Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941 in Prague) is the second President of the Czech Republic (since 2003) and a former Prime Minister (1992–1997).
Read More at Wikipedia ›Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday he is skeptical that Iran will agree to halt its nuclear program, accusing Tehran of playing a "chess game" with the international community.
Just days ahead of a crucial round of nuclear talks with Tehran, Netanyahu said "nothing would be better than to just see this issue solved diplomatically.""But I have to say I see no evidence whatsoever that Iran is serious about ending its nuclear program," he said.The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany are gearing up for a May 23 meeting with Iran in Baghdad.Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, like energy production. The West and Israel suspect Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. Israel says a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iran would threaten the Jewish state's survival.Speaking briefly after meeting Czech President Vaclav Klaus in Prague, Netanyahu called the Iranian nuclear program "the paramount issue of our time."He repeated Israeli demands...Czech President Vaclav Klaus is going viral on the Internet after making a not-so-smooth move during a news conference in Chile.A video shows Klaus quietly slipping ...
The Czech Republic's health care minister is appealing to thousands of doctors to abandon a plan to quit their jobs at regional hospitals in protest of low salaries....
The new U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic has presented his credentials to President Vaclav Klaus.Norman Eisen takes over a post that has been empty since his pr...
For four years, Tamika Catchings, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have carried the disappointment of losing in the semifinals of the 2006 world championship.Now they are ...
Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, and Tamika Catchings embraced in a long hug. The only blemish on their stellar U.S. basketball career was now gone.The United States won the...
Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus was waiting in the locker room to celebrate the country's biggest women's basketball win.Klaus, a former basketball player, wat...
By Dan Gainor Vice President Business Media InstituteThis is the winter of environmentalists' discontent. They desperately want the earth to be warming to prove Al G...
Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up a low-key pilgrimage to the fiercely secular Czech Republic on Monday, reaching out to nonbelievers and calling on an increasingly diver...
Pope Benedict XVI begins a three-day pilgrimage Saturday to the Czech Republic , where people increasingly have become cool to religion since overthrowing a communis...
WARSAW, Poland -- Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw's biggest public square Saturday, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in a p...
World leaders grounded by a shutdown of Europe's airspace were forced to skip the funeral of Poland's president, although some European guests took to the roads to m...
Thousands marched through the Czech capital Tuesday in commemoration of a student protest 20 years ago that grew into the human tidal wave sweeping away the communis...
The chief of the European Union's head office says he will not go to Ukraine during the European soccer championships in June unless there is a swift improvement in ...
Some say the pen is mightier than the sword. If true, Czech President Vaclav Klaus will soon be a very mighty man.More than 5,000 Czechs have signed up to a Facebook...
PRAGUE -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus has defended his deputy chancellor who criticized the mayor of Prague for supporting a gay pride parade in the capital.Petr Ha...
Czech President Vaclav Klaus is lashing out at 13 ambassadors for their support of a gay pride festival in the Czech capital.Klaus says he considers a joint statemen...
Bells pealed and fireworks shot across midnight skies in Bratislava two years ago, as Slovaks celebrated not only the New Year but also their country's long-sought e...
Bells pealed and fireworks shot across midnight skies in Bratislava two years ago, as Slovaks celebrated not only the New Year but also their country's long-sought e...
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas has asked President Vaclav Klaus to fire two ministers in his three-party coalition amid a government crisis.Necas' move came Monday ...