<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - czech</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/czech</link><description>Newsvine - czech</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:08:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:36:18 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>EU flag flies over Prague castle, not all happy</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time in almost a decade, the blue-and-gold European Union flag is flying above Prague Castle. But there's already a movement to take it down.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17586966-eu-flag-flies-over-prague-castle-not-all-happy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17586966-eu-flag-flies-over-prague-castle-not-all-happy</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>flag</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:08:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a69ca5ba-7058-4ca8-9245-42a0b8c77aa5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="285" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a69ca5ba-7058-4ca8-9245-42a0b8c77aa5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="216" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, and Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman, left, attend a European Union flag raising ceremony at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34cdc487-91a7-466f-b73e-23ad4c90d14b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34cdc487-91a7-466f-b73e-23ad4c90d14b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman, 2nd left, attend a European Union flag raising ceremony at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4eeb560-3600-436f-bb0f-96b198e11668.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4eeb560-3600-436f-bb0f-96b198e11668.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, looks on as Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman, right, signs the European Union bailout fund at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d137047-aff0-446a-8291-a9385cdd28f7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1d137047-aff0-446a-8291-a9385cdd28f7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman, right, answer questions to media during a press conference at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Milos Zeman signed the European Union bailout fund prior the press conference. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stepanek back from surgery for Czech Davis Cup</title>
<description><![CDATA[Radek Stepanek has recovered from neck surgery and is expected to play doubles for defending champion Czech Republic in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Kazakhstan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17472147-stepanek-back-from-surgery-for-czech-davis-cup</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17472147-stepanek-back-from-surgery-for-czech-davis-cup</guid><category>sports</category><category>tennis</category><category>czech</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>radek-stepanek</category><category>davis-cup</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:48:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eaeb17aa-0893-49ad-ab30-958558e0cec4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eaeb17aa-0893-49ad-ab30-958558e0cec4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tomas Berdych, of the Czech Republic, returns to Alejandro Falla, of Colombia, during the Sony Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla.,  Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f91bc8db-430d-45d0-a546-ff3690199ff7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f91bc8db-430d-45d0-a546-ff3690199ff7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tomas Berdych, of the Czech Republic, returns to Alejandro Falla, of Colombia, during the Sony Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla.,  Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vaclav Havel to get rights award named after him</title>
<description><![CDATA[The late Czech President Vaclav Havel is getting a new international human rights award named after him.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17417097-vaclav-havel-to-get-rights-award-named-after-him</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17417097-vaclav-havel-to-get-rights-award-named-after-him</guid><category>eu</category><category>human-rights</category><category>czech</category><category>world-news</category><category>havel</category><category>vaclav-havel</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:39:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Outgoing Czech president's opponents celebrate</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of opponents of outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus rallied in Prague to celebrate his departure and burn an effigy of him on his final day in office Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225606-outgoing-czech-presidents-opponents-celebrate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225606-outgoing-czech-presidents-opponents-celebrate</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>president</category><category>world-news</category><category>outgoing</category><category>vaclav-klaus</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dcd39969-629f-4d74-b03a-3a39caa742e0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="211" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dcd39969-629f-4d74-b03a-3a39caa742e0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Opponents of outgoing president Vaclav Klaus attend a mockery farewell in front of the Prague castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Outgoing president Klaus is to be replaced by president elect Milos Zeman on Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cc3590c-9773-496d-865f-59adde40093d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6cc3590c-9773-496d-865f-59adde40093d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Opponent of outgoing president Vaclav Klaus wears a mask depicting Klaus during a mockery farewell in front of the Prague castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Outgoing president Klaus is to be replaced by president elect Milos Zeman on Friday, March 8, 2013. Statue of Czechoslovakia's first president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk is in the background. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa7e7fcb-c0f4-4b9a-865b-27405f2e626d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="219" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa7e7fcb-c0f4-4b9a-865b-27405f2e626d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Opponents of outgoing president Vaclav Klaus attend a mockery farewell in front of the Prague castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Outgoing president Klaus is to be replaced by president elect Milos Zeman on Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Czech court clears US musician for fans death</title>
