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Czechs, Slovaks stall on ACTA [Feb 07, 2012] Romania doesn?t know why it didn?t The fragile European consensus over the ACTA treaty is fraying at the fringes: the Czech Republic and Slovakia have decided to suspend the ratification process, while Romania?s support for the treaty could stall on a change of government.? [via YahooNews] More >>

Cold weather continues to plague Europe [Feb 04, 2012] Temperatures in Europe are as low as -38.1 C in areas of the Czech Republic and below -30 in the Baltics. [via YahooNews] More >>

The paper clip, 3 February [Feb 03, 2012] Supplies of Russian gas to Europe fell by 7% yesterday, Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza writes. There are reports of shortages in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Cold snap claims lives across Europe [Feb 01, 2012] PRAGUE, BRATISLAVA, KIEV -- Several people have lost their lives in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and Bulgaria due to low temperatures. At least three persons died in Czech Republic while two people died in Slovakia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open Results [Jan 18, 2012] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Results Wednesday at the $26.83 million Australian Open on outdoor hardcourts at Melbourne Park (number in parentheses denotes seeding): Singles Men Second Round Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Olivier Rochus , Belgium, 6-1, 6-0, 7-6 (4). Yen-hsun Lu , Taiwan, def. Florent Serra , France, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. Philipp Kohlschreiber , Germany, def. Pere Riba , Spain ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Australian Open women's singles draw [Jan 13, 2012] Australian Open womens' first round singles draw (prefix denotes seeding): 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Anastasia Rodionova (Australia) Ashleigh Barty (Australia) v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Pauline Parmentier (France) v Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) Alize Cornet (France) v 31-Monica Niculescu (Romania) 24-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) v Christian McHale (U.S.) Qualifier v Marina Erakovic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open women's singles draw [Jan 13, 2012] Australian Open womens' first round singles draw (prefix denotes seeding): 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Anastasia Rodionova (Australia) Ashleigh Barty (Australia) v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Pauline Parmentier (France) v Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) Alize Cornet (France) v 31-Monica Niculescu (Romania) 24-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) v Christian McHale (U.S.) Qualifier v Marina Erakovic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Photos: January 4, Czech Republic 5 Slovakia 2 [Jan 05, 2012] Marko Dano of Team Slovakia crashes into the net with Bohumil Jank and goalie Petr Mrazek of Team Czech Republic during the battle for fifth place in the IIHF World Junior Hockey Tournament at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. The Czechs won 5-1. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech Republic finishes fifth at world juniors with 5-2 win over Slovakia [Jan 05, 2012] CALGARY - Petr Mrazek made 29 saves as the Czech Republic beat Slovakia 5-2 in the fifth-place game at the world junior hockey championship Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia wins in OT; Finland downs Slovakia [Jan 04, 2012] The Associated Press The Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta Grigori Zheldakov scored at 1:30 of overtime to lead Russia to a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in a quarterfinal at the world junior hockey championship Monday. Zheldakov took a pass from Nikita Kucherov and sent a slap shot past Czech goalie Petr Mrazek to earn the Russians a berth in Tuesday night's semifinal against Canada. "It's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Granlund sends Finland past Slovakia at worlds [Jan 03, 2012] Grigori Zheldakov scored at 1:30 of overtime to lead Russia to a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in a quarterfinal at the world junior hockey championship Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brisbane International women's results [Jan 01, 2012] Brisbane International women's singles first round results on Sunday (prefix denotes seeding, * = new result) * Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat 8-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 3-6 6-4 6-3 5-Kim Clijsters (Belgium) beat Simona Halep (Romania) 6-1 6-4 Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 2-6 7-5 7-5 Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia) beat Casey Dellacqua (Australia) 6-4 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia advances to quarter-finals at world juniors [Jan 01, 2012] Saturday Roundup: Finish netminder Aittokallio steals the show from Mrazek in win over Czech Republic on Saturday in Group B action [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia advances to quarter-finals [Jan 01, 2012] Saturday Roundup: Finish netminder Aittokallio steals the show from Mrazek in win over Czech Republic on Saturday in Group B action [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech Republic drubs Denmark in world juniors [Dec 28, 2011] Tomas Hertl scored twice, Petr Mrazek made 12 saves and the Czech Republic opened the world junior hockey championship with a 7-0 victory over Denmark on Tuesday night. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech Republic routs Denmark 7-0 [Dec 28, 2011] Tomas Hertl scored twice, Petr Mrazek made 12 saves and the Czech Republic opened the world junior hockey championship with a 7-0 victory over Denmark on Tuesday night. Petr Holik, Dmitrij Jaskin, Tomas Filippi, Jiri Riha and Radek Faksa also scored in the Group B game. Denmark was coming off an 11-3 loss to the United States on Monday night. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czechs bid farewell to Havel in national mourning [Dec 21, 2011] Thousands gathered in Prague's historic city centre on Wednesday as the Czech Republic began three days of national mourning to bid final farewell to Vaclav Havel, the icon of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania asks to join project linking electricity markets in Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic [Dec 20, 2011] Romania has asked to join a project that links the electricity markets of Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Hungarian transmission system operator MAVIR told MTI on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

World Junior Hockey Championship 2012 Schedule [Dec 20, 2011] Group A: (Calgary) Group B: (Edmonton) Russia Canada Sweden USA Switzerland Finland Slovakia Czech Republic... [via YahooNews] More >>

WTA Race Standings [Dec 19, 2011] Final Singles 1. Caroline Wozniacki , Denmark, 7485 2. Petra Kvitova , Czech Republic, 7370 3. Victoria Azarenka , Belarus, 6520 4. Maria Sharapova , Russia, 6510 5. Li Na, China, 5720 6. Sam Stosur, Australia, 5585 7. Vera Zvonareva , Russia, 5435 8. Agnieszka Radwanska , Poland, 5250 9. Marion Bartoli , France, 4710 10. Andrea Petkovic , Germany, 4580 11. Francesca Schiavone , Italy, 3900 12 ... [via YahooNews] More >>