Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Monday he is to replace four ministers in his three-party center-right cabinet as the country holds the six-month rotating EU presidency.
Next to Vice-Premier Jiri Cunek, who announced his resignation earlier Monday, Topolanek sacked Minority Minister Dzamila Stehlikova, Transport Minister Ales Rebicek and Health Minister Tomas Julinek.
Cunek's resignation earlier in the day unblocked Topolanek's plans to overhaul the government.
Prague - The Czech presidency of the European Union Monday welcomed promise by Russian officials to resume EU-bound natural gas deliveries via Ukraine on Tuesday morning.
Prague - A Czech artist's contribution to a European Union- wide art project to be unveiled in Brussels on Monday mocks Czech President Vaclav Klaus, an outspoken EU critic and global warming doubter, a report said Saturday.
The Lidove Noviny daily reported that a Czech piece in a giant jigsaw representing the 27 members of the EU features Klaus's controversial statements running on a display set in blue background.
"I don't know anything about that," said Klaus's spokesman Radim Ochvat.
Prague - A Czech artist's contribution to a European Union- wide art project to be unveiled in Brussels on Monday mocks Czech President Vaclav Klaus, an outspoken EU critic and global warming doubter, a report said Saturday.
The Lidove Noviny daily reported that a Czech piece in a giant jigsaw representing the 27 members of the EU features Klaus's controversial statements running on a display set in blue background.
"I don't know anything about that," said Klaus's spokesman Radim Ochvat.
The 8-ton artwork, partially paid by the Czech state, is to be on display at a seat of the Council of the European Union during the country's presidency of the bloc lasting through June 30.
Prague - A Czech artist's contribution to an EU-wide art project to be unveiled in Brussels on Monday mocks Czech President Vaclav Klaus, an outspoken EU critic and global warming doubter, a report said Saturday.
The Lidove Noviny daily reported that a Czech piece in a giant jigsaw representing the 27 members of the European Union features Klaus' controversial statements running on a display set in blue background.
Klaus, who claims that global warming is not man-made and costly measures to curb it are a waste, promoted his views in a book titled Blue Planet in Green Shackles.
Kiev - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday as part of an European Union diplomatic offensive to end a Russian natural gas embargo.
The Czech Republic holds the rotating presidency of the EU.
Yushchenko and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in a rare show of public solidarity, jointly met Toplanek at Kiev's Boryspil airport.
Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Monday he is to replace four ministers in his three-party center-right cabinet as the country holds the six-month rotating EU presidency.
Prague - A Czech artist's contribution to a European Union- wide art project to be unveiled in Brussels on Monday mocks Czech President Vaclav Klaus, an outspoken EU critic and global warming doubter, a report said Saturday.
Prague - A Czech artist's contribution to an EU-wide art project to be unveiled in Brussels on Monday mocks Czech President Vaclav Klaus, an outspoken EU critic and global warming doubter, a report said Saturday.
Kiev - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday as part of an European Union diplomatic offensive to end a Russian natural gas embargo.
