Text of report by Czech newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes on 29 September [Unidentified report: "Russians Seeking To Obtain Land Plots Near Radar"] Prague - According to Deputy Defence Minister Martin Bartak, Russians are trying to acquire land plots in Brdy where the US antimissile radar is to be located.

Economia (Prague, Czech Republic), economical and special press publisher, has a new owner. It is the billionaire Zdenek Bakala. He has acquired Economia mainly from the publishing house Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt (Germany). Z. Bakala has taken over 88.36% of Economia's share in total.

Text of report by Czech leading privately-owned independent newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes website, on 23 April [Report by Jana Klimova: "Czechs turned off electricity to Russian peacekeeping forces"] Prague - Czech entrepreneurs in Georgia have angered troops from Russian peacekeeping forces who guard the border with separatist Abkhazia.

Text of report by Czech leading privately-owned independent newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes website, on 1 April [Report by "gag": "Team of Czech Army Soldiers To Be Present at US Base"] Prague - The Czech-US agreement on stationing the American missile defence radar at Brdy in the Rokycany district is about to be finalized, Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar, the chief Czech negotiator, confirmed for Mlada Fronta Dnes.

Text of report by Czech leading privately-owned independent newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes website, on 22 February [Interview with General Jiri Sedivy, former chief of Czech Army's General Staff, by Jan Gazdik; place and date not given: "Pentagon Killed Two Birds With One Stone"] Prague - The US espionage satellite, which had gotten out of control, had to be downed by a missile so as not to cause a disaster as it fell on the Earth's surface, former Czech chief of staff Jiri Sedivy said.