Warsaw: The Polish, Czech, and Slovenian prime ministers will travel to Kyiv on Tuesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Polish government said in a statement. The visit comes amid deadly Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, which has nearly been encircled by Moscow troops, and as Russia and Ukraine are due to […]
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Toxic leak kills two in Czech water treatment plant
Czech Republic: Two men died and two were left in a critical condition after a toxic leak in a water treatment plant in the western Czech city of Pilsen on Friday, rescuers said. Regional emergency services spokeswoman Maria Svobodova told AFP rescuers were called to treat four unconscious men poisoned by an unknown gas. “They […]
Czechs move Euro base camp home over strict Scotland rules
The Czech national football team said Saturday it would set up its Euro 2020 base camp in Prague, not in Edinburgh as planned, because of strict coronavirus rules in Scotland. The Czech FA said that in case of a positive Covid-19 test in the team, Scottish authorities want the entire team to go into quarantine. […]
Czechs alarmed as populist leaders take aim at public media
Czech journalists and media analysts are raising alarm over the “threat” to the country’s public media from mounting pressure on the press by populist politicians. Members of the bodies supervising the Czech news agency CTK, Czech Television and Czech Radio are elected by lawmakers and now press watchdogs warn that some nominees might affect the […]
Czech banjos, mandolins win over US bluegrass stars
Star banjo player Ned Luberecki sits back in an armchair at a Prague music hall, contemplates the instrument he’s holding, then gently begins strumming. “I’m still waiting on a name for it. I’ve just decided she’s a ‘she’. But it should be a Czech name,” the American musician says of his six-month-old handmade banjo, crafted […]