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- Czech Republic honors Rizal, Blumentritt
A bastion in the Czech Republic has been named after National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal and Ferdinand Blumentritt, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported Friday. The bastion, located at Dominikanska Street in Litomeøice, Czech Republic, opened on June
- Schedule Released for Papal Trip to Prague
VATICAN CITY, JULY 3, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict's schedule for his September visit to the homeland of the Infant of Prague was released today. The Pope's three-day apostolic journey to the Czech Republic, Sept. 26-28, will include a meeting with the
- Bmibaby to launch new flights to Prague >
Bmibaby will launch new flights to Prague from East Midlands airport this winter, it has been announced. The low-cost airline will serve the Czech capital with three weekly flights, operating on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays, from 4 December to 26 March
- UPDATE 1-CME stakes Ukraine future on Kolomoisky merger
* Tycoon injects $100 mln into broadcaster * CME has right to sell him rest of Ukraine ops for $300 mln * CME shares jump 8.5 pct (Adds analyst, shares) PRAGUE, July 3 (Reuters) - Debt-laden Central European Media Enterprises (CETVsp. PR) (CETV.O) is
- Opening Statement: Stoppards Czech rock
Home / Opening Statement: Stoppard?s Czech rock Michael Best & Friedrich May it please the court?Tom Stoppard is one of the most prolific, intriguing, and successful playwrights of our time. From his masterpiece, ?The Coast of Utopia,? a
- INDICATORS - Czech Republic - July 3
KEY INTEREST RATES 2-WEEK REPO DISCOUNT LOMBARD rate 1.50 pct 0.50 pct 2.50 pct last changed (date of decision) May 07, 2009 May 07, 2009 May 07, 2009 former rate 1.75 pct 0.75 pct 2.75 pct
- TEXT-Minutes from Czech c.bank June 25 board meeting
July 3 (Reuters) - Following is the full text of the minutes from the Czech central bank (CNB) governing board's June 25 monetary policy meeting, released on Friday. Present at the meeting: Zdenek Tuma (Governor), Robert Holman (Chief Executive
- Czech cbanker Rezabek lone vote for cut-minutes
PRAGUE, July 3 (Reuters) - Czech central bank board member Pavel Rezabek was the lone vote for a quarter point reduction in interest rates at the bank's June 25 rate setting meeting, minutes from the session showed on Friday. The meeting, attended by
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After World War II, Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the countrys leaders to liberalize party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now a member of NATO, the Czech Republic has moved toward integration in world markets, a development that poses both opportunities and risks.
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