A new center for the defense against weapons of mass destruction was opened in the eastern Czech Republic on Thursday.

The United States and Czech Republic are negotiating on a missile defense treaty to allow for a possible U.S. radar in the European country, spokesman Jan Hlousek said Tuesday.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus says individual freedoms are more endangered than the climate. In a wide-ranging interview with RFE/RL, Klaus took aim at one of his favorite recent targets -- those calling for urgent action on global warming.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus says opposition to a planned U.S. base near Prague must be respected -- and that it's up to politicians to explain to the Czech public why they should play host.

A team of U.S. experts is expected to arrive this month in the Czech Republic to examine a place where Washington could set up a missile defense base.

The Czech government has given the U.S. the go ahead to deploy a missile-defense radar near the town of Misov, 90 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Prague, the country's Security Council official said Tuesday.

Tests confirmed that hundreds of turkeys in Eastern Czech Republic died of the H5N1 bird flu virus. It was the first time the virus was detected among poultry in the Czech Republic, said Zbynek Semerad, a spokesman for the Czech veterinary authority.

On his visit to Prague this week, U.S. President George W. Bush sought to allay Czech concerns about the proposed radar base that the United States hopes to build in the country. But the Czech public remains unconvinced.

U.S. President George W. Bush is in Prague today for talks with the Czech president and prime minister about installing a radar in the Czech Republic as part of a proposed antimissile system.

U.S. President George W. Bush arrives today in Prague where he will try to persuade Czech officials to support a U.S. proposal to deploy parts of a missile-defense system in the country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will aim its rockets at European targets if the United States goes ahead with plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.