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Prague Daily Monitor, 17 hours 36 minutes ago / Czech President Vaclav Klaus will go to the United States in late September and he is to give a speech at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, his spokesman Radim Ochvat confirmed to CTK Thursday.
The Prague Post, Sep 02, 2010 / Czech President Vaclav Klaus said he can see no reason for the existence of Czech embassies in a number of small EU countries, saying the Union is no longer foreign in the standard sense of the word, at a meeting with Czech ambassadors Wednesday.
Prague Daily Monitor, Sep 02, 2010 / The Czech government coalition parties will recommend their MPs to support former constitutional judge Pavel Varvarovsky for ombudsman at the lower house session on September 7, Prime Minister Petr Necas (Civic Democrats, ODS) said after a meeting of the coalition leaders Wednesday.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 31, 2010 / The Czech Republic appreciates the way Latvia has coped with the serious economic crisis that hit it mainly last year, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told journalists after meeting his Latvian counterpart Valdis Zatlers.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 25, 2010 / Czech President Vaclav Klaus has proposed former South Bohemia regional governor Jan Zahradnik (Civic Democrats, ODS) and again civic activist John Bok for ombudsman ahead of the second election.
Kashmir News, Aug 21, 2010 / Czech President and honorary chairman of the right-wing Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Vaclav Klaus, right, and Premier and ODS chairman Mirek Topolanek arrive for the opening of partys weekend congress in Prague, on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 18, 2010 / Czech President Vaclav Klaus is convinced that the current government's austerity efforts are necessary, Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said after a meeting with Klaus Tuesday.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 16, 2010 / Czech President Vaclav Klaus together with famous personalities will feature in a TV spot promoting the women's world basketball championship to be held in the Czech Republic at the end of September and in early October, server Novinky.cz reports.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 16, 2010 / Czech President Vaclav Klaus considers the government-planned budget cuts necessary, but it seems slightly funny to him that he will pay for them the dearest price of all constitutional officials, he told Mlada fronta Dnes Saturday, iDnes.cz server reports.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 13, 2010 / Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg yesterday explained the need to close some Czech diplomatic missions over savings to President Vaclav Klaus who said such steps are fully in the minister's responsibility, Schwarzenberg told reporters after the meeting at Prague Castle.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 12, 2010 / Czech President Vaclav Klaus yesterday presented Valtr Komarek, left-wing economist and doyen of the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD), with a golden medal on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 11, 2010 / Czech President Vaclav Klaus met his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski on Snezka (1602m), the highest mountain in the Czech Republic, yesterday.
Prague Daily Monitor, Aug 10, 2010 / Czech President Vaclav Klaus will have his first meeting with new Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski on the highest Czech mountain Snezka (1602m) on Tuesday, his spokesman Radim Ochvat told CTK yesterday.
Radio Prague, Aug 09, 2010 / CTK The tiny Smědá River in north Bohemia was flowing at 30 times its usual rate in Frýdlant on Saturday, flooding the town and cutting off all of its access routes.
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941) is the second President of the Czech Republic (since 2003, reelected 2008) and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1992–1997).
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