Mirek Topolanek

US economic plans 'a way to hell'
A top European Union politician on Wednesday slammed US plans to spend its way out of recession as "a way to hell."
EU leader to meet Putin to resolve gas dispute
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek will be Russian PM Vladimir Putin to resolve the dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the transit of gas supplies.
Czech Republic takes over EU chair amid crisis
The Czech Republic assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union (EU) on Thursday, nearly two decades after communism collapsed in the central European country of 10 million.
US-Czech agreement on missile-shield postponed
The signing of a deal to place a US missile-defence site in the Czech Republic, once tentatively set for May, has been postponed, Czech officials said.