<description><![CDATA[A court acquitted on Tuesday the frontman of a U.S. heavy metal band of causing a teenage fan's death at a concert in the Czech Republic.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17193882-czech-court-clears-us-musician-for-fans-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17193882-czech-court-clears-us-musician-for-fans-death</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>sentence</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>world-news</category><category>band</category><category>metal-band</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:05:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=599f4015-1bfa-40d3-87bc-bef451d33032.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=599f4015-1bfa-40d3-87bc-bef451d33032.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Frontman of US metal band Lamb of God Randy Blythe arrives a court  in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. A verdict is expected on Tuesday, March 5, in a case where Blythe has been charged with causing bodily harm to another person with lethal consequences. At his band's concert in Prague in May 2010, Blythe allegedly pushed down from the stage a young man who eventually died of a head injury. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=60a26ea9-2c9a-45f4-af63-d0cbaeeb54eb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="498" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=60a26ea9-2c9a-45f4-af63-d0cbaeeb54eb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Frontman of US metal band Lamb of God Randy Blythe arrives a court  in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. A verdict is expected on Tuesday, March 5, in a case where Blythe has been charged with causing bodily harm to another person with lethal consequences. At his band's concert in Prague in May 2010, Blythe allegedly pushed down from the stage a young man who eventually died of a head injury. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac1ac927-617d-4372-89ef-f7832488d82c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="482" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac1ac927-617d-4372-89ef-f7832488d82c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Frontman of US metal band Lamb of God Randy Blythe arrives a court  in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. A verdict is expected on Tuesday, March 5, in a case where Blythe has been charged with causing bodily harm to another person with lethal consequences. At his band's concert in Prague in May 2010, Blythe allegedly pushed down from the stage a young man who eventually died of a head injury. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42b0ad2e-e190-4840-917f-263861ed524b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42b0ad2e-e190-4840-917f-263861ed524b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Frontman of US metal band Lamb of God Randy Blythe listens to a verdict at the court in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The court found Blythe not guilty in a case where he was charged with causing bodily harm to another person with lethal consequences. At his band's concert in Prague in May 2010. Blythe allegedly pushed down from the stage a young man who eventually died of a head injury. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4db96ad4-832f-4637-aa4e-b517cf319ad6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4db96ad4-832f-4637-aa4e-b517cf319ad6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Frontman of US metal band Lamb of God Randy Blythe leaves the court in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The court found Blythe not guilty in a case where he was charged with causing bodily harm to another person with lethal consequences. At his band's concert in Prague in May 2010. Blythe allegedly pushed down from the stage a young man who eventually died of a head injury. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hackers target Czech banks, affect online banking</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hackers are targeting major commercial banks in the Czech Republic, bringing down their website and affecting their online banking.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17181579-hackers-target-czech-banks-affect-online-banking</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17181579-hackers-target-czech-banks-affect-online-banking</guid><category>technology</category><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>cyberattacks</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:27:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czech president: Treason charges are political</title>
<description><![CDATA[Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Tuesday dismissed a decision by lawmakers to press high treason charges against him as politically motivated.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17117382-czech-president-treason-charges-are-political</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17117382-czech-president-treason-charges-are-political</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>amnesty</category><category>presidential</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>world-news</category><category>vaclav-klaus</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:54:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czech Republic's deal with religious groups signed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Czech government signed deals with representatives of 16 religious groups on Friday to pay them billions of dollars in compensation for property that the country's former Communist regime seized from them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17056130-czech-republics-deal-with-religious-groups-signed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/22/17056130-czech-republics-deal-with-religious-groups-signed</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>world-news</category><category>religious-restitution</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:18:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czech police suspect victim set off deadly blast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Czech police suspect that a man who died in a powerful gas blast that killed four others deliberately set off the explosion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17017681-czech-police-suspect-victim-set-off-deadly-blast</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17017681-czech-police-suspect-victim-set-off-deadly-blast</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>explosion</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:59:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bulgaria to revoke Czech power company license</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bulgaria announced Tuesday that the license held by a Czech company for power distribution in parts of the Balkan country will be revoked following allegations it systemically broke procurement rules.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17015878-bulgaria-to-revoke-czech-power-company-license</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17015878-bulgaria-to-revoke-czech-power-company-license</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>power</category><category>world-news</category><category>bulgaria</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:26:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Medical marijuana approved in Czech Republic</title>
