Tag: Czech Republic
struggles and melancholy of central Europe
Created in 1997, the Jihlava festival, about a hundred kilometers southeast of Prague, in the Czech Republic, is one of seven in the European Doc Alliance network, dedicated to documentary…
Czech president urges increased surveillance of Russians in the West
Petr Pavel, the new president of the Czech Republic, said he was in favor of more surveillance of Russian citizens living in the West. Words that had to be clarified…
Iga Swiatek wins her third Roland-Garros
World number 1 Iga Swiatek won Roland-Garros for the third time, beating Czech Karolina Muchova (43rd) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the final on Saturday June 10. The 22-year-old Polish, already…
LAST MINUTE | According to unofficial results in Czechia, the winner of the presidential election has been determined
Breaking news: In the election held yesterday and today in Czechia, which has a population of approximately 11 million, the former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Main opposition party,…
Petr Pavel wins the presidential election
Retired general of the Atlantic Alliance, former elite paratrooper, Petr Pavel won the second round of the Czech presidential election, this Saturday January 28, according to still provisional results based…
Terrible event in Czechia! Train hit the man on the track, he was blown off the platform
A train crashed into a man collecting butts on the rails at a station in Brno, Czech Republic. The man, who was thrown from the platform due to the impact,…
Former Czech Prime Minister Babis acquitted in corruption case
The court gave its verdict in the corruption case of Czechia’s former Prime Minister Andrej Babis. Babis was cleared of charges that he used 2 million euros from European Union…
Chinese ‘police stations’ in Germany, federal government admits
China has two “police stations” in Germany, likely to monitor dissidents in particular, the German government said on Friday, December 9 in response to a written question from an AFD…
the incumbent lottery operator acquired by a Czech group
After several months of discussions, the Allwyn company, controlled by the Czech conglomerate KKCG, announced on Saturday November 19 that it had finalized the takeover of the British Camelot, which…
The Velvet Revolution
To the sound of the INA and RFI archives, we relive the “Velvet Revolution” in Czechoslovakia. Eight days after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Czechs and Slovaks take to…