Editing Prague (section)

==International relations==
[[File:PetrinObservationTower.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Petřín Lookout Tower]], an observation tower inspired by the [[Eiffel Tower]] in Paris, France, and built at Petřín hill]]

The city of Prague maintains its own EU delegation in [[Brussels]] called Prague House.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prague House: Mission and representational activities |url=http://www.prague-house.eu/en/prague-house/mission-and-representational-activities/ |website=prague-house.eu |access-date=7 April 2016 |archive-date=31 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331171042/http://www.prague-house.eu/en/prague-house/mission-and-representational-activities/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Prague was the location of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s speech on 5 April 2009, which led to the [[New START]] treaty with Russia, signed in Prague on 8 April 2010.<ref>Ratification of the START treaty is a step towards Obama's goal of a nuclear weapons-free world. (Official White House Photo) by Pete Souza [http://www.peoplesworld.org/new-start-ratified-71-2 Dec. 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231120032/http://www.peoplesworld.org/new-start-ratified-71-2/ |date=31 December 2010}}.</ref>

The annual conference [[Forum 2000]], which was founded by former Czech President [[Václav Havel]], Japanese philanthropist [[Yōhei Sasakawa]], and Nobel Peace Prize laureate [[Elie Wiesel]] in 1996, is held in Prague. Its main objective is "to identify the key issues facing civilization and to explore ways to prevent the escalation of conflicts that have religion, culture or ethnicity as their primary components", and also intends to promote democracy in non-democratic countries and to support civil society. Conferences have attracted a number of prominent thinkers, Nobel laureates, former and acting politicians, business leaders and other individuals like: [[F. W. de Klerk|Frederik Willem de Klerk]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[Nicholas Winton]], [[Oscar Arias Sánchez]], [[Dalai Lama]], [[Hans Küng]], [[Shimon Peres]] and [[Madeleine Albright]].

===Twin towns – sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}
Prague is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:
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*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Berlin]], Germany<ref>{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften |url=https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/politik/internationales/staedtepartnerschaften/ |publisher=Berlin |language=de |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=9 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209104752/https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/internationales/staedtepartnerschaften/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Brussels]], Belgium<ref>{{cite web |title=Brussels |url=https://efus.eu/about-us/brussels/ |website=efus.eu |date=21 January 2012 |publisher=European Forum for Urban Security |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808183020/https://efus.eu/about-us/brussels/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chicago]], United States<ref>{{cite web |title=Sister Cities |url=http://www.chicagosistercities.com/sister-cities/ |publisher=Chicago Sister Cities International |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=14 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314041125/http://www.chicagosistercities.com/sister-cities/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]], Germany<ref>{{cite web |title=Frankfurts Partnerstädte |url=https://frankfurt.de/service-und-rathaus/verwaltung/aemter-und-institutionen/hauptamt-und-stadtmarketing/referat-fuer-internationale-angelegenheiten/staedtepartnerschaft-als-tor-zur-welt |publisher=Frankfurt am Main |language=de |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812113254/https://frankfurt.de/service-und-rathaus/verwaltung/aemter-und-institutionen/hauptamt-und-stadtmarketing/referat-fuer-internationale-angelegenheiten/staedtepartnerschaft-als-tor-zur-welt |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hamburg]], Germany<ref>{{cite web |title=Partnerstädte |url=https://www.hamburg.de/partnerstaedte/ |publisher=Hamburg |language=de |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904024526/https://www.hamburg.de/partnerstaedte/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kyoto]], Japan<ref>{{cite web |title=Sister Cities |url=https://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/page/0000083407.html |publisher=Kyoto |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=15 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315042511/https://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/page/0000083407.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]], United States<ref>{{cite web |title=Miami-Dade County Sister Cities Program |url=https://www.miamidade.gov/business/international-sister-cities.asp |publisher=Miami-Dade County |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303083348/http://www.miamidade.gov/business/international-sister-cities.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nuremberg]], Germany<ref>{{cite web |title=Partnerstädte |url=https://www.nuernberg.de/internet/international/partnerstaedte.html |publisher=Nuremberg |language=de |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901143416/https://www.nuernberg.de/internet/international/partnerstaedte.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], United States<ref>{{cite web |title=Sister Cities |url=https://www.phoenixsistercities.org/sister-cities/ |publisher=Phoenix Sister Cities |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928123222/https://www.phoenixsistercities.org/sister-cities/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Taipei]], Taiwan<ref>{{cite web |title=What's Behind the Prague-Taipei Sister City Ties? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/whats-behind-the-prague-taipei-sister-city-ties/ |publisher=The Diplomat |date=17 December 2019 |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227063234/https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/whats-behind-the-prague-taipei-sister-city-ties/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Namesakes===
A number of other settlements are derived or similar to the name of Prague. In many of these cases, Czech emigration has left a number of namesake cities scattered over the globe, with a notable concentration in the [[New World]].
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*[[Praha, Slovakia]]
*[[Praha, Texas]], United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnp51 |title=&#124; Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) |publisher=Tshaonline.org |date=10 November 2013 |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924141034/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnp51 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Prague, Oklahoma]], United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofpragueok.org/Article.cfm?articleID=18481 |title=The History of Prague |publisher=cityofpragueok.org |date=23 April 2008 |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307102228/http://www.cityofpragueok.org/Article.cfm?articleID=18481 |archive-date=7 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[Prague, Nebraska]], United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/saunders/prague/ |title=CASDE &#124; Prague – Saunders County |publisher=Casde.unl.edu |access-date=18 November 2013 |archive-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807163411/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/saunders/prague/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[New Prague, Minnesota]], United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newprague.com/VisitorHistory.html |title=Visitor Information |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515063811/http://www.newprague.com/VisitorHistory.html |archive-date=15 May 2008}}</ref>
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Additionally, [[Kłodzko]] is sometimes referred to as "Little Prague" ({{langx|de|Klein-Prag}}). Although now in [[Poland]], it had been traditionally a part of [[Bohemia]] until 1763 when it became part of [[Silesia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/poland/klodzko.html |title=Klodzko: Dolnośląskie – Poland |website=International Jewish Cemetery Project |date=24 October 2011 |access-date=7 April 2016 |archive-date=21 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421161132/http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/poland/klodzko.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>