<description><![CDATA[Czech President Vaclav Klaus has signed into law legislation that makes it legal in the Czech Republic to use marijuana for medical treatment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16973559-medical-marijuana-approved-in-czech-republic</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16973559-medical-marijuana-approved-in-czech-republic</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>marijuana</category><category>world-news</category><category>medical-marijuana</category><category>vaclav-klaus</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:49:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czechs tied 1-1 with Switzerland in Davis Cup</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tomas Berdych won his match Friday to bring defending champion Czech Republic to 1-1 against Switzerland after the opening singles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16808749-czechs-tied-1-1-with-switzerland-in-davis-cup</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16808749-czechs-tied-1-1-with-switzerland-in-davis-cup</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>sports</category><category>tennis</category><category>czech</category><category>cup</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>davis</category><category>tomas-berdych</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 18:05:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98998c8f-3adb-47df-a982-a7e923f9abdc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98998c8f-3adb-47df-a982-a7e923f9abdc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic returns a ball to Henri Laaksonen of Switzerland during the second single match of the tennis Davis Cup World Group first round between Switzerland and the Czech Republic in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8333670f-b2a7-4d41-9e2a-b38712c0add6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8333670f-b2a7-4d41-9e2a-b38712c0add6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland returns a ball to Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic during the first single match of the Davis Cup World Group first round between Switzerland and the Czech Republic in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Czechs open Davis Cup title defense in Switzerland</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Davis Cup champion Czech Republic begins defending its title on Friday when Lukas Rosol opens against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16789501-czechs-open-davis-cup-title-defense-in-switzerland</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16789501-czechs-open-davis-cup-title-defense-in-switzerland</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>sports</category><category>tennis</category><category>czech</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>davis-cup</category><category>stanislas-wawrinka</category><category>lukas-rosol</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:47:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=68fdd6c2-70bb-44c3-837f-7f1e41514a95.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=68fdd6c2-70bb-44c3-837f-7f1e41514a95.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tomas Berdych, of the Czech Republic returns a ball during a training session prior to the Davis Cup World Group first round match between Switzerland and Czech Republic, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The Davis Cup first round Switzerland against Czech Republic will take place from Feb.y 1 to Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8930b5fd-8814-458e-a610-e8766d89c7ef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8930b5fd-8814-458e-a610-e8766d89c7ef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Czech Republic's Davis Cup Team, from left, Tomas Berdych, Lukas Rosol, Captain of the team Jaroslav Navratil, Ivo Minar and Jiri Vesely, pose for photographers after a press conference prior to Davis Cup World Group first round match between Switzerland and Czech Republic, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. The Davis Cup first round Switzerland against Czech Republic will take place from Feb.y 1 to Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ex-premier elected new Czech president</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former left-leaning prime minister staged a big return to power Saturday by winning the Czech Republic's first directly elected presidential vote.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711554-ex-premier-elected-new-czech-president</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711554-ex-premier-elected-new-czech-president</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>election</category><category>presidential</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>world-news</category><category>milos-zeman</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:19:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a441e2bd-7dfd-4b74-a2d1-d727bdd27c8e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="289" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a441e2bd-7dfd-4b74-a2d1-d727bdd27c8e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="213" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Milos Zeman smiles after casting his vote during second round of Presidential elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=14698443-aaa2-4538-9a14-6d50b0d655f4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=14698443-aaa2-4538-9a14-6d50b0d655f4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Milos Zeman,  is surrounded by media,as he  leaves the polling station after casting his vote during second round of Presidential elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8538e904-83cb-47b8-ac39-5396fc45a0d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="511" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8538e904-83cb-47b8-ac39-5396fc45a0d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Milos Zeman gestures while addressing the  media after the announcement of the preliminary results of the presidential elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. According to the preliminary results he  won the election with about 54.8 percent. