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CZECH REPUBLIC: COUNTRY IS FRONT-RUNNER FOR MEMBERSHIP TO NATO
Eng/Czech/Nat
Next week, the leaders of NATO countries gather in Madrid to decide if the military alliance that oversaw the end of the Cold War will accept its old enemies.
One of the front-runners for membership is the Czech Republic -...
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PM, Havel vote in referendum, voxpops
1. Vaclav Havel and wife walk up to desk
2. Various of Havel registering
3. Havel walks to voting booth
4. Wide shot booth, Havel emerges from booth, posts vote, his wife posts vote, they both walk away, followed by media
5. People enter...
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Protesters pelt President Zeman with eggs and tomatoes at anniversary celebration
Celebrations on Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic became a platform for protest against the current Czech president.
To cries of "Resign! Resign!" Czechs in Prague pelted President Milos...
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French and Czech FMs on Iraq and NATO crisis
1. Exterior of French foreign ministry, Quai d'Orsay
2. French flag flying outside
3. Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda entering lobby
4. Various of Svoboda in meeting with French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin
5. Svoboda...
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Late Austrian president buried
1. Wide shot funeral procession
2. Austrian flag
3. Pallbearers carrying coffin
4. Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn watching
5. Coffin carried down to grave side
6. New Austrian President Heinz Fischer (grey hair, glasses) watching
7. Wide...
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Voters head to the polls in early parliamentary elections
Voters in the Czech Republic began casting ballots in an early election which could see the Communist Party winning a share of the power, a first since the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
Polls predict the Social Democrats will be the leading...
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CZECH REPUBLIC: PRAGUE: RADIO FREE EUROPE OPENS NEW HQ
English/Nat
A final Cold War victory?
Radio Free Europe, a onetime Democratic tool, officially opens its new headquarters Friday in a former bastion of Communism in Prague.
Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel, has secured a reduced...
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Reax as sale of strong spirits banned amid wave of poisonings
1. Close of spirit bottle being taken down from shelf in busy bar in Prague
2. Various of alcohol being poured
3. Close of spirit bottles on shelf
4. Close of server at till
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonathan Weinstein, Manager of Pricny...
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Leader of Ano Movement and Czech president cast their ballots in parliamentaryelections
The Czech President and one of his rivals cast their votes on Friday in Prague for early elections that are speculated to bring in a new left-leaning government.
President Milos Zeman cast his vote in front of the cameras before stating...
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Czechs vote in crucial parliamentary elections
1. Various of people voting in the capital
2. Various of media watching result with head of Social Democrats, Vladimir Spidla
3. Various of Spidla with supporters
4. SOUNDBITE: (Czech) head of Social Democrats, Vladimir Spidla
"These...
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Czech Republic - Pope John Paul II ends his visit
Before he departed for Rome, Pope John Paul II celebrated an ecumenical
mass in Prague's cathedral that was attended by President Vaclav
Havel and Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus and their wives.
ext cathedral;
int. church;
PM arriving;...
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President Rivlin welcomes visiting PM Sobotka, comments from both
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on Wednesday as he continued his tour of the region.
Sobotka began his visit on Tuesday, when he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He...
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Czech Republic - Visit Pope John Paul II
More than 130,000 people gathered in a Prague park on Sunday
(27/4) for a mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II on the third
and final day of his visit to the Czech Republic.
Before he departed for Rome, Pope John Paul II celebrated an...
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Czech president arrives on official visit
1. Wide shot exterior of Elysee Palace
2. Close-up of French flag
3. Mid shot of ceremonial guards outside doorway
4. Wide shot of guards on parade
5. Czech President Vaclav Havel arriving
6. French President Jacques Chirac shaking hands...
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WRAP Voting, Czech PM, celebrations for yes vote
1. Various of people voting inside station
2. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Vox Pop
"I don't see any reasons to have doubts about our decision to become an EU member."
3. Door of polling station closing with sign saying referendum
4. Exterior...
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CZECH REPUBLIC: VELVET REVOLUTION CELEBRATIONS
XFA Prague and Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic, File
Prague, November 1989
1. Aerial shot crowds in street
2. Pull out from protestors occupying building to wide of demonstrators
3. Demonstrators applauding
4. Vaclav Havel...
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GNS WRAP Czechs vote overwhelmingly to join EU
1. Various of people voting inside station
2. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Vox Pop
"The European Union is a union of European states isn't it? I think we belong in Europe."
3. Cutaway of polling station
4. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Vox Pop
"I don't see...
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Defence ministers on military support for Ukraine
Prague - 26 February 2015
1. Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak and Czech Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky entering news conference
2. Cutaway of cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Martin Stropnicky, Defence Minister of Czech...
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Polls open in Czech elections
1. Exterior of polling station
2. Various of people inside casting their ballot
3. Leader of opposition centre-right Civic Democratic Party Mirek Topolanek arriving
4. Topolanek behind voting booth
5. Topolanek casting ballot
6....
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Czech Republic - The Pope Meets Vaclav Havel
Pope John Paul II arrived in Prague on Saturday (20/5) to begin a
two-day tour of the Czech Republic. The pontiff was met at Prague's airport by Czech President, Vaclav Havel.
Pope John Paul II down steps of plane
Crowds
Czech...
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Voters cast ballots on second day of presidential election
1. Wide of Prague Castle and the Vltava river
2. Mid of castle
3. Wide of polling station in central Prague with tram passing
4. Close up of Czech flag at polling station
5. Wide of sign reading (Czech) "Elections"
6. Close up of sign...
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USA: CLINTON HOSTS STATE DINER FOR CZECH PRESIDENT HAVEL
English/Nat
Czech President Vaclav Havel was guest of honour on Wednesday at a lavish banquet in Washington.
Surrounded as he is by critics and enemies following the Starr report on the Lewinsky affair, Clinton found a friend in Havel...
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Jailed Belarusian activist wins first Vaclav Havel Human Rights prize
A jailed Belarusian activist has been named the winner of a new human rights prize.
The first 60-thousand euro (81-thousand US dollar) Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize was awarded on Monday to Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Vyasna...
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Preview ahead of parliamentary election
1. Wenceslas Square in Prague
2. Various of trams
3. Various newspapers
4. Pan photos in magazine of Jiri Parubek (Socialist) and Mirk Topolanek (Civic Democrat)
5. Various of Communist Party headquarters, workers fixing boards
6....