Tuesday, November 4, 2008

European Union to Be Led by Former Soviet Satellite

By DAN BILEFSKY
Published: November 3, 2008

PRAGUE — It ought to be a seminal moment: As a new president takes office in Washington, the Czech Republic assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union, the first former Soviet bloc country to lead the group of 470 million Europeans, and during one of the worst economic conflagrations in a century.

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