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Czech protest organisers call for new political movement in wake of Sunday’s Prague demo

The Million Moments for Democracy group is calling for Andrej Babis to quit over allegations that he fraudulently uses his power as Prime Minister to boost his own business interests.

Czech Republic

Watch: Tens of thousands rally in Prague against PM Babis

Hundreds of thousands rallied in Prague on Sunday to demand the resignation of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in the biggest public confrontation with the government since the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

World

Huge protests in Prague demand resignation of Czech PM Andrej Babiš

Organisers say up to 120,000 people have protested in the Czech capital Prague calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babis.

Business Planet

The power of business clusters

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet travels to the Czech Republic to see how one nanotechnology cluster is helping SMEs scale-up and go international.

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Business Planet

The Czech cluster boosting tech talent

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet speaks to an award winning Czech cluster to find out how it is helping high-tech SMEs maximise their potential.

Czech Republic

Road Trip Day 43 Brno: Czech transport infrastructure 'way behind'

The lack of a decent road system is hampering economic development, according to the people Euronews spoke to on the latest day of its road trip ahead of the European elections. Since 2000, the Czechs have built only 300km of new highways.

World News

Abandon 'unrealistic' carbon target says EU top job hopeful

EU plans to be carbon neutral by 2050 are "nice" but "unrealistic" says one of the candidates to replace Jean-Claude Juncker.

World News

Watch again: EU should side with Trump on Iran, says Zahradil

Czech MEP Jan Zahradil, who hopes to replace Jean-Claude Juncker, has a plan to "retune the EU" instead of taking more decisions as European level.

Sport

Czech footballer Josef Sural killed in Turkey crash

Czech international striker Josef Sural, who played for Turkish club Alanyaspor, was killied in a minibus crash early Monday.

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Tightrope walkers in Prague to highlight new mental health plan

The stunt marked the ministries' cooperation on a new plan for mental healthcare in the country, which they say is designed to move mental health patients out of specialist wards and hospitals and provide more care directly in communities.

Lebanon

Lebanon says new 'waves' of migrants can be expected in Europe soon

Lebanese President Michel Aoun made the comments during his visit to Russia this week

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Artist creates lifelike sculptures from plastic bottles

Artist Veronika Richterova has a shed full of bags of plastic bottles at her home in the small Czech town of Bustehrad — the raw material for her lifelike sculptures.

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Czech zoo hopes albino wallaby will become star attraction

A Czech zoo welcomed the arrival of an albino wallaby baby and raised hopes that it will become the zoo's new star attraction.

Smart Regions

Supercomputer supercharging innovation in the Czech Republic

In partnership with the European Commission

A supercomputing centre is helping Czech firms to accelerate innovation in areas ranging from custom-made medical prostheses to new train seats.

Czech Republic

Czech man killed by lion he kept as pet

A Czech man was mauled to death by a lion he illegally kept as a pet.

Czech Republic

Czechs march in tribute to 1969 student activist's self-immolation

Czechs pay tribute to student who set himself on fire 50 years ago

World News

MEPs demand block on funds to companies linked to Czech PM

The European Parliament Thursday adopted a resolution demanding information on a possible conflict of interest involving the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

Czech Republic

Czech protesters call for Babis to quit over EU funds scandal

Thousands marched to call for the Czech Republic’s billionaire prime minister to quit amid an EU funds scandal.

Czech Republic

Czech out? PM Babis told to resign after son’s ‘sent to Crimea’ claim

Czech PM Andrej Babis has hit back after his son claimed he’d been sent abroad to block a fraud investigation.

Czech Republic

Czech presidident references Khashoggi death in jibe at journalists

“I love journalists, that’s why I may organise a special banquet for them this evening at the Saudi embassy,” Zeman said.