Czech Republic
Right-wing demonstrations against Roma in the Czech Republic
By Markus Salzmann, September 16, 2011
The Czech Civic Democratic Party is trying to suppress opposition to its austerity program by relying on far-right forces.
Persecution of Roma in the Czech Republic
By Markus Salzmann, September 9, 2011
In recent weeks, the Czech Republic has witnessed violent attacks on the Roma minority, sparked by clashes between Roma and young Czechs.
Floods hit Germany, Poland and Czech Republic
By Markus Salzmann, August 16, 2010
Floods in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic have claimed the lives of at least ten people, with others still missing and damage running into millions of euros.
Czech Republic: Trade unions call off transport workers strike
By Markus Salzmann, March 12, 2010
The calling off of a strike by transport workers in the Czech Republic came precisely at the time of the general strike in Greece and when strikes and protests were being held in many other European cities.
800,000 take strike action in the Czech Republic
By Markus Salzmann, June 27, 2008
The following article is to be translated into Czech for distribution at the next demonstration against the policies of the current Prague government.
Czech Republic: Mudslinging dominates presidential election
By Markus Salzmann, February 22, 2008
Vaclav Klaus was confirmed as president last week by the Czech parliament. The conservative incumbent had only an extremely small majority, but now returns to office for another five years as Czech head of state. In the third ballot of the second round, 141 parliamentary deputies and senators voted for Klau
Planned US missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic intensify European tensions
By Markus Salzmann and Cezar Komorovsky, March 17, 2007
The announcement by the US government of plans to station a missile defence system in Poland and a radar facility in the Czech Republic has led not only to an increasingly hostile atmosphere between Russia and the US, but also to considerable tensions inside the European Union as a result of an increasingly
US signs up Poland and Czech Republic for missile shield
By Niall Green, February 8, 2007
In a move set to further destabilise international relations, the United States has officially announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Czech Republic to host a radar station as part of the Missile Defence Initiative (MDI) system, which would combine long-range radar and interceptor missiles
State racism in the Czech Republic
By Achim Heppding, November 24, 1999
At 4.00 a.m. on October 13 a wall was erected overnight under the supervision of the police in Usti, the capital of the north Bohemian province in the Czech Republic. The wall is 62 metres long, 1.8 metres high and has three doors. It is supposed to separate 37 Romany families living in two housing blocks f
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