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Ten European Union member-states have been exposed for selling hundreds of millions of euros worth of military kit to Russia between 2015 and 2020, despite sanctions.

The Slovakian National Crime Agency (NAKA) has warned residents could face 25 years in prison if caught promoting “war propaganda” on social media regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

EU and NATO member-state Czechia has warned that citizens who express support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including on social media, could face prison.

The Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic has ruled that vaccine passports are tantamount to vaccination coercion and not legal.

An Afghan was arrested by police in the city of Karlovy Vary on New Year’s Day after allegedly stabbing a woman and raping a teenage girl.

SIBIU, Romania (AP) – As the fast-spreading coronavirus variant omicron rages through Western Europe, officials and experts in low-vaccinated Eastern Europe anticipate a post-holiday explosion of COVID-19 cases in much of the region.

The Czech village of Poniklá has produced Christmas ornaments made by hand from blown-glass beads since the early 20th century. The practice continues to thrive today after surviving decades of communism that nationalized the Czech glass-making industry from about 1948-1989

Czech President Milos Zeman was discharged Thursday from the Czech capital´s military hospital after his condition improved.

The Marriott Hotel in Prague reportedly caved to pressure from Communist China and refused to host an event from the Uyghur community.

PRAGUE (AP) – Czech President Milos Zeman was rushed to the hospital on Sunday, a day after the parliamentary election and at a time when he has a key role in establishing a new government.

Czechs begin voting Friday with polls showing Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a populist billionaire, has a good chance of keeping his job.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday expelled eight members of Russia’s mission, cutting it down to half size, and reduced the maximum size of the mission to 10 members from 20. NATO said the individuals it expelled were “undeclared Russian intelligence officers.”

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the group behind the “Panama Papers” leak of financial data five years ago, released a sequel of sorts on Sunday. Dubbed the “Pandora Papers,” the new trove of leaked confidential financial documents suggests dozens of world leaders and hundreds of public officials are stashing large sums of money in hidden bank accounts and secret investment projects.

Taliban officials said Sunday they have no plans to take the Afghanistan capital Kabul “by force” even as fighters began entering the besieged city and a host of nations including the U.S. began speeding up the evacuation of nationals, diplomats and local support staff.

PRAGUE (AP) – Two passenger trains collided in the south-west of the Czech Republic on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens of passengers.

The Czech Republic’s Senate approved a measure this week to amend their constitution and protect the right to defend one’s life with a firearm. 

The senate of the Czech Republic has approved adding a right to self-defence with a weapon to its Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms following a successful petition campaign.

BERLIN (AP) – The death toll from flooding in Western Europe climbed above 180 on Sunday after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters.

CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic (AP) — A revival of an old Easter tradition has gone ahead in southern Czech Republic amid tight coronavirus restrictions.

Police and military forces in the Czech Republic set up 500 checkpoints across the country, significantly limiting free movement.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán believes it is the “calling” of Europe’s conservative former Soviet satellite states to bring their “uncompromising” tradition of anti-communism into the “common store” of Western values.

The presidents of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia gathered in northern Poland on Tuesday for two days of debates.

Hundreds of cars are lining up at border crossings along border after Germany declared the Czech Republic a high risk area in the pandemic.

PRAGUE (AP) — A new circus company in the Czech capital that was eager to perform is doing five-minute shows on a stage behind a window.

PRAGUE — Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have hit a record high, soaring to over 15,000 in one day for the first time.

Countries across Europe are enforcing masks, ordering curfews, cancelling hospital appointments, and going into lockdown after the number of coronavirus infections continues to rise, with Switzerland going from one of the least-effected countries on the continent to one of the worst.

The Czech Republic is set to undergo a lockdown as most shops and many businesses will be forced to close as the country sees record daily new Wuhan coronavirus infections. From Thursday onward, all shops will be forced to close

PRAGUE (AP) — Opposition parties in the Czech Republic have cemented their dominant position in Parliament’s upper house after winning big in an election for a third of the seats in the Senate, as the ruling centre-left coalition government suffered a setback.

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic and neighbouring Slovakia have registered big jumps in new coronavirus infections, setting a new record for the fourth straight day.

The central European Visegrad group has criticised the European Commission’s planned reform of the EU’s asylum policy, which could ultimately force members to accept migrants.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – The Czech Senate president met with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen and other top government officials Thursday during a rare trip by a foreign dignitary to the self-ruled democratic island that rival China called an “open provocation.”

The Chinese Communist Party lashed out at the Czech Republic on Sunday for sending a 90-member delegation to visit Taiwan, led by Czech Senate Speaker Milos Vystrcil.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – The Czech Republic’s top legislator on Monday told an economic forum in Taiwan that freedom and democracy are the basis of prosperity, on the second day of a visit that has drawn vows of retaliation from Beijing.

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has recorded its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases.

A party at a nightclub in Prague has been linked to at least 109 new Wuhan coronavirus infections as the Czech Republic sees a new surge of cases in recent days. According to reports, the infection spread at the party

PRAGUE – A coal mine in the north-eastern Czech Republic near the border with Poland has halted work after a major Covid-19 outbreak among the miners.