Czech Republic says shells for Ukraine plan will fall short without more money
Prague’s foreign minister urges donor countries to pay extra to avoid 800k target being missed by over a third A Czech initiative to supply Ukraine...
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Owner of UK national lottery operator to sever ties with Gazprom
Allwyn parent company says deal to buy 3% stake in Czech gas facility will cut final link with Kremlin-controlled energy firm The billionaire owner of...
‘She lifted our spirits’: Czechs remember victims of mass shooting as nation holds day of mourning
This Christmas most people’s thoughts are with the victims of the Prague gunman Just one day before the Czech Republic was due to begin its...
Student shoots 14 people dead at university in Prague
Police chief says ‘premeditated violent attack’ at Charles University appears to have been inspired by massacres abroad A student at Prague’s Charles University shot and...
European leaders seethe over Putin-Orbán- meeting
Czech PM calls on western capitals not to fall for Russian leader’s tactic to break European unity European leaders must not “fall” for the tactics...
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being author dies aged 94
The Czech novelist found himself silenced by the communist regime at home, but achieved international fame with playfully philosophical fiction Czech writer Milan Kundera, who...
Pro-western Petr Pavel sweeps to landslide win in race for Czech presidency
Champagne flows as former general defeats billionaire populist rival Andrej Babiš by largest margin in the country’s history Petr Pavel, a retired general and former...
‘Like knocking down the Eiffel tower’: battle to save historic Prague bridge
A plan from Czech railways to replace the emblematic landmark with a modern structure is facing an impassioned backlash A historic Prague railway bridge, whose...
‘Extreme event’: warm January weather breaks records across Europe
At least eight countries experience record high temperatures of ‘almost unheard of’ heat, say meteorologists Weather records have been falling across Europe at a disconcerting...
‘It’s hard, we’re neighbours’: the coalmine polluting friendships on Poland’s borders
Czechs and Germans who live in the shadow of the vast Turów mine claim it is an environmental menace. Some in Poland want to weaponise...
