Tag: Czech Republic

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2009-01-31 "I don't think that there is any global warming.
Environmentalism and the global warming alarmism is challenging our freedom. Al Gore is an important person in this movement.
I'm afraid that the current crisis will be misused for radically constraining the functioning of the markets and market economy all around the world.
I'm more afraid of the consequences of the crisis than the crisis itself."
-- Vaclav Klaus, President of Czech Republic, speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum
2008-10-08 The Czech Republic "supports an unconditional EU accession for Turkey. Privileged partnership or such formulas cannot be accepted.
[...]
Any candidate country which complies with the criteria should have the rights to become an EU member.
[...]
This is how the union can strengthen security, prosperity and stability."
-- Mirek Topolanek, Czech Prime Minister, told a joint press conference in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his official visit to Turkey.
2008-09-09 The planned missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic “is made to put pressure on them (the Russians). It has nothing to do with the Iranians”.
-- According to Hubert Védrine, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs, radio interview on France Inter
2008-07-08 Czech Foreign Minister Karl Schwarzenberg signed an agreement allowing US deployment of special radar facilities on Czech soil as part of the top-secret US "missile defense" it alleges is aimed at rogue missile threats from Iran.
2007-04-26 President Vladimir Putin froze Russia's commitments under the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) arms control pact

"It makes no sense for Russia to observe the pact when NATO signatories are ignoring it.
"(NATO countries) are ... building up military bases on our borders and, what's more, they are also planning to station elements of anti-missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic."
"In this connection, I consider it expedient to declare a moratorium on Russia's implementation of this treaty -- in any case, until all countries of the world have ratified and started to strictly implement it."
-- Vladimir Putin, Russian President, in final state-of-nation address
2007-04-11 "For us -- and for many others in Europe -- it is unacceptable for anyone to use the continent as their own strategic territory. Any unilateral anti-missile projects would fundamentally alter the continent's geo-strategic landscape."
-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about U.S. plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe
2007-04-11 Russia wants talks with the European Union and the United States about U.S. plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe.
-- Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister

Lavrov described such a anti-missile shield as unacceptable and said it would fundamentally change Europe's strategic landscape.
2006-11-01 According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's World Investment Report 2006: The Czech Republic is among the top 20 FDI recipients worldwide
2006-11-01 The Czech Republic reached position 46-48 on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for the year 2006
2006-04 “What has been going on so far, for a number of years, is an exchange of information between the United States defense and European experts, including experts from the Czech Republic.”
-- Jirí Paroubek, prime minister Czech Republic

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