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For the Record: Sports scores July 28 - Aug. 3 Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:11PMFill out your data only once to post unlimited comments. Your comments go live immediatelly. Be the first to access new features at praguepost.com. Your guide to the best dining experiences in Prague for 2010.
Metallica Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:08PMIn what's pretty much an '80s metal fan's dream, the "big four" thrash metal bands — , Megadeth , Slayer and Anthrax — will all play shows together for the first time this summer.
Czech Republic to host part of new missile defence shield Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:39PMThe Czech Republic is likely to host part of the US anti-missile defence shield in Europe. The American administration has officially asked the US Congress to fund the early warning program. Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas confirmed the news on Friday, saying that the new centre could be positioned in Prague or in its vicinity. If approved, the project could be launched before the end of the year.
Czech Republic ready to host US missile warning centre: PM Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:12PMPRAGUE (AFP) - The Czech Republic is prepared to host a missile warning centre funded by the United States and incorporated into a NATO missile defence system, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said Friday.
Czech Premier Says to Resist Exporter Calls for Euro Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:44AMCzech Prime Minister Petr Necas, in office for less than a month, said his government won’t commit to a target date for joining the euro, resisting pressure from exporters whose sales are being crimped by the rising koruna.
US wants missile defense center in Czech Republic Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:15AMThe Czech prime minister said Friday his government has been negotiating a plan with the United States to place a warning...
Czechs Discuss Hosting U.S. Missile Warning Center, Prime Minister Says Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:13AMThe U.S. and Czech governments are discussing plans to establish an early-warning center in the Czech Republic as part of NATO’s anti-missile defenses, Prime Minister Petr Necas said.
Community Calendar – 7/21 Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:08PMBird banding demonstration, Wednesdays, July 21, 28, 7 a.m., Wells Reserve at Laudholm. See birds up close as the York County Audubon Society studies migrating and breeding birds. Free. Dozens of additional walks and activities for all ages scheduled throughout the month.
Champions League third qualification round results Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:07PMChampions League third qualification round, first leg results on Tuesday The New Saints (Wales) 1 Anderlecht (Belgium) 3 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 1 Lech Poznan (Poland) 0 Unirea Urziceni (Romania) 0 Zenit St Petersburg (Russia) 0 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 3 Ghent (Belgium) 0 Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) 1 Zilina (Slovakia) 1 Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) 1 Salzburg (Austria) 1
Missy Doherty Finalizes Women's Lacrosse Coaching Staff by Adding Amy Altig, Retaining Tara Hohenshelt Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:26PMUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State women's lacrosse head coach Missy Doherty has announced the addition of Amy Altig, an assistant at Princeton for the last three years, to her coaching staff.
Coach set to lead Irish team Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:46PMIreland might not be well-known as a box lacrosse nation, but Streetsville native Jeff Dowling hopes to change that.
Coach set to lead Ireland Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:02PMNext May, Streetsville native Jeff Dowling will make his coaching debut with Ireland at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.
News 7.26.2010 Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:43AMArray
Abbott & Holm's Three Men on a Horse and Vaclav Havel's Memorandum Will Get NYC Revivals by TACT Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 9:00AMTACT/The Actors Company Theatre, the Off-Broadway company devoted to neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit, will present Vaclav Havel's The Memorandum in the fall, followed by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm's Three Men on a Horse in spring 2011.
Report: Russian Spy Reached Czech Generals' Offices Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 7:40AMPRAGUE, Czech Republic — Three Czech generals, including a presidential staff member and a NATO representative, were forced to leave the army in 2009 after a Russian spy made contact with their offices, a Czech newspaper reported Tuesday.
Czech Finance Minister Sees `Systemic Changes' to Meet Budget Deficit Goal Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 6:07AMThe Czech government will take savings measures this year and in 2011 to ensure that it meets its budget-deficit targets, Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said.
Magazine 7.24.2010 Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 9:13AMIn Magazine this week: the head of the Czech Roman Catholic church shows believers around Prague’s Archbishop’s Palace in a series of online videos; Radek Štěpánek and Nicole Vaidišová exchange vows – but they aren’t the only Czech sportspeople to marry; and PC monitoring software suggests Czechs are now slacking less at the office.
News 7.23.2010 Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 9:13AMArray
Czech press survey - July 24 Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 5:46AMPrague - The Czechs expect the new defence minister, Alexandr Vondra (Civic Democrats, ODS), to break up and crack down on the network of ministry officials who have stolen millions of crowns through fraudulent handling of public orders, daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes today.
Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal are in this together, for better or worse Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 7:56PMA mostly successful partnership on the AVP Tour since 2006, the two have hit a rough patch of late. But they seem determined to work through their problems, starting with this weekend's Long Beach Open, where they've done well in the past. Beach volleyball partnerships can often seem like business deals, a way for each party to benefit from the other. Friendship is not always an outcome — but it ...
New Comeback Kid Song Streaming On Their MySpace Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 1:22PMAs the wise man known as Cool James (who ladies apparently love) once said, "Don't call it a comeback."
Popular Let’s Dance festival returns for fifth year Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:59AMThe Let’s Dance Prague International Festival, focusing largely on oriental dance including genres such as tribal, and styles like funky jazz, flamenco, flirt or street dance, is an event unlike any other in the Czech capital. The reason? It offers not only performances by professionals but also by amateurs, and provides workshops with world-class performers. Let’s Dance, now in its fifth year ...
