The Prague Post April 9, 2008 For Czech policymakers, no recent issue has been more paramount than the United States’ plans to extend its European missile-defense shield by erecting a radar base some 90 kilometers (56 miles) southwest of Prague. more
Media Newswire April 11, 2008 Advanced tracking radar technology -– key to protecting central European nations against long-range ballistic missiles launched from trouble spots –- will be installed in the Czech Republic by 2012. The stationing of the radar there is critical to the unfolding of a larger, but limited missile defense plan for Europe […]
Boston Globe April 9, 2008 A US counterterrorism policy aimed at obtaining more information about foreign visitors to the United States is driving a wedge through the European Union, prompting a group of largely former communist countries in the east to defy the continental government in Brussels. more
On April 2, 2009 the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20) held a Summit in London to discuss international solutions for combating the global financial crisis. Reporting that preceded the meeting of the G20 suggested a strong rift between the U.S. and Great Britain and Europe regarding the issues of financial […]
Turkish Weekly April 7, 2008 Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush met in the Black Sea resort of Sochi today for their last bilateral meeting as presidents. The upbeat remarks that wrapped up their talks appeared to mark a thaw in the increasingly troubled relationship between the two countries. But […]