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Thousands of crosses painted onto Czech square to protest COVID deaths

The stunt in Prague's Old Town Square marked a year since the Czech Republic's first death from the disease.

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Protesters mark anniversary of Czech Republic's first COVID death

Protesters angry with the Czech government's response to COVID-19 defaced the cobblestones of the world famous Old Town Square in the centre of the city by spray painting them with hundreds of white crosses.

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Czech officials in Prague 'hit by massive cyber attack'

Czech officials in Prague have been hit by a large-scale cyberattack, according to the city's mayor.

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Will the Czechs be the next to look to Russia and China for vaccines?

Central European neighbours Slovakia and Hungary have already taken delivery of Russia's Sputnik V jab.

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Czech Republic imposes tightest restrictions yet amid COVID surge

More than 1,500 COVID-19 patients are occupying intensive care beds, the highest number yet recorded by the Czech healthcare system.

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ICU capacity in Czech Republic 'will be exhausted in 2 weeks'

The Czech Republic health officials say hospitals are overwhelmed and they plan to ask for help from abroad when the numbers of remaining beds in hospitals reach 10%

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Czech Republic set to take Poland to court over coal mine expansion

It will be the first legal case in EU history where one member state sues another for environmental reasons, according to the European Environmental Bureau.

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COVID-19 variants spark fears of a surge in central Europe

New restrictions were announced by Prague on Friday while the number of COVID-19 patients in Slovakia has reached a new record high.

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Czech arms company denies selling weapons to Hong Kong police

A weapons dealer in the Czech Republic has firmly denied rumours it has sold arms to police in Hong Kong.

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COVID, crisis & the constitution: Is Czech Republic set for change?

With elections due in the autumn, it's not looking great for the ruling party in the Czech Republic. Here's why.

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Fund for reconstruction of Czech church down to bare bones

The unusual place of worship is decorated with the remains of about 60,000 people, most of whom died from the Black Death.

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EU concerned by Germany's border closures

Truck drivers are allowed to cross the border, but only with a coronavirus test that’s less than 48-hours old. Those who do not have it can get tested directly at the border crossing.

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Thousands turned back at German border due to COVID controls

Police in Germany have turned back some 5,000 people at the country’s borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol region after controls were imposed on Sunday.

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Czech PM Babis defies MPs to extend COVID-19 state of emergency

"The end of the state of emergency would mean a de facto easing (of restrictions) and we cannot afford that," Babis said.

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Czech climbers transform rock face into large ice wall challenge

As temperatures dropped in the Moravian region, rock climbers made the most of freezing conditions by creating a different kind of surface to scale.

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Czech freediver plans world record attempt in swimming under ice

The Guinness record for swimming under ice is 76.2 metres. Czech freediver David Vencl from Teplice in North Bohemia is planning to break it.

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Czech MPs refuse to extend pandemic-related state of emergency

Government ministers have warned the move will further worsen the country's COVID-19 situation and might cause the struggling health system to collapse.

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Germany to reinstate border controls over coronavirus variant

The interior minister says border controls and restrictions will be temporarily imposed on neighbouring regions in the Czech Republic and Austria from Sunday evening.

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Heavy snowfall and extreme cold sweeps over Europe

Temperatures plummeted to -28°C in some places.

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Czech Republic: Ex-president unremorseful after breaking COVID rules

Former Czech president Václav Klaus was pictured at a restaurant in Prague without a mask despite a COVID-19 lockdown across the country.