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78875e15-6abd-4439-b163-8594e339b9c7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78875e15-6abd-4439-b163-8594e339b9c7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Milos Zeman smiles while addressing the media after the  announcement of the preliminary results of the presidential elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. According to the preliminary results he  won the election with about 54.8 percent. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0b12369c-9d91-464b-9899-25df2be5adce.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0b12369c-9d91-464b-9899-25df2be5adce.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Milos Zeman arrives with his daughter Katerina to address media after announcement of the preliminary results of the presidential elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. According to the preliminary results  he won the election with about 54.8 percent. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=de6a23ff-22ab-4a7c-b0cc-4558ff187203.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="221" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=de6a23ff-22ab-4a7c-b0cc-4558ff187203.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Milos Zeman addresses media after announcement of the preliminary results of the presidential elections in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. According to the preliminary results he  won the election with about 54.8 percent. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Czech election overshadowed by prisoner amnesty</title>
<description><![CDATA[With his rants against the EU and gay rights, Vaclav Klaus has been no stranger to controversy in his 10 years as Czech president. But one of his final acts in power &#8212; a sudden prisoner amnesty &#8212; has backfired so badly he's being accused of treason.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16697305-czech-election-overshadowed-by-prisoner-amnesty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16697305-czech-election-overshadowed-by-prisoner-amnesty</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>amnesty</category><category>presidential</category><category>world-news</category><category>vaclav-klaus</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:58:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5e47d00-f119-41f9-b787-19aabf3ab03b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5e47d00-f119-41f9-b787-19aabf3ab03b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus speaks during a joint news conference with his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer, unseen, at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria. In 10 years as Czech president, Klaus has been no stranger to controversy, but one of his final acts in power &amp;#8212; a sudden prisoner amnesty &amp;#8212; has backfired so badly he's being accused of treason. His portrait has been torn down in anger in schools and offices across the country in a rapidly-evolving scandal that has cast a shadow over this weekend's presidential election and tainted the post which, while largely ceremonial from the grandeur of Prague Castle, is seen to carry moral weight. It could also swing the outcome of the runoff vote that began Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Budvar secures Budweiser trademark in Britain</title>
<description><![CDATA[A British court has rejected for good brewery Anheuser-Busch's request to block rival Budvar from selling its beer under the Budweiser trademark in the country, the latest ruling in a long legal battle over the brand name.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16524602-budvar-secures-budweiser-trademark-in-britain</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16524602-budvar-secures-budweiser-trademark-in-britain</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>budvar</category><category>state-owned-czech</category><category>budejovicky-budvar-np</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:58:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czechs open new pipeline importing Russian gas</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Czech Republic has opened a pipeline that provides an alternate route for Russian gas imports and will help supply other parts of the EU.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16505399-czechs-open-new-pipeline-importing-russian-gas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16505399-czechs-open-new-pipeline-importing-russian-gas</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>gas</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:46:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czechs elect president by direct vote for 1st time</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former leftist prime minister and the Czech Republic's conservative foreign minister will face each other in a presidential runoff later this month after finishing Saturday as the top two candidates in the ballot's first round.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/11/16463564-czechs-elect-president-by-direct-vote-for-1st-time</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/11/16463564-czechs-elect-president-by-direct-vote-for-1st-time</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>election</category><category>presidential</category><category>presidential-election</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>world-news</category><category>vaclav-klaus</category><category>karel-schwarzenberg</category><category>euro-skeptic-vaclav-klaus</category><category>milos-zeman</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:28:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba20c401-2198-4936-85b8-f00f318c0c7f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ba20c401-2198-4936-85b8-f00f318c0c7f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Jan Fischer looks on prior to a television debate in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.   Czech Republic holds the first round of the Presidential election on Jan. 11-12th, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b97e3700-c16c-4ca3-bd6e-44d69c2e5eeb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b97e3700-c16c-4ca3-bd6e-44d69c2e5eeb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidates Vladimir Franz, right, and Milos Zeman, left, talk prior their television debate in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.   