Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 29 (UNI) Giving a formidable push to its East Asia initiatives, Kerala Tourism showcased a wide spectrum of its alluring products and services in thriving markets of China, Singapore and Japan in this month as part of its renewed efforts to raise the profile of the state as ...
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Prague will sign a sister city agreement with Taipei after Beijing breakup
Prague, Dec 2 (CTK) – The City of Prague will sign a sister agreement pact with Taiwan’s capital Taipei, concerning economic, business and cultural cooperation, according to a document that Prague City Hall approved today. The document states that the agreement is a non-political text on cooperation in economy, business, ...
Read More »Traveling on a budget? Here are the world’s cheapest, and costliest, cities to visit
1. Delhi, India A day spent touring the capital territory of India will only cost you $35.56. Top sights? The India Gate military memorial and 17th century Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi are both free to the public. The tab for a three-course Indian meal? Figure about $8.61. A ...
Read More »Russia and China, controversial friends of the Czech president
Hundr of thousands of Czechs are expected to gather in the streets of Prague this weekend, just as they did 30 years ago for rallies that swept away the communist regime and placed dissidents in charge of a bold new democracy. Milos Zeman claims he was in the crowd when ...
Read More »China to stop financing Slavia Praha football club in the wake of Prague-Beijing dispute, says Czech President
Prague, Oct 11 (CTK) – China is going to stop financing the Slavia Praha football club as part of its steps taken in retaliation for the termination of the Prague-Beijing partnership agreement, Czech President Milos Zeman told TV Barrandov on Thursday night. “China reacts by retaliatory measures. Some airlines that ...
Read More »Official: Prague and Beijing to End Sister-City Relations
Prague City Council has decided to cancel its sister-city relationship with Beijing over the latter’s unwillingness to re-negotiate wording relating to Beijing’s ”One China Policy” in the partnership agreement. Beijing and Prague established sister-city relations only recently in 2016 under the previous mayor Adriana Krnáčová, after Xi Jinping made a ...
Read More »Chinese Embassy warns Prague it may see its interests harmed if it withdraws from Beijing sister city pact
Prague, Oct 9 (CTK) – The Chinese embassy views the City Council’s plan of Prague’s withdrawal from its sister pact with Beijing as a step harmful to trust and Chinese-Czech relations, ambassador Zhang Jianmin has said, adding that the city would see its own interests harmed unless it changed its ...
Read More »China and France reiterate support for Paris climate deal
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday hailed a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron as giving a boost to multilateralism and free trade, amid ongoing economic tensions with Washington. The two countries also pledged continued support for the Paris Agreement as the U. S. begins its withdrawal ...
Read More »October 08, 2019 Prague vs. Beijing: Estranged Sister Cities
Advertising Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib announced on October 4, 2019, that Prague is going to cancel its sister city agreement with Beijing. On Monday, the city council voted to sever ties, and the decision moves next to the city assembly. The reason for the rupture is that the Chinese side ...
Read More »Prague City Council officially approves withdrawal from sister city pact with Beijing
Prague, Oct 7 (CTK) – Prague will withdraw from its sister pact with Beijing as China is unwilling to debate Prague’s demand that a statement on Prague’s recognition of One China be deleted from it, the City Council decided today. The partnership agreement was approved by Prague under the previous ...
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