Zbyněk Petráček
Currently a journalist at Lidové Noviny, Zbyněk Petráček was one of the founders of Czech weekly Respekt. He writes on Czech and international poltics, and is a specialist on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Updated: 18 March 2010
One hundred and fifty years after his death, the Austrian Empire’s ambassador in chief remains politically incorrect. With the Lisbon treaty, however, the twenty-seven member states are recreating 1814's Congress of Vienna that gave rise to modern Europe, argues Czech daily Lidové Noviny. 
As Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic and Austrian President Heinz Fischer award each other national honours, relations between these neighbouring states remain complex, explains Zbyněk Petráček.