This is a piece of information supplied by the Czech News Agency (ČTK) via Prague Daily Monitor – full article can be found here. Polar bear protest pokes fun at Klaus Dozens of “polar bears” staged a demonstration at Prague Castle. (ČTK) Prague, Oct 26 (CTK) – Several dozens of “polar bears” Monday called on Czech President Vaclav Klaus “to keep on campaigning against the myth of global warming” in a petition handed out outside the presidential seat, apparently ridiculing his views on climate change and also the European Union. The slogan “Our country will not be defrosted” recalled the phrase “Our country will not be subverted” that had been…
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The New Good Soldier Švejk
So, Prague’s become an honorary capital of Europe for the period the EU presidency! The Prime Minister is already boasting of his success in negotiating gas supply for Europe over the weekend (so we continue to be warm, and hope you are warm too. Better not think of what it’ll cost though!). One just wonders how this EU presidency will continue. The other day, the Financial Times’s Tony Barber had an interesting observation regarding another key person in Czech life – not the Prime Minister, but the famous President of the country, who upon having to welcome the European Commission into Prague clearly showed his disdain towards the whole thing, and did his best to insult…