Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - The Netherlands opposes European Union plans to invite Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to a May 7 summit in Prague, Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said Friday.
"According to our view, President Lukaschenko should not be given a political platform on May 7th," Verhagen said on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Czech Republic.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - There is "broad consensus" within NATO that Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen should become the next head of the transatlantic alliance, Italian diplomatic sources said Friday.
"There is a general consensus among the allies on Rasmussen's name," Italian diplomats said on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in the Czech Republic.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - The European Union's foreign ministers Friday voiced their support for the Czech Republic, despite the country's government resigning midway through its tenure as the bloc's president.
"We must strongly help the Czech presidency," said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini during informal talks in the southern Czech Republic. "It would be a disaster if Europe was left without an authoritative and agreed line."
Prague - Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Republic's humbled premier, has conceded that his ill-timed remark suggesting the United States' measures to battle the global economic crisis would lead to "a road to hell" were inspired by heavy metal band AC/DC.
Czech media reported on Friday that Topolanek had told a television show that "AC/DC played in Prague last week. And their cult song 'Highway to Hell' may have prompted me to use 'road to hell'."
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - EU foreign ministers were set to meet Friday in a 13th century castle in the Czech Republic to discuss ways of helping the United States defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.
The EU talks were to take place amid reports that US President Barack Obama was planning to send thousands of additional army trainers to the country in a bid to loosen its dependance on Western help.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - The Netherlands opposes European Union plans to invite Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to a May 7 summit in Prague, Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said Friday.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - There is "broad consensus" within NATO that Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen should become the next head of the transatlantic alliance, Italian diplomatic sources said Friday.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - The European Union's foreign ministers Friday voiced their support for the Czech Republic, despite the country's government resigning midway through its tenure as the bloc's president.
Prague - Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Republic's humbled premier, has conceded that his ill-timed remark suggesting the United States' measures to battle the global economic crisis would lead to "a road to hell" were inspired by heavy metal band AC/DC.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic - EU foreign ministers were set to meet Friday in a 13th century castle in the Czech Republic to discuss ways of helping the United States defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.
