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Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, and former Foreign Minister, of the Czech Republic Source: GNU license, Chmee2	Bratislava Castle Source: Public Domain (wikipedia.org)	Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak Republic Source: Creative Commons License (Ramón L. García)
Downtown Bratislava, Slovakia Source: Public Domain (wikipedia.org)	Edvard Beneš, Foreign Minister and then Second President of Czechoslovakia Source: Public Domain	Last President of Czechoslovakia and First President of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel Source: Creative Commons License, Martin Kozak
Leader of the People's Party and former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Vladimír Meciar Source: Public Domain (wikipedia.org)	Lighting the Pendulum 'Time Machine' in Prague Source: European Union-eu2009.cz	Novy Most (New Bridge) over the Danube River in Bratislava, Slovakia Source: GNU license, Alberto Fernandez
Prague Castle Source: Creative Commons License, Stefan Bauer	Prague Castle at Night Source: GNU license, Adam Zivner	Prague's Astronomical Clock, built in the early 15th century: 2007 Source: Creative Commons License (Krzysztof Szymanski)
Prague's Old Town Square, November 1989 during the Velvet Revolution that ended Communist rule Source: GNU license (wikipedia.org)	President and Founder of Czechoslavakia, Tomáš Masaryk Source: GNU license (wikipedia.org)	President of Czech Republic, and former Prime Minister, Václav Klaus Source: Creative Commons License, Petr Novak
Representatives from the Czech Republic ceremoniously handing over the EU Presidency to Sweden Source: The European Union-eu2009.cz	Slovak Republic Prime Minister Robert Fico His Direction-Social Democracy Party joined with Slovak National Party and the People's Party to create a political coalition Source: Public Domain (wikipedia.org)	Slovak Republic Prime Minister Robert Fico Source: Public Domain (wikipedia.org)
The .05 Euro Piece Depicts Krivan, a symbolic mountain in the High Tatras. Designed by Drahomir Zobek	The Charles Bridge in Prague Source: Creative Commons License (Chosovi)	The Czech EU Presidency Symbol at the transition of the presidency to Sweden Source: European Union-eu2009.cz
The National Bank of Slovakia advertising the coming Euro (September 2008) Source: Public Domain (wikipedia.org)	The New 2 Euro Coin Depicts the Coat of Arms of Slovakia-the Double Cross on Three Hills. Designed by Ivan Rehak	The Prague Metronome, constructed in 1991 overlooking the Vltava River Source: Public Domain (wikipedia.org)
Vltava River in Prague, as viewed from Prague Castle Source: GNU license, Petr Novak	Wenceslas Square and the National Museum in Prague, 2005 Source: GNU license (wikipedia.org)

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