Citing diplomatic habits, he would not elaborate.
Kaiserova has not been available for comment. According to CTK's information, the controversy around the building that will be opened after a five-year reconsruction in October, concerned the question who should operate the planned restaurant. Kaiserova pushed for a company that does not speicalise in the national cuisine while others wanted a first-class restaurant from the Czech Republic. The restaurant will not eventually be opened in the autumn. The Bohemian Hall in Manhattan will house the general consulate and the Czech Centre. Czech expatriates who originally owned the building have had one storey in the house Czech, US experts close talks on industrial cooperation agreement ...
Rice says Czechs might travel to USA visa-free by year end ...
EU needs Czechs on its path to better future - EP president ... at the their disposal. The Czech government has earmarked almost 750 million crowns for the reconstruction of the building old more than 100 years. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek is to attend its opening. Czech diplomats want to amply use the building during Czech EU presidency in the first half of 2009 when it will be "the main address not only of the Czech Republic, but also the European Union in New York," Josef Balaz, chairman of the expatriates' Bohemian Benevolent Literary Association (BBLA), told CTK.
(Ceske Noviny)
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