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KOSOVO Prompted by a UN peacekeeping request, 116 Czech troops flew to Kosovo Nov. 5, according to the Czech News Agency (ČTK). The troops will join a 440-strong contingent to help reinforce national security during Kosovo’s Nov. 17 elections.

OPPONENT The opposition Social Democrats nominated economist Jan Švejnar Nov. 3 as the party’s candidate against incumbent Václav Klaus in the 2008 presidential election, the daily Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD) reported. To receive the minority coalition’s backing, Švejnar must gain the approval of the Christian Democrats and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia.
RADAR Opposition leader Jiří Paroubek met with U.S. Missile Defense Agency Director Henry Obering Nov. 5 amid a round of talks about the planned construction of a U.S. radar base on Czech soil. Paroubek maintained his party’s position and refused to condone the radar base without a referendum, according to MfD.
LEAK The state attorney’s office launched a criminal investigation into possible information leaks at the state’s counter-intelligence service (BIS) Nov. 5, following October allegations that an unknown BIS employee disclosed classified information to the media, the daily Hospodářské noviny reported.
PARAMILITARY Interior Minister Ivan Langer opposes the ultra-right National Party’s plans to establish a paramilitary National Guard unit at the end of this month, ČTK reported Nov. 11. All of the party’s actions will be closely monitored by the police, he added.


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