Czech Republic holds the first round of the Presidential election on Jan. 11-12th, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99acacc0-1f83-4c1c-b506-a29ecfc4bfb0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99acacc0-1f83-4c1c-b506-a29ecfc4bfb0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidates, left to right, Zuzana Roithova, Jan Fischer, Jana Bobosikova, Tatana Fischerova, Premysl Sobotka, Milos Zeman, Vladimir Franz, Jiri Dientsbier and Karel Schwarzenberg attend a television debate in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.   The Czech Republic holds the first round of the Presidential election on Jan. 11-12th, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4b36286f-3cfe-47e7-bd0f-be405e236eb8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4b36286f-3cfe-47e7-bd0f-be405e236eb8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidates Vladimir Franz, center, Milos Zeman, right, and Premysl Sobotka, left, talk prior their television debate in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.   The Czech Republic holds the first round of the Presidential election on Jan. 11-12th, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48f91c80-5a6c-43c3-8b5f-7e06a136a4a2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=48f91c80-5a6c-43c3-8b5f-7e06a136a4a2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Vladimir Franz arrives to cast his vote for presidential elections at a polling station in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3adfd38c-ea59-4130-89d5-e20f1aaede59.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3adfd38c-ea59-4130-89d5-e20f1aaede59.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Vladimir Franz talks to media after casting his vote for presidential elections at a polling station in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=29597a43-421d-4f76-b8fa-3731f9385461.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=29597a43-421d-4f76-b8fa-3731f9385461.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Presidential candidate Milos Zeman talks to media after casting his vote in presidential elections at a polling station in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7849380-3e8b-4363-bb99-26a2bcaa7106.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7849380-3e8b-4363-bb99-26a2bcaa7106.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The candidate for head of the state and current Foreign Minister and government TOP 09 party leader Karel Schwarzenberg walks to cast his ballot in Sykorice village, some 60 kilometers west of Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The first direct presidential election in the Czech Republic started at 2 p.m. Friday when the polling stations opened all over the country. (AP Photo/CTK, Petr Eret) SLOVAKIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01f1e61d-7ce0-4ce2-a93a-41d2d93c46aa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=01f1e61d-7ce0-4ce2-a93a-41d2d93c46aa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The candidate for head of the state and former Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer, center, casts his ballot in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The first direct presidential election in the Czech Republic started at 2 p.m. Friday when the polling stations opened all over the country. (AP Photo/CTK, Vit Simanek) SLOVAKIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Skoda Auto reports record sales in 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[Czech carmaker Skoda Auto AS says its unit sales rose by 6.8 percent in 2012 to reach a record high.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/11/16462463-skoda-auto-reports-record-sales-in-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/11/16462463-skoda-auto-reports-record-sales-in-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>skoda</category><category>skoda-auto-as</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:51:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czech gov't survives as party decides to stay</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Czech Republic's three-party coalition government has survived after a junior party changed its mind about quitting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16416476-czech-govt-survives-as-party-decides-to-stay</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16416476-czech-govt-survives-as-party-decides-to-stay</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>crisis</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>government</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 20:16:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Budvar beer exports reach record high in 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[State-owned Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar, which has been fighting a long legal battle with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the "Budweiser" brand, says its 2012 exports rose by 1.1 percent to reach a record high.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16410369-budvar-beer-exports-reach-record-high-in-2012</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16410369-budvar-beer-exports-reach-record-high-in-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>budvar</category><category>state-owned-czech</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:11:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czech gov't future unclear as party says it quits</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Czech Republic's three-party coalition government appeared to be heading toward collapse after a junior partner said it would quit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16045350-czech-govt-future-unclear-as-party-says-it-quits</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16045350-czech-govt-future-unclear-as-party-says-it-quits</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>crisis</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>government</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:36:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czech parliament approves austerity measures</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Czech Republic's lower house of parliament has approved unpopular austerity measures that had threatened to cause the downfall of the center-right coalition government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16019639-czech-parliament-approves-austerity-measures</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16019639-czech-parliament-approves-austerity-measures</guid><category>eu</category><category>financial</category><category>czech</category><category>crisis</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:21:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Century-old fight for Budweiser name hits new snag</title>
