Protesters at largest Prague rally since 1989 revolution say Czech democracy is at risk
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied Sunday in Prague to urge Prime Minister Andrej Babis to resign, assembling from across the Czech Republic for the capital's biggest anti-government protest since the 1989 pro-democratic Velvet Revolution that brought down the communist regime. The demonstration at Letna ...
Some 100,000 join march to demand Czech billionaire prime minister's resignation
Around 100,000 Czechs filled Prague's Wenceslas Square on Tuesday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babis in the biggest demonstration the country has seen in decades. The 64-year-old billionaire was charged last year in connection with a €2 million ($2.25 million) EU subsidy ...
Czech leader Andrej Babis has conflict of interest, preliminary EU report says
The European Commission has determined that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis is in conflict of interest because of his business empire placed in trust funds, and the country may lose some EU funding as a result, daily Hospodarske noviny reported on Friday. The findings, if ...
Ex-Czech defender Tomas Repka receives two-year sentence for fraud
Former Czech defender Tomas Repka, who suited up for Fiorentina and West Ham, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for fraud. An appeals court added nine months to the 15-month sentence originally handed down in February against Repka, 45, for selling a Mercedes ...
U.S. draws Turkey, Czech Republic and Japan in FIBA World Cup group
The United States' quest for a third straight FIBA World Cup championship will begin with matchups against Turkey, the Czech Republic and Japan this summer. The Americans are in Group E for the tournament that begins in China on Aug. 31. The 32 teams that ...
Billionaire Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis tests EU's new conflict of interest law
Facing conflict of interest proceedings under tightened EU rules, billionaire Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis may soon become the first European politician found in violation of the bloc's new law. Babis, the second wealthiest Czech, is suspected of still owning the sprawling Agrofert chemicals, food ...
Czech court jails man who staged train attacks to stoke resistance to Muslim immigrants
A Czech court has jailed a 71-year-old man for causing two passenger trains to derail in 2017 and attempting to blame Muslim immigrants, local media reported on Monday. The Central Bohemian court sentenced Jaromir Balda to four years in jail and ordered him to undergo ...
Czech agency issues warning over Huawei, ZTE security 'threat'
A Czech cybersecurity agency on Monday warned against using the software and hardware of China's Huawei and ZTE companies, saying they posed a threat to state security. "The main issue is a legal and political environment of the People's Republic of China, where (the) aforementioned ...
Elbe 'hunger stones' tell tale of Czechs' centuries-long struggle with drought
Once an ominous harbinger of hard times and even famine due to critically low water levels, a massive "hunger stone" embedded deep in the Elbe River has reappeared in the Czech Republic after Europe's long, dry summer. The boulder in the town of Decin, north ...
Drought uncovers once-dreaded 'Hunger Stones' in Czech river
Ancient ominous warnings carved on usually submerged boulders along the Elbe River had for centuries driven fear into the hearts of Czechs, but their reappearance during this year's drought is just a reminder of how tough people had it. The so-called Hunger Stones can only ...
Czech Republic prevails in shootout, eliminates United States in quarterfinals
Pavel Francouz stopped all five shooters and Petr Koukal scored the shootout winner as the Czech Republic eliminated the United States from the Olympics with a 3-2 victory in the quarterfinals Wednesday. Jan Kovar and Tomas Kundratek scored in regulation for the Czech Republic, which ...
The Czech Republic beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday in a back-and-forth preliminary game in the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament. Petr Koukal and Jan Kovar both scored in the shootout, topping Canada's lone goal. Earlier, Canada had pulled ahead 2-1 on the power ...
