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One thing Pavel won't be doing is inviting his 800 or so guests back for a nightcap, because Prague Castle has run out of booze. An audit carried out by the presidential office has found that the alcohol warehouse is practically empty, with significant volumes missing.



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After the face-to-face meeting between Vui and Zeman and the plenary meetings of the two delegations, a joint declaration was signed on the strengthening of cultural cooperation and the establishment of the "Czech House".

The president is still to appoint the other 17 ministerial nominees. That's meant to be a formality, but Zeman is a master of turning such formalities into political drama.

The president has told the country that he plans to object to one ministerial nomination. While he didn't name anybody, the proposal of Jan Lipavsky as foreign minister is widely assumed to be the target.

But the ambitions of the president and the people around him in Prague Castle were about to take an even bigger hit. Minutes after the billionaire premier took his leave, Zeman was rushed to Prague's Central Military Hospital.

The hard-drinking, heavy-smoking and politically scheming 77-year-old president has not been seen in public since. No diagnosis has been released.

It concerns a paid advertisement of the Hungarian Government, which it seems that no European newspaper wanted to publish except the Croatian 'Vecernji list', which provoked numerous and strong reactions.

Ljubljana – Congratulations to Slovenia are pouring in on Friday as the country is marking Statehood Day and the 30th anniversary of its independence. Congratulations to President Borut Pahor were sent today by the leaders of Italy, Austria, Croatia Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Japan, Belgium and Switzerland, the president’s office said.

"Worse than a crime" - that is how the Czech President described the bombing of Yugoslavia. At the time when the bombing was being decided upon, that country was in NATO for only a few weeks, and was the last one to give its consent, says Zeman, emphasizing that decision as a lack of courage.

The text entitled "I apologize to the Serbian people" was published on Facebook by the press secretary of the President Zeman, Ji Ovek.

President Vui said that he was looking forward to the visit and meeting with the Czech President Zeman, whom he appreciates as a true friend, especially his firm position on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija, which he often states in public.