"It’s the economy stupid." That phrase underlying US president Bill Clinton’s first election campaign sums up one of the major fault lines in Czech-Slovak relations in the 20th century and many of the reasons for the...
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Visegrad Four sign joint project in aid of farmers in Kenya
Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak representatives have signed a four-year project that aims to improve the conditions of thousands of small farmers in Kenya and contribute to dealing with the causes of illegal migration. The...
Amid consumer frenzy, Czechs urged to give someone a “real gift” for Christmas
The NGO People in Need is active in more than 30 countries the world over, giving immediate aid in humanitarian crises, helping communities threatened by malnutrition, helping the poor to find a livelihood, fighting violence against...
Daily news summary 14.12.2017
Babiš at EU summit, scant support for new government, car production up
Biggest Josef Lada exhibition in years now on in Prague
The famous Czech illustrator and painter Josef Lada died on December 14, 1957 and was born on December 17, 1877. Referencing those dates, and this year, a Prague exhibition entitled The Sevens of Josef Lada...
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President, new defense minister thank Czechs serving in foreign missions
President Miloš Zeman contacted Czech soldiers serving in the country’s foreign missions on Thursday to thank them for their work in the fight against terrorism. In a video-link with soldiers serving in Afghanistan, Mali, the Sinai...
New Czech PM chooses Brussels and crunch EU Council for first foreign trip
Sometime labelled as anti-European Union, new Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš has chosen Brussels and a crunch European Council meeting as his first foreign trip. And Mr. Babiš says he wants his government to play...
PM Babiš defends Czech stand on migrants in Brussels
The newly-appointed Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who is representing the Czech Republic at a two-day EU summit in Brussels, has reaffirmed the country’s negative stance to mandatory migrant quotas, highlighting its strong engagem...
Biggest case of online sex abuse of children reaches court
The regional court in Usti nad Labem has opened the biggest case of online sexual abuse of children reported to date. The man charged allegedly abused over 150 girls under 15 years of age in...