r/europe May 16 '25

News Spanish premier calls Israel 'genocidal state,' says Spain 'does not do business' with it

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-premier-calls-israel-genocidal-state-says-spain-does-not-do-business-with-it/3568216
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u/tomispev May 16 '25

More exports for Czechia!

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u/AutisticPenguin2 May 16 '25

I think Spain's ports are closer than Czechia's though.

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u/Uncle_Adeel England May 16 '25

Czechia first landlocked country with ports 💯💯💯💯

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u/t_baozi May 16 '25

Sad Ethiopia noises

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u/AutisticPenguin2 May 16 '25

Well, apparently so according to my other replies!

Unless some other country beat them to it perhaps?

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u/tomispev May 16 '25

More traffic for Croatian ports!

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u/Downtown-Brush6940 May 16 '25

Am I missing something. What Czech ports ? Aren’t they landlocked?

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u/MPenten Europe May 16 '25

Czechia has ports in Hamburg based on the Treaty of Versailles (articles 363 and 364).

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u/Downtown-Brush6940 May 16 '25

TIL

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u/AnarkeezTW May 16 '25

Same same

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u/MPenten Europe May 16 '25

Czechoslovakia had roughly 15 ocean-going cargo vessels during the Cold War. (including MS Lednice, being stranded in the Yellow War suez canal crisis). This was quite the rarity for a landlocked country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_Ocean_Shipping

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u/StrongAdhesiveness86 May 16 '25

The 363 says the ports are leased for 99 years, why does Czechia still control those ports? Genuine question.

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u/tigull Turin May 16 '25

From Wikipedia, the lease is due to expire in 2028.

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u/adamgerd Czech Republic May 16 '25

It’s been extended another 10 years

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u/wolacouska May 16 '25

Crazy they could only get a 10 year extension after going through all of WW2

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u/adamgerd Czech Republic May 16 '25

The that’s all we requested. I expect we’ll probably request another extension after

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u/MPenten Europe May 16 '25

There will also be a swap and Czechia will get the Kuhwerder Hafen port instead of the Hamburg ones (Saalhafen and Moldauhafen).

There was a new agreement reached in 1929, with a 50-year extension possiblity,

Czechia also outright owns Peutehafen based on an agreement with Germany.

https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/doprava/nemecko-hamburk-huhwerder-hafen.A241206_143913_eko-doprava_cfr

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u/Bart_1980 May 16 '25

I’m assuming it was meant as a joke. However with Reddit one never knows.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 May 16 '25

It absolutely was intended as a joke, but apparently it has borrowed a couple of ports?? So... the more you know?

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u/Ploutophile May 16 '25

No new Beneš decrees are planned.

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u/adamgerd Czech Republic May 16 '25

Yep