Czechoslovakia A chequered history Nov 19th 2009From The Economist print edition Czechoslovakia was born out of trickery and died in failure. Only up to a point Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed. By Mary Heimann. Yale University Press; 406 pages; $45 and £25. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk OUTSIDERS tend to have a soft spot for Czechoslovakia. …
Tag Archive: Czech Republic
Sep 17
Obama, Missile-Defence and Europe
Missile defence in Europe Pie in the sky Sep 17th 2009From Economist.com America calls off plans for missile defence in Europe, pleasing peaceniks but worrying hawks AP MAYBE some jam tomorrow, but none today. That is the American message to its most stalwart allies in the ex-communist world as Barack Obama’s administration shelves plans to …
Jul 24
Poland Czech and Lisbon
Poles, Czechs and the Lisbon treaty The awkward squadJul 23rd 2009 | PRAGUE AND WARSAW From The Economist print edition Why the Polish and Czech presidents drag their feet over the Lisbon treaty AFP Klaus and Kaczynski, procrastinating presidents AFTER being subject to commissars in Moscow, some east Europeans are twitchy about commissioners in Brussels. …
Apr 30
Roma
[This piece was largely written by my excellent colleague in Prague, Katerina Zachovalova. Any mistakes are mine] The Roma in eastern Europe Canada home and dryApr 30th 2009 | PRAGUE From The Economist print edition How Roma fleeing persecution win asylum in Canada EMIGRATION to Canada was a well-trodden road for dissidents after the Soviet-led …
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