<description><![CDATA[They've been arguing about a name for 106 years. A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been suing each other over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles in what has become a David versus Goliath corporate saga.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karel Janicek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/18/15990206-century-old-fight-for-budweiser-name-hits-new-snag</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/18/15990206-century-old-fight-for-budweiser-name-hits-new-snag</guid><category>eu</category><category>czech</category><category>wars</category><category>czech-republic</category><category>world-news</category><category>bud</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:42:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94d5652a-b9f5-449f-85c8-c0ba7237be7a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94d5652a-b9f5-449f-85c8-c0ba7237be7a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a brewer checks a glass of beer at the Budejovicky Budvar brewery  in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. They've been arguing about a name for 106 years. A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been suing each other over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles in what has become a David versus Goliath corporate saga. A deal, it seems, will have to wait a bit longer because settlement talks between state-owned Budejovicky Budvar and Anheuser-Busch, a U.S. company now part of AB InBev, have collapsed, according to Budvar's director general, Jiri Bocek. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e420833b-c885-477f-812a-41f4e4458072.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e420833b-c885-477f-812a-41f4e4458072.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, the director of the Budejovicky Budvar brewery Jiri Bocek during an interview with The Associated Press in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. They've been arguing about a name for 106 years. A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been suing each other over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles in what has become a David versus Goliath corporate saga. A deal, it seems, will have to wait a bit longer because settlement talks between state-owned Budejovicky Budvar and Anheuser-Busch, a U.S. company now part of AB InBev, have collapsed, according to Budvar's director general, Jiri Bocek.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec25f2c9-8cd7-4622-b072-8129b4c47c83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ec25f2c9-8cd7-4622-b072-8129b4c47c83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a Brewer checks a glass of beer at the Budejovicky Budvar brewery, in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. They've been arguing about a name for 106 years. A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been suing each other over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles in what has become a David versus Goliath corporate saga. A deal, it seems, will have to wait a bit longer because settlement talks between state-owned Budejovicky Budvar and Anheuser-Busch, a U.S. company now part of AB InBev, have collapsed, according to Budvar's director general, Jiri Bocek. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd54df68-78a6-43f7-91cb-28aa65b5c9d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd54df68-78a6-43f7-91cb-28aa65b5c9d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo a view of the Budejovicky Budvar brewery, in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. They've been arguing about a name for 106 years. A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been suing each other over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles in what has become a David versus Goliath corporate saga. A deal, it seems, will have to wait a bit longer because settlement talks between state-owned Budejovicky Budvar and Anheuser-Busch, a U.S. company now part of AB InBev, have collapsed, according to Budvar's director general, Jiri Bocek. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5abffd5c-984b-42c9-ae0a-5719e1994a4e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5abffd5c-984b-42c9-ae0a-5719e1994a4e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo a worker walks past a line of beers at the Budejovicky Budvar brewery  in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. They've been arguing about a name for 106 years. A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been suing each other over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles in what has become a David versus Goliath corporate saga. A deal, it seems, will have to wait a bit longer because settlement talks between state-owned Budejovicky Budvar and Anheuser-Busch, a U.S. company now part of AB InBev, have collapsed, according to Budvar's director general, Jiri Bocek. (AP Photo / Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65cb909d-fbca-481e-b183-1992d8c807a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65cb909d-fbca-481e-b183-1992d8c807a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo a worker examines a line of bottles of beer, at the Budejovicky Budvar brewery, in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. They've been arguing about a name for 106 years. A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been suing each other over the right to put the word Budweiser on their bottles in what has become a David versus Goliath corporate saga. A deal, it seems, will have to wait a bit longer because settlement talks between state-owned Budejovicky Budvar and Anheuser-Busch, a U.S. company now part of AB InBev, have collapsed, according to Budvar's director general, Jiri Bocek. (AP Photo / Petr David Josek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Czech: Notorious communist-era prosecutor dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Karel Vas, a prosecutor who came to symbolize unlawful trials during the post-1948 communist takeover of Czechoslovakia, has died, a government institute said Monday. He was 96.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15819840-czech-notorious-communist-era-prosecutor-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15819840-czech-notorious-communist-era-prosecutor-dies</guid><category>eu</category><category>obit</category><category>czech</category><category>world-news</category><category>vas</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:05:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>