EU to sustain Radio Free Europe with emergency funding after Trump cuts Outlet is one of several media services whose funding was cut by Trump administration amid aggressive downsizing effort. Al Jazeera · May 20, 2025
Wild Przewalski’s horses return to Kazakhstan after 200 years The first group of seven horses arrived in Kazakhstan in early June and about 40 more are planned for the coming years. Al Jazeera · Jun 14, 2024
Euro 2024 qualifiers: France 2-0 Rep of Ire, Slovenia 4-2 Northern Ireland and more – as it happened Republic of Ireland’s and Northern Ireland’s qualifying ambitions took another hit with defeats in France and Slovenia, respectively The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023
Czech presidential vote starts with retired general, ex-PM leading the field A retired general who held a senior NATO military job headed into the Czech Republic's presidential election starting on Friday as a favourite ahead of his main rivals - a divisive former prime minister and an economics professor. Reuters · Jan 12, 2023
Czech presidential election: What you need to know Eight candidates hope to replace Milos Zeman, who has been criticised for overstepping his role. Al Jazeera · Jan 12, 2023
Czech billionaire Babis fights fraud trial alongside presidential contest Czech billionaire and former Prime Minister Andrej Babis returned to court to fight fraud accusations over a 2 million euro subsidy on Wednesday, days before a presidential election in which he is a favourite begins. Reuters · Jan 4, 2023
Prague Christmas market returns after COVID but with fewer lights Thousands of people poured into Prague's medieval Old Town Square at the weekend for the lighting of a 25-metre (80-foot) Christmas tree and the reopening of the annual market after a two-year COVID-19 shutdown, but the energy crisis meant fewer lights than usual. Reuters · Nov 27, 2022
Czechs rally against rising extremism and voice support for Ukraine Tens of thousands of Czechs rallied in Prague's main square on Sunday against rising populism and extremism, two days after a coalition of far-right political movements, fringe groups and the Communist party held a protest in the same location. Reuters · Oct 30, 2022
UK's Liz Truss talks Ukraine and energy supplies with Czech counterpart British Prime Minister Liz Truss discussed the need to continue military aid and support for Ukraine when she met her Czech counterpart Petr Fiala at the European Political Community summit in Prague, her office said on Thursday. Reuters · Oct 6, 2022
Czechs protest handling of energy crisis, membership of EU and NATO Tens of thousands of Czechs gathered in Prague on Wednesday to protest against the government's handling of soaring energy prices and the country's membership of NATO and the European Union. Reuters · Sep 28, 2022
Slovakia's neighbours to patrol its skies, freeing MiG jets for Ukraine Slovakia signed a deal on Saturday under which fellow NATO states the Czech Republic and Poland will police its skies as Bratislava withdraws its Soviet-made MiG-29s from service, potentially freeing up the old jets to send to Ukraine. Reuters · Aug 27, 2022
Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-held area as Kyiv readies southern counter-attack Ukraine said on Tuesday it had carried out a long-range rocket strike against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it is planning to retake in a counter-offensive using hundreds of thousands of troops. Reuters · Jul 12, 2022
Russian diplomats spurned in Europe's capitals Russian diplomat Sergiy Andreev was feeling unwelcome on the streets of Warsaw even before protesters doused him with red liquid thrown in his face at short range this week. Reuters · May 11, 2022
Ukrainian family finds refuge in Prague's Russian community A month after fleeing her home in central Ukraine with her three sons, Yulia Sarycheva is sharing a pot of tea with a pair of artists who are putting them up in their home in an old Prague suburb. Reuters · Apr 5, 2022
Reuters · Mar 26, 2022 Thousands of Russians in Prague protest against war in Ukraine Thousands of Russians marched through Prague on Saturday, waving the white-blue-white flag that has become a symbol of protests against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.