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15th November 2014 / Politics /

Politics: Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka to visit USA

Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will along with speaker of Chamber of Deouties of Parliament of the Czech Republic Jan Hamáček, Deputy-Prime Minister for Science, Research and Innovations Pavel Bělobrádek and Minister of Culture Daniel Herman begin working visit to the USA to attend the ceremo...

7th November 2014 / Politics / Employment and Social Affairs

Politics: Germany will not sacrifice free movement of people, Merkel indicates

On Sunday 2 November, German media informed about Angela Merkel´s worries about the UK´s position towards EU free movement of people. UK´s PM David Cameron is under pressure at home to cope with the allegedly overwhelming numbers of incoming workforce from the EU. The pressure is exercised mainly by...

1st November 2014 / Politics / Energy and Environment

Politics: European Council decides on 2030 climate framework

On 23 and 24 October, EU heads of state and government met in Brussels to hold a meeting of the European Council. The principal point of the agenda was the 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework. Following months of tough negotiations, the leaders agreed on 4 targets to be achieved by 2030: at lea...