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Marjanovič, Teodor
5 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Obama out to do it again
US President Barack Obama announced on Monday that he will run for a second term in office. But he's got a lot to do in the meantime, writes the liberal daily Mladá fronta Dnes: "Every US president wants to govern for two terms, as the constitution allows. But America has changed in the years since the last elections, and by no means exactly as Obama had planned. ... The president has lost much of his magic, and in its place have appeared a series of inconvenient questions. What does he plan to do about the healthcare reform, the never-ending military mission in Afghanistan or the prison in Guantánamo which has still not been closed down? But perhaps the president will find a recipe to clear up all these open questions and give his faded glamour a new shine. He has plenty of time, the elections won't take place for another year and a half."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Elections, » U.S.
Simply an expression of frustration
US President Barack Obama was wrong to dismiss General Stanley McChrystal, the liberal daily Mladá fronta Dnes criticises: "This means the man who led the war in Afghanistan with a new vision full of hope now leaves the scene. He was able to dodge bullets and kill the enemy on the field without blinking. He listened to his subordinates and learned from what he heard. But above all he conceived a strategy based on the defence of the major cities and which is seen as the only possibility of winning the allies' war in Afghanistan, which has gone on for eight years now. ... McChrystal said nothing that could convey the impression that he doubts Obama's personal will to win the conflict. His statements were simply an expression of his frustration at the policies in Washington."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Domestic Policy, » U.S., » Afghanistan
Pope should not avoid speaking his mother tongue
Pope Benedict XVI plans to avoid speaking his native language German during his upcoming visit to the Czech Republic in a bid to pre-empt negative reactions resulting from the sad chapter in the history of relations between the two nations. The liberal daily Mladá Fronta Dnes writes that the Pope is being overcautious: "The Pope should not have let himself be talked into this. The storms between Czechs and Germans have passed. … The Pope is German, Joseph Ratzinger is written in his passport and his masses are attended by many old people who speak German better than English. Even in Israel, where some are still frightened by the language of Goethe, German politicians speak their mother tongue. The President [Horst Köhler] and German Chancellor [Angela Merkel] even did so before the parliament. The majority of MPs remained in the room and applauded. The Pope had the chance to stress that the evil times have ended by speaking German. He has missed this opportunity."
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More from the press review on the subject » Religion, » Languages, » Germany, » Czech Republic, » Israel
Who will look after Michelle Obama in Prague?
The upcoming visit of new US President Barack Obama to Prague presents a predicament for the host, the liberal daily Mladá fronta Dnes writes, for the question of who will play hostess to First Lady Michelle Obama remains unanswered: "Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek will be the host. But although they haven't divorced he no longer lives with his wife and she doesn't accompany him at official events. Basically the prime minister now has two choices. He could play the host on his own, as he did when George W. Bush and his wife Laura visited in 2007. But that wasn't an ideal situation. The second solution: the prime minister welcomes the presidential couple with his current partner, the deputy parliamentary president Lucie Talmanová at his side. Ladislav Špaček, an expert on protocol and former spokesman for Václav Havel, recommends this second option. 'When President Nicolas Sarkozy was divorced and started his relationship with Carla Bruni they also travelled abroad together.'"
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Czech Republic, » U.S.
US radar in the Czech Republic
American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will today sign an agreement in Prague for the stationing of a radar station that will form part of the US's missile defence shield in the Czech Republic. Around 60 percent of Czechs oppose the project, much to the disappointment of the liberal daily Mlada fronta Dnes: "Let us look to Germany, which has a pacifist stance and where anti-Americanism is a matter of good form. Yet no one there is calling for the closure of the American military bases, because they create jobs. It will be the same in the Czech Republic. ... Besides, what could be more in the Czechs' interest than the Americans providing us with the ability to defend ourselves for free."
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