Mlada Fronta: New PM to go to Slovakia on his first foreign visit

According to the Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes, Prime Minister Topolanek's first foreign visit will be to neighbouring Slovakia this Wednesday. According to the report, Mr Topolanek's visit will be unofficial, but he is to meet Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico - that, following the two countries' football match-up in a qualifier for the 2008 European championship. Mr Topolanek told the paper the visit would be a short one.

One day earlier, newly-named Foreign Minister Alexandr Vondra will also visit Slovakia to take part in a meeting of the Visegrad Four, made-up of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland.