Czechs scorn flashy politics

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Series Details 28.3.09
Publication Date 28/03/2009
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Article discusses the embarrassment felt in the Czech Republic, March 2009, over the fall of Mirek Topolanek’s government at a time when the stakes could not be higher, with Prague holding the six-month rotating EU presidency and Barack Obama, the US president, visiting a week later.

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ESO: Background information: Czech MPs oust government over economy http://www.europeansources.info/record/czech-mps-oust-government-over-economy/
Spiegel Online International, 31.3.09: Will Europe Be Held Hostage in Prague Castle? http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,616495,00.html

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