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Jan Tamas - Czech Republic and U.S. sign radar base agreement

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Published 08 July, 2008, 14:54

“The government has made clear its intention is to make sure that the U.S. Star Wars radar is placed in our country. So this signing is just an approval of these intentions,” said Jan Tamas, Head of the ‘No to the Base’ movement.

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