Syllabus
Current Affairs: topics 1. Current presidency of the EU and its priorities. 2.
Current Czech - Austrian Relations. 3. Current Czech - German Affairs. 4 Current Czech - American Affairs. 5.
Current Czech - Russian Affairs. 6. Current Czech - Polish Affairs. 7.
Current Czecho - Slovak Affairs. 8. Current Polish Affairs. 9.
Current Hungarian Affairs. 10. Current Slovak Affairs. 11.
Current Austrian Affairs. 12. Current Romanian Affairs. 13.
Current Dutch Affairs. 14. Current Belgian Affairs. 15.
Current Danish Affairs. 16. Current Spanish Affairs. 17.
Current Italian Affairs. 18. Great Britain under PM Brown: foreign policy. 19.
Great Britain under PM Brown: inner policy. 20. France under Sarkozy: foreign policy. 21.
France under Sarkozy: inner policy. 22. Germany under PM Merkel: foreign policy. 23.
Germany under PM Merkel: inner policy. 24. Current Bavarian Affairs. 25.
USA - inner policy 26 USA - foreign policy 27. USA and Current Affairs in Iraq 28.
USA and Current Affairs in Afghanistan. 29. USA and Iran. 30.
USA and Pakistan. 31. US Radar in the Czech Republic and Poland 32.
Cureent Israeli-Palestinian Affairs. 33. Energetic Security in Europe 34.
Gas Pipeline Nabucco 35. Gas Pipelines Nord Stream, South Stream 36.
Russia under Medvedev - inner policy. 37. Russia under Medvedev - foreign policy. 38.
Russia - Europe Relations. 39. Georgia - Russian Conflict. 40.
Current Affairs of Ukraine. 41. Current Affaris of Bellaruss. 42.
Current Affair s of Serbia. 43. Current Affairs of Macedonia. 44.
Current Affairs of Moldova. 45. Current Affairs of Kosovo. 46.
Current Affairs of Turkey. 47. Turkey and the EU. 48.
Current Turkey-Cyprus Conflict.
Annotation
Aim of the course is to get basic systematic knowledge of the current affairs in selected countries (North America, German-speaking countries, Central Euope, Russia and Eastern Europe, Western Europe) and interprete these events with use of sources of mass media news.