http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Czech_PoliticsFind stories, videos, and photos about Czech Politics from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:52:11 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Czech_Politics14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Czech Politics from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/czech.eu.lisbon.treaty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/czech.eu.lisbon.treaty/index.html#cnnSTCTextCzech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, he announced on his Web site, paving the way for major changes to the way the 27-nation bloc is run.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/belgium.lisbon.treaty.czech.agree/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/belgium.lisbon.treaty.czech.agree/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe European Union was days away Friday from ratification of the Lisbon Treaty after the president of the Czech Republic -- the remaining holdout in negotiations -- agreed to ratify it.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/10/poland.eu.treaty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/10/poland.eu.treaty/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Polish president on Saturday signed his country's ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, aimed at streamlining the workings of the European Union.Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/17/united.states.missile.europe.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/17/united.states.missile.europe.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe decision by the United States to drop its plans to base an anti-ballistic missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic will have reverberations across Europe.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/30/michelle.obama.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/30/michelle.obama.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat can the first lady accomplish when she accompanies her husband on his first trip to Europe? She can play a role in the rebranding of America.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/24/czech.republic.government.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/24/czech.republic.government.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Czech government lost a confidence vote in parliament Tuesday, forcing the prime minister and his Cabinet to resign, Czech media reported.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/18/czech.missiles/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/18/czech.missiles/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Czech prime minister canceled a vote to allow the United States to put a key part of its planned missile defense system in the Central European country, the government announced late Tuesday.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/obama.foreign/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/obama.foreign/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Barack Obama will make his first overseas trip since taking office at the end of this month, visiting England, France, Germany and the Czech Republic, the White House said Thursday.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/05/czech.castrate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/05/czech.castrate/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Czech Republic's practice of surgically castrating convicted sex offenders is "invasive, irreversible and mutilating" and should stop immediately, the Council of Europe's Anti-Torture Committee said in a report made public Thursday.Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrustrated European Union leaders lashed out Wednesday at Russian and Ukrainian energy companies whose dispute over natural gas has stopped supplies to Europe for the past week.Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/15/eu.czech.art.row/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/15/eu.czech.art.row/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Czech Republic has apologized for a controversial art installation it commissioned to mark its six-month presidency of the European Union.Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/eu.czech.art.row/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/14/eu.czech.art.row/index.html#cnnSTCTextBulgaria is a Turkish toilet, France is always on strike, Romania is a vampire theme-park and the UK... Well the UK doesn't exist.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/12/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/12/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTextRussia will start pumping natural gas to Europe again Tuesday after an interruption of nearly a week, energy giant Gazprom's deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said Monday.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/09/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/09/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe European Union has finalized a deal on sending monitors to supervise supplies of Russian gas through Ukraine, an EU spokesman said Friday.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:56:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/news/international/russia_ukraine/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/news/international/russia_ukraine/index.htmRussia said Monday it would restore gas supplies to Europe after Ukraine, which has been engaged in a dispute with Russia, dropped conditions that had angered Moscow.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/11/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/11/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTextJust as millions of Europeans struggling through cold winter temperatures thought a resolution had been reached in the Russia-Ukraine natural gas standoff, Russia said it will not proceed on a deal.Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/10/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/10/europe.russia.gas.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCTextRussia and the European Union have agreed on a protocol on setting up a mechanism to control the transmission of natural gas through Ukraine to Europe, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Saturday.Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:35:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820946,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820946,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe United States and the Czech Republic on Tuesday signed an initial agreement to begin basing part of a U.S. missile shield in the former Soviet satelliteTue, 08 Jul 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/03/olympics.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/03/olympics.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, the White House announced Thursday.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/09/british.helicopter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/09/british.helicopter/index.htmlSix British soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash during military exercises in the Czech Republic, the Czech ministry of defense says.Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/01/prague.explosion/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/01/prague.explosion/index.htmlCzech authorities are blaming criminal elements for a grenade attack near a casino in Prague.Sun, 01 Aug 2004 11:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/01/eu.enlargement/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/01/eu.enlargement/index.htmlOfficials joined thousands of celebrants across Europe Saturday to mark the historic expansion of the European Union to embrace 10 mostly ex-communist nations.Sat, 01 May 2004 11:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/16/czech.crash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/16/czech.crash/index.htmlThe Czech Republic's foreign minister has been airlifted to a trauma hospital in Brno after being serious injured in a car accident.Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/14/eu.czech/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/14/eu.czech/index.htmlThe scene: a nightclub in Prague -- not an uncommon sight in a country on the brink of joining the European Union.Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/20/czech.collapse/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/20/czech.collapse/index.htmlCzech Republic Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla returned home but canceled his schedule for the next three days after collapsing Friday morning during a meeting in parliament, according to the Czech News Agency (CTK).Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:59:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/07/12/78075/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/07/12/78075/index.htmVaclav Klaus, 52, a free-market economist who is Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, is widely considered one of Eastern Europe's most effective political leaders. Says Prague entrepreneur Michae...Mon, 12 Jul 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/01/75191/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/01/75191/index.htmThomas Bata Jr. got a hero's welcome when he returned to his native Czechoslovakia two years ago, ending 50 years of exile in Canada. Everyone expected that Bata, 76, who built an international sho...Mon, 01 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDT