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Ekonom: Czechs upgrading nuclear reactors for U.S. Navy
Czech scientists are helping upgrade nuclear reactors for the U.S. Navy, weekly Ekonom reported yesterday, quoting experts who link the cooperation to Westinghouse's status as one of the bidders for Temelín nuclear power plant's extension.
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EADS to deliver fault-free CASA planes by 31 May
Czech Ministry of Defense signs supplementary contract with Omnipol and EADS redefining terms of delivery of CASA planes.
Amendment reduces administrative barriers for foreign experts
The Senate yesterday approved an amendment to facilitate the recognition of professional qualifications of experts from EU member states who intend to work in the Czech Republic for a short time.
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ČR-Iraq ties not harmed by detention of Czechs police officers
The recent detention of two Czech police officers at the Baghdad airport will neither harm nor burden relations between Iraq and the Czech Republic, Iraqi Deputy PM Hussain Shahristani said at a lunch meeting with his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg yesterday.
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Defence minister wants Czech troops to stay in Afghanistan until 2014
Czech troops may stay in Afghanistan until the end of 2014. Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra, who is in the United States on a working visit, said he would ask the Czech Parliament to extend their mandate by another 24 months, as their current mandate will expire by the end of the year.
Iraqi Sunni press alleges Czech diplomatic guard is 'death squad'
Reports have emerged that security guards of the Czech Embassy in Iraq had been detained at Baghdad airport carrying weapons.
Czech study might help combat white-nose syndrome threatening U.S. bats
The immunity of Czech and other European bats to the white-nose syndrome threatening the survival of North American bats might be of help in combating the fungal disease, according to Natália Martínková of Masaryk University in Brno.
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Czechs might get another chance to join Swiss MUS case
The Swiss criminal proceeding on the suspicious privatisation of Czech coal-mining company, MUS, might return to the preparatory stage, Prague High State Attorney Stanislav Mecl told Czech Television (ČT) yesterday.
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EU-wide 'Free Yulia Tymoshenko' campaign to be directed from Prague
Husband of Ukraine's ex-PM and jailed 'Orange Revolution' heroine to fight for her freedom with a prominent fellow political asylee here.
Moscow issues record number of Czech visas
Czech consulates issued almost 340,000 Schengen visas to Russian citizens in 2011, a record high since 2000 in Moscow alone.
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