Prague - Slovakia was set to ratify the European Union's reform treaty Thurs

Prague - Czech and US negotiators opened three days of talks Wednesday on a treaty that defines status of US troops to be stationed at a planned US missile-shield radar base on Czech soil, the Czec

Prague - Czech and Polish officials reject Russian President Vladimir Putin's suggestion of a permanent Russian presence at planned US missile-defence sites in Eastern Europe, reports said Monday.

Prague - A US-Czech deal to place an anti-missile radar in the former East Bloc nation sparked resistance Friday among a junior governing party that may hold the key to the plan's parliamentary approval.

The Greens have warned that they will approve the US project only if it is clear that it will become part of NATO anti-missile defences in the future.

Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's centre-right government has a slim lower-house majority and the six Green lawmakers could be crucial.

NATO leaders agreed Thursday at a summit in Bucharest "to explore ways" of integrating the planned US missile shield in Czech Republic and Poland "with any future NATO-wide missile defence architecture."

Prague - Czech police have arrested an Indian restaurateur for allegedly evading 46.5 million koruny (2.9 million dollars) in income tax, the police said Friday.

Prague  - Czech authorities raided a methamphetamine lab, arresting two Britons and three Czechs suspected of producing and smuggling the drug for use in Britain, police said Friday.