Member of group who shot their way across Iron Curtain in 1950s Milan Paumer dies at 79 Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:58AMMilan Paumer, a member of a group who made a dramatic escape from communist Czechoslovakia in the 1950s, has died in Prague at the age of 79. He, Josef and Ctirad Mašín and their associates were fierce anti-communists and were extremely unusual in taking up arms against the regime. Some Czechs regard Paumer and the rest of the Mašín group as freedom fighters. However, for others they were not ...
Business News 7.23.2010 Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:58AMIn this week’s Business News: Škoda Auto sets first half sales record; foreign investment flows pick up; defence minister declares war on tender corruption; construction giant to challenge suspicious contract decisions; and on course for a golf empire.
News 7.22.2010 Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:58AMArray
Czech MPs strike sexy poses for calendar Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 7:05PMThey're cute, they're sexy, and they're politicians. A new 2011 calendar from the Czech Republic party Public Affairs is raising eyebrows around the globe because it features female members of the political party in sexy poses and often showing a little skin.
Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Friday, July 16 Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 7:01PMReuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Friday (times GMT):
Sir Charles Mackerras: Energetic and perceptive composer celebrated in particular for popularising the works of Janacek Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 6:38PMJust under two years ago, Signum Classics released a live recording of Schubert's Ninth Symphony, the "Great C major", with Sir Charles Mackerras conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra – a performance which discovered unsuspected depths of primal violence in what had seemed an amiable classic. Mackerras' recordings with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra of Mozart's last four symphonies, released by ...
Pink rushed to hospital after harness fails Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 6:24PMPINK rushed to hospital after falling out of a harness during German performance.
Pink falls out of harness during show Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 6:07PMPINK was rushed to a German hospital after falling out of a harness during her performance today in Nuremberg.
Medina Garrigues wins in Prague, among final eight Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 3:10PMFifth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain has beaten Catalina Castano of Colombia 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Prague Open. Anabel Medina Garrigues - Colombia - Catalina Castaño - Czech Republic - Prague Open
Anabel Medina Garrigues advances to Prague Open quarterfinals Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 2:19PMFifth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain has beaten Catalina Castano of Colombia 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Prague Open.
Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Thursday, July 15 Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 7:01PMReuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Thursday (times GMT):
Miles headed to Czech Republic to play basketball Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 7:00PMChris Miles wanted to keep playing basketball.
What you might have missed Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 4:10PMIN overnight sport, Sergio Paulinho won the Tour de France 10th stage while Joe Rokocoko and Jimmy Cowan were ruled out of the All Blacks side.
USA's U-18 team includes skaters from Edina, New Prague, Shattuck Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 3:00PMTwo Minnesotans and a high school prep school skater in Faribault won spots on the under-18 team that will represent the United States in an eight-nation hockey tournament next month in Europe.
2010 U.S. Under-18 Select Team Announced Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 2:21PMCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Twenty-one players who participated at USA Hockey's Boys' Select 17 Player Development Camp have been selected for the 2010 U.S. Under-18 Select Team that will compete at the 2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament from Aug. 9-14, in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia.
Weekend Time Schedule Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1:07PMTimes EDT Saturday BASEBALL American League Detroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 4:10 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. Texas at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. National League Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs , 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis ...
Mental Toss Flycoons take bronze medal Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 12:19AMPRAGUE, Czech Republic - After a heartbreaking loss at universepoint Friday morning in the semifinals, the Mental Toss Flycoonsbounced back to win the bronze medal at the World Ultimate ClubChampionships
Missoula squad advances to semifinals at WFDF world championships Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 7:33PMPrague, Czech Republic - The World Ultimate Club Championships continued Thursday with teams advancing closer to the ultimate frisbee world championships.
Students receive prestigious Gilman scholarships for study abroad Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:24PMFour University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students were recently awarded scholarships through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program to study abroad.
It's a surprise to most people when they hear that a well respected and long-standing biennial competitive choral ... Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 1:19PM"You probably believe that you will always live within a democracy," Lada Ptacek says before pausing, his index finger pushing at the bridge of his glasses. "I am here to tell you that you cannot assume this. Systems change. Regimes come. There is no guarantee of how it will be."
Flycoons lose in semifinals Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 11:40AMUPDATE: The Flycoons win bronze at the world championships. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
News 7.8.2010 Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 11:17AMArray
Dongfeng Cheers at the FIFA World Cup Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 9:30AMHaving successfully completed its journey in Eurasia, Dongfeng's "Explore the World" motorcade, on July 6, arrived in "the Mother City" of South Africa - Cape Town, where the motorcade members watched a semifinal game of the World Cup and cheered for their respective favorite teams.
West Essex residents earn degrees Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 7:41AMGregory C. Sperrazza of Essex Fells was among the 539 students who received a degree at St. Lawrence University’s Commencement ceremony, held Sunday, May 16, 2010 on campus in Canton, N.Y. Sperrazza graduated from Delbarton School in Morristown, and received a degree in global studies.
Czechs Wary of Joining Troubled Euro Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 7:10AMThe new Czech central bank governor said uncertainty surrounding the euro zone in the wake of the Greek debt crisis is so great that there is no point considering adopting the common currency for now and expressed serious reservations about possible new Europe-wide regulations.
Storms stall Flycoons’ title quest Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 6:22PMPRAGUE, Czech Republic - Missoula's Mental Toss Flycoons hadtheir Tuesday game postponed because of inclement weather at theWorld Ultimate (Frisbee) championships.
Canucks roll onto semis Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 4:46PMMississauga's Samantha Shirley and the Canadian women's inline hockey team have advanced to the semi-finals at the world championship tournament in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sum 41 Bested A Hurricane Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 3:22PMAfter last week's drunken bus driver exploits of last week, Sum 41 have continued their strange Warped Tour saga with a new video on their website called "Sum 41 and the Hurricane."