Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek had nothing good to say Wednesday about the Obama administration's efforts to jump-start the U.S.

WASHINGTON, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just one day after the Czech parliament ousted the country's cabinet and a few days before Barack Obama's trip to Prague, Czech Premier Mirek Topolanek showed little humility. In his Wednesday speech to the European Parliament, he described the U.S.

The European Union has said no to a proposal by Hungary to assemble a $240 billion bailout for Eastern European countries. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a sweeping bailout proposal wasn't appropriate, The Washington Post reported Monday. Saying that the situation is the same for all Central and Eastern European states … I don't see that, Merkel said after a summit meeting Sunday in Brussels.

In less than eight weeks time the Czech Republic will assume the rotating EU presidency, replacing France. Six months after that, the position will shift again to Sweden.

Text of report in English by Czech national public-service news agency CTK Rez, Central Bohemia, 12 September: New Generation IV nuclear reactors to be developed by the Nuclear Research Institute in Rez should meet the parameters demanded by the Green Party (SZ), Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (Civic Democrats, ODS) told journalists today.