Czech Republic, Israel sign defense tech accord

Czech Republic, Israel sign defense tech accord

Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel and the Czech Republic have signed a defense cooperation agreement. The two countries signed the accord during a visit by Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka on Nov. 25. Officials said the agreement called for cooperation between the defense industries of Israel and Czech. “We have just signed joint declarations […]

Vaclav Havel: The passing of a Renaissance man

Vaclav Havel: The passing of a Renaissance man

John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Author, playwright, and former President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel has died at age 75. Havel, as literary figure and a political dissident, confronted the tyranny of the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and oversaw the country’s peaceful transition to democracy and a free market economy. Havel was a […]