcohol level. “On Monday I’ll ask the [Russian] foreign ministry, their office in [...]
The Forum 2000 conference in Prague heard today pre-recorded greetings by the Tibetan Dalai Lama who said now that the need for changes is spoken about in the world, everyone must start with himself/herself and that it is not possible to wait for changes to come from outside. Forum 2000 was co-fathered by former Czech [...]
The Iraqi delegation headed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that visited the Czech Republic showed interest in the rifles, submachine guns and pistols produced by Ceska zbrojovka arms maker, its sales manager Jiri Skrabal told CTK today. Iraqi representatives are also negotiating about establishing a service and training centre for gun servicing in Iraq, Skrabal [...]
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