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And all of today's papers carry a photograph of US President George W. Bush giving a friendly hug to former Czech President Vaclav Havel, who was in Washington to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian award in the United States recognising exceptional meritorious service. In the domestic news, it is the threatened position of the Czech coalition government that makes the headlines.

Two stories dominate Wednesday's front pages: the killing of Saddam Hussein's two sons by United States forces in Iraq, and the threat to the governing coalition posed by the surprise resignation of Josef Hojdar from the Social Democrats' group in the Chamber of Deputies.

Tuesday's meeting of lower house deputies during which they are expected to engage in heated debate over the government's fiscal reform plan, the accident caused by a primary candidate for the post of Justice Minister, and the charges of sexual harassment brought against one of the country's leading sculptors are the main stories making the front pages. All dailies also carry a different photo: people flock to the swimming pools in and Tour de France leader Lance Armstrong is featured in .

Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla and his wife Viktorie wearing white Stetson hats and broad smiles - that is an image that dominates today's front pages. The couple posed for a group photo with Czech expatriates living in Texas, who all donned traditional Czech folk costumes for the occasion.

Two first ladies grace the front page of Lidove Noviny. Livia Klaus and Margot Loffler, the wife of visiting Austrian President Thomas Klestil are shown arm in arm, wearing big smiles - a photo symbolic of the thaw in Czech-Austrian relations. The Austrian President's one day visit to Prague has been hailed as a success with both sides prepared to strengthen cooperation and conduct "an open friendly and critical dialogue" as President Klestil put it.

The election of a well known news anchor to the post of general director of Czech public television is splashed across every single front page today - overshadowing the Prime Minister's visit to the United States as well as the President's talks in France.

A remarkable day for Czech diplomacy - that's probably the most accurate way of summing up this past Tuesday - and each of the Czech papers take due notice, offering photographs of a grinning Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla shaking hands with US President George W Bush. The headlines read "Spidla greeted at the White House" and "Bush supports Czech role in rebuilding of Iraq", while MLADA FRONTA DNES writes "Spidla meets Bush, Klaus Chirac" reflecting on the day's other important diplomatic event - President Vaclav Klaus' visit to France.

Tuesday's newspapers don't agree on the most important story of the day in the Czech Republic, and lead with everything from tourists left high and dry by bankrupt travel agencies to a plan to attract workers from such countries as Bulgaria and Kazakhstan.

The plight of Czech holidaymakers in Croatia, the closing night of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and Health Minister Marie Souckova's plans for improving the health sector -those are some of the main stories on Monday's front pages.

News that the Czech Republic has been ordered to pay compensation for a court case that dragged on for almost ten years features heavily on the front pages today - "Czechs pay up for slow courts once again" reads the headline in LIDOVE NOVINY. Meanwhile reports of what could be the country's first death from new variant CJD - the human form of mad cow disease - also make headlines today.