NY Times: That Big Moment for Czechs? Not So Big

PRAGUE — When President Obama arrives here on Saturday for a meeting aimed at forging closer trans-Atlantic relations, aides say he has opted for a romantic private dinner with the first lady. That, rather than a glass of Czech beer with Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, who last week invoked Satan’s lair to characterize the American president’s economic policies.

Mr. Klaus will have to settle for a short meeting with Mr. Obama at Prague Castle on Sunday, with Mr. Topolanek in tow. And he may well be upstaged when Mr. Obama meets Mr. Havel, one of Eastern Europe’s most celebrated dissidents, later in the day.

Czech officials say they are privately praying that Mr. Klaus won’t lecture Mr. Obama on how to run the United States economy or offer him his latest book, “Blue Planet in Green Shackles,” which argues that the fight against global warming is a threat to freedom.

tak urcite jsem to trochu nadsadil, ale porad je to blog vzdelavaci instituce.

BRUN: no že by Ludwig von Mises Institute byli jen tak nějakcí "strejdové z Horn Dolní"...

to by bylo super, kdyby to bylo na cnn.com
takhle je to asi jako by to napsal strejda z horni dolni :)

LONESTAR: tohle je super!

There still are elected people in the world (other than Ron Paul) who make sense...
http://blog.mises.org/archives/009677.asp ;-)

TILIO: no a?

E.U. President Blasts U.S. Spending
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/25/AR2009032502074.html

International Herald Tribune: Po Topolánkově výlevu se EU usilovně snaží o nápravu škod
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/25/europe/union.php
Katinka Barysch, náměstkyně londýnského Střediska pro evropskou reformu (Centre for European Reform), zdůraznila, že Topolánek ochromil konsensus, který byl pracně vytvořen na vrcholné schůzce v Bruselu minulý týden. "Evropská unie pokročila k dobře vypracované argumentaci," řekla. "Topolánek to zpochybnil." Je záhadou, proč to udělal právě v této chvíli, řekla a dodala: "Proč Topolánek právě v této chvíli zahájí kanonádu proti lidem, kteří chtějí víc stimulovat ekonomiku, to je záhada. Je to asi jeho osobní postoj."

TILIO: a my snad umíme nosit i nějaký jiný střih? ;oDDDD

Globalisierung oder "Bohemisierung"?

Aneb o ceske jazykove politice.

Buďte silní jako USA, vyzval Evropu prestižní list
http://aktualne.centrum.cz/zahranici/evropa/clanek.phtml?id=630897
Ekonomická krize ohrožuje ideu jednotné Evropy a včerejší krizový summit svolaný českým premiérem Mirkem Topolánkem tyto obavy neuklidnil, ale naopak posílil. Slabá Evropská unie by si měla vzít příklad ze Spojených států. Tak vidí současné debaty o řešení hospodářské krize na půdě Evropské unie prestižní americký deník New York Times (NYT).

The Economic Crisis Hits Eastern Europe But not acting could end up costing Western capitals more than helping out. That's because Western banks have huge exposure to emerging European economies, either directly or through local subsidiaries. Austrian banks alone have a more than $293 billion exposure to Eastern Europe, roughly 80% of the Austrian GDP.
"Given the combination of banking and trade links between Eastern and Western Europe that have been built up over the past five to ten years, it's clear that this cannot be seen as a self-contained regional crisis," says Neil Shearing, Eastern Europe economist at Capital Economics in London.

Big Banks Face 'Stress Tests' From Regulators

The Obama administration hopes to restore confidence in the nation's ailing financial sector by subjecting 19 of the largest banks to ''stress tests'' that will gauge whether each institution has adequate capital to survive a severe downturn.

Downturn to Cost Billions In Aid to World's Poor

JESSIEATREIDES: ještě k sebeoběti v Číně:

State Press: Self-Immolation in Central Beijing

Falling Revenues Threaten Rebuilding and Stability in Iraq

Obama’s Iraq Plan Has December Elections as Turning Point for Pullout

Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan: A Thumbs-Up From Anbar

The key to the turnaround in Anbar, says Kelly, wasn't the 30,000-strong U.S. surge, which sent relatively few reinforcements to Anbar. Instead, the local population — mostly Sunnis, who had largely supported the insurgents — grew so fed up with the brutality of the al-Qaeda element that it rose up against the insurgency. Tribal sheiks who had once fought against U.S. forces began to work with the Marines in a tacit "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" alliance. "If the objective is zero violence in the nation of Iraq, it's impossible," Kelly said. "But if the objective is [to reduce] violence [to a level] manageable by the Iraqi police and the Iraqi army, we're all but there throughout most of the country."