EU President Calls Obama Policies ‘the Road to Hell’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2009 Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek is currently the EU's rotating president and, like a drunken sailor on karaoke night, he's letting everyone know what's on his mind. On President Obama's economic policies, for example, he declared: "All of these steps, these combinations and permanency, is the road to hell." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S.-Russian Tensions Rise Over Missile Shield Plan

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2008 Forging an agreement with the Czech Republic to host the radar for the United States' planned missile shield project represents, according to Condoleezza Rice, a way of making the missile defense system "transparent to the Russians." Officials in Moscow, however, are inclined to take this latest move as a hostile gesture that could provoke military retaliation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )