36 posts tagged “eastern”
Meanwhile, The Prague Post reported on the 28th February
"Court decisions over the years have tossed the ownership of St. Vitus, the architectural center point of Prague Castle, back and forth between the two institutions. But a Feb. 16 Supreme Court ruling reversed a lower court's October decision to hand the cathedral keys to the Catholic Church.
Zderčík said he plans to take the issue back to the Czech courts and, as a last resort, would consider going before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. He added that it's too early to see how the Supreme Court decision will affect the hundreds of other church properties in the Czech Republic for which legal ownership is still unresolved".
Personally I think the Church should control the Cathedral, with the help from the Government when required. However, it's wrong to intervene in eclessastical matters, in some ways this mirrors almost the purging of churches as happened in England hundreds of years ago!
Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.
clipped from www.tmcnet.com(Czech News Agency Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Pardubice, East Bohemia, March 3 (CTK) - Some 80 people met in Pardubice today at a protest rally against the stationing of a U.S. radar defence base in the Czech Republic, Jitka Vavrinova from the local police informed CTK. Primarily people who do not live in Pardubice took part in the demonstration, organised by the Food Not Bombs movement, she added. "Local people did not show interest in the demonstration, they did not join it," Vavrinova said, adding that no incidents occurred during the one and a half hour protest. Several similar demonstrations have been staged in the Czech Republic in the past few weeks. Hundreds of opponents met outside the Government Office in Prague on February 13, for instance. The USA would also like to build a missile defence base in Poland that would be interconnected with a radar system placed in the Czech Republic
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It has come to light that the US is planning a missile defence system in Eastern Europe, despite what Oh My News, is carrying on Czech polls showing an overwhelming vote of saying "no", despite the backing of the Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek. According to Lt Gen Vladimir Popovkin, a commander of Russia's space forces, in an interview with the BBC
"It is very doubtful that elements of the national US missile defence system in eastern Europe were aimed at Iranian missiles, as has been stated," he said.
Moscow has warned of "negative consequences" if Prague agrees to host the missile system.
This is dare I say it yet another example of not taking into account the feelings of other countries to such projects, leaders again not listening....Similar projects have also been agreed with th Polish Government. The fact is they are leading Europe into a Second Cold War at a time when energy resources are becoming scarce, this is a dangerous game to play, especially when Russia hold's all the cards in respect to energy in Europe.
According to the BBC the population in eastern europe will drop by a third by 2050 due to a drop in the birth rate. So how will this affect the region, will it slow economic growth for the region? Will it mean an increase in the number of foreigners that populate the region to take up the slack?
According to the BBC the Polish Government has announced a bill that will punish former members of the Secret Police. The new bill will look at baring them from public jobs and will also lead to a cut in any state benefits.
To see more on the story please follow the following link
Many in Poland are unhappy that the Government has tried to focus on people who collaborated with the Secret Police rather than targeting those who were in the secret police. This will go some way to rectify the situation.
The Unbearable lightness of Being, is one of my favourite books by the Czech Author Milan Kundera, published first in 1984 in France. The books backdrop is the The Prague Spring of 1968.Excellent read.
The Hungarian: Model: Markets and Planning in a Socialist Economy came at what is considered the end of the communist period for many. Xavier Richet's book shows the ups and downs of the Hungarian econnomic model. This books is worth getting if looking at the Economic History of Hungary.
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