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MEPs want Brussels to act over Czech PM's alleged conflict of interest

MEPs have voted overwhelmingly to issue proceedings against the Czech Republic's prime minister for breaches of EU law concerning an alleged conflict of interest.

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EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to the Czech Republic

Although drawn into a tough Group D, the Czech Republic will be a hard team to break down and if striker Patrik Schick can score goals, they have every chance of progressing.

Czech Republic

Czech PM faces EU prosecutors despite surviving confidence motion

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has been referred to the new European public prosecutor's office over an alleged conflict of interest in office.

Czech Republic

Czech police want to indict PM over alleged EU fraud

Czech police recommended the indictment of Prime Minister Andrej Babis over alleged fraud involving European Union subsidies

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Poland

Polish workers fear job losses as EU rules to close coal mine

After the Czech government won a case at the European Court of Justice to close a Polish lignite mine, people living nearby fear losing their jobs.

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How a tiny Czech village was caught up in a huge Russian spy case

Vrbetice, near the Czech Republic's border with Slovakia, is the last place you'd expect to play host to the murky world of international espionage.

Czech Republic

Czech President Milos Zeman apologises to Serbia for 1999 NATO bombing

Czech President Milos Zeman has apologised for the 1999 NATO bombing during a visit to Prague by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

Czech Republic

Fourth Czech health minister since pandemic began sparks controversy

Petr Arenberger has come under criticism for his previously unknown supplementary income.

Czech Republic

How the Czech right is fighting back against 'cancel culture'

Czech MPs have passed the first reading of a legal amendment that would criminalise social media firms if they ban content that is deemed to be in the public interest. It's being seen as an attempt by the Czech right-wing to fight back against the so-called cancel culture seen elsewhere in Europe

World News

VE Day commemorated across Europe

France, Poland, the Czech Republic and other countries have marked the day, 76 years ago, which represent the victory of allied forces against the Nazis.

World News

Euroviews. If the pandemic can't unite Europe's east and west, what can? | View

"The EU divide between its post-Soviet members and western counterparts has long been its Achilles' heel," says GLOBSEC's chief economist Sona Muzikarova. "Even the pandemic has failed to forge more like-mindedness."

Europe News

Brussels will respond to Russian aggression, says EU's Borrell

Josep Borrell was speaking to MEPs on Wednesday, during a debate on Russia and its "provocations".

Czech Republic

Czech president 'casts doubt over' Russian involvement in deadly blast

The statement came just over a week after the Czech government said it suspected that two Russian agents were behind the deadly explosion at an ammunition factory.

World News

Baltic nations expel Russian diplomats in support of Czech Republic

Prague has accused Russian secret agents of involvement in a deadly blast at a munitions factory in 2014.

Czech Republic

Czech minister calls for European solidarity over spat with Russia

The Czech Republic and Russia are embroiled in a row over allegations of Russian involvement in a 2014 explosion.

Czech Republic

Czech Republic excludes Russian energy giant from nuclear tender

Prague has excluded `Russian energy giant Rosatom from a multibillion-euro tender amid a diplomatic row with Moscow.

Czech Republic

Salisbury poisoning suspects wanted by Czech police over 2014 blast

Czech detectives have linked the UK Salisbury poisoning suspects with a deadly blast at an arms depot in the Czech Republic in 2014.

Czech Republic

Was the Czech foreign minister fired due to his pro-Western views?

Czech president Milos Zeman said he "terminated the duties of Tomáš Petříček in accordance with the Constitution". But what were the real reasons for the departure of the foreign minister?

Czech Republic

Czech MPs reject proposed quota for local food in supermarkets

Several EU countries criticised the proposed law, saying it would break EU single market rules by discriminating against imported products.

Czech Republic

Pro-Europe Czech Foreign Minister dismissed by President

Tomáš Petříček had clashed with the country's pro-Russian President over the use of Moscow's Sputnik V Vaccine before its approval in the EU.