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USA Hockey
April 28, 2018
The U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team faces Czech Republic this evening in the second of two semifinal matchups at the 2018 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship here in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. local and 10:30 a.m. ET and will be televised in the U.S. live on NHLÃâà...
Radio Prague
April 28, 2018
The Czech Republic stood out against a ban on a series of pesticides which was pushed through by other EU states on the grounds that they seriously endangered bees. The Czech Republic was one of four countries which stood out against the ban of so-called neonicotinoids, alongside Denmark,Ãâà...
WTA Tennis
April 27, 2018
Prague perfection: Three years of champions in the Czech Republic. Appropriately, the inaugural Prague Open in 2015 had an all-Czech final. ... In 2015, the WTA Tour returned to the Czech Republic for the first time since 1999. Take a look back at the winners and finalists of the Prague Open since then.
Radio Prague
April 26, 2018
The Czech Republic's public finances should stay in the black through to 2021, albeit at a reduced level compared with 2017, according to a report to be put to the government on Monday. The updated convergence report sees the overall budget surplus sliding to 1.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product inÃâà...
euronews
April 26, 2018
The ministry said the decision to re-open the consulate “in no way prejudges” a final agreement on Jerusalem's status, and stressed that the Czech Republic “fully respects” the policy of the European Union, which considers Jerusalem the future capital of both the State of Israel and the future State ofÃâà...
Radio Prague
April 26, 2018
And the Czech Republic is criticized in the report for its part in undermining free media and casting journalists as part of the problem rather than part of the solution. President Miloš Zeman's brandishing an imitation Kalashnikov and only half jokingly suggesting it should be used on journalists is one episodeÃâà...
Haaretz
April 26, 2018
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely left for the Czech Republic on Wednesday in an attempt to convince the government there to relocate the embassy to Jeruasalem. The Czech president is slated to speak at an event marking Israel's 70th anniversary on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Prime MinisterÃâà...
Olean Times Herald
April 26, 2018
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman says his country is planning to transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Zeman says the move will take place in three steps: An honorary consulate will be opened in Jerusalem next month followed by other Czech institutions before the embassy'sÃâà...
National Geographic
April 24, 2018
... is a standout. Polynesian-inspired murals cover the walls, and the tiny, thatched hut that houses the bar is draped with all sorts of tiki-related ephemera. All that, plus the real-deal tropical drinks served in kitschy glassware will make you forget, just for a minute, that you're in the landlocked Czech Republic.
Radio Prague
April 24, 2018
The number of foreign-owned companies in the Czech Republic has climbed to 86,000, according to the Czech Credit Bureau. The number has increased by 49 percent over the last seven years, it added. Most of those foreign companies are Russian-owned though their number has declined slightly.
The Seattle Times
April 24, 2018
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech and Iraqi defense ministers have vowed to further boost the military cooperation between their states. The Czechs previously sold 15 Czech-made L-159 light combat planes to Iraq and sent instructors to train pilots for the planes as part of international efforts to help Iraq fightÃâà...
The Republic
March 31, 2018
A Czech official says the Czech Republic has extradited a Russian man to the United States to face charges of hacking computers at LinkedIn, Dropbox and other American companies. Justice Minister Robert Pelikan has made the decision after the country's top court said it rejected a last-minute appealÃâà...
https://en.crimerussia.com/
March 31, 2018
However, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic sided with the US and decided to extradite Nikulin. This verdict was to be confirmed by Head of the Czech Ministry of Justice, Robert Pelican, which he did, despite the fact that President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, had repeatedly advocated theÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 31, 2018
Athletes from the Czech Republic at the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. Czech Radio said that the Czech Olympic Committee had unveiled a few new versions of Kde domov muj, in time for the 100th anniversary of the state's foundation this year.PHOTO: REUTERS.
CNET
March 30, 2018
A Russian man accused of orchestrating hacks of LinkedIn, Dropbox and Springform systems in 2012 is now on US soil after being extradited from the Czech Republic to San Francisco. The US Department of Justice indicted Yevgeniy Nikulin in 2016 with aggravated identity theft and computer intrusionÃâà...
Engadget
March 30, 2018
The Czech Republic has extradited Russian national Yevgeniy Nikulin to the United States, where he's accused of several hacking attempts dating back to 2012. A US federal grand jury had indicted him in 2016 for breaking into DropBox, Formspring and LinkedIn. The latter breach potentially exposed theÃâà...
Voice of America
March 30, 2018
The Czech Republic has extradited to the United States a Russian citizen accused of hacking the LinkedIn website and stealing 117 million passwords. Yevgeniy Nikulin arrived in the United States early Friday, according to U.S. officials, and is expected soon to appear before a judge in San Francisco.
Deutsche Welle
March 30, 2018
"We value immensely our cooperation with the Czech Republic on a range of issues including judicial, law enforcement and police matters," it said in a statement. A Moscow court in late 2016 issued a warrant for Nikulin's arrest over the alleged theft in 2009 of $3,450 (€2,000) inside the electronic systemÃâà...
Emerging Europe
March 30, 2018
Five emerging European countries top a recent survey of Europe's most noxious drivers. Motorists in the Czech Republic have the 6th lowest number of alternative fuel vehicles (0.7 per cent), their cars are also the 6th oldest on average (at 14.5 years) and the country has the 3rd highest levels of recordedÃâà...
Transitions Online
March 27, 2018
Around 80 percent of the companies surveyed in March by the Czech and German Chamber of Industry and Commerce expressed anxiety over the ongoing debate on the Czech Republic's continued membership of the European Union, Radio Praha writes. If the country would ever choose to exit the EU,Ãâà...
Radio Prague
March 27, 2018
The Czech Republic on Tuesday joined 13 other EU member states in expelling diplomats in reaction to the recent poisoning of a Russian double agent in Great Britain. The government's decision to expel three Russian diplomats from the country received broad support with the only sour note coming fromÃâà...
Radio Prague
March 27, 2018
The Czech Republic will expel three Russian diplomats in reaction to the recent poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in Great Britain. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said the measure was a display of solidarity with the UK and charged that Russia had gone far over the line with the claim thatÃâà...
Xinhua
March 26, 2018
Antonin Barak (2nd L) of the Czech Republic heads to shoot during the match between China and the Czech Republic at the 2018 China Cup International Football Championship in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 26, 2018. (Xinhua/Cao Can). NANNINGÃâà...
Radio Prague
March 26, 2018
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan is in the Czech Republic on a two-day visit, the highest-placed US official to visit the country in nine years. Although the visit has been labelled as private, the US House Speaker has a packed agenda of meetings with Czech politicians and he willÃâà...
Sustain Europe
March 26, 2018
From striking architecture and vibrant art to spa therapy, gastronomy and adventures in the great outdoors, the Czech Republic is a land of culture, beauty and wonder. And this year there's an even better reason to book a trip to this cosmopolitan destination as 2018 sees the centenary of the birth ofÃâà...
Radio Prague
March 23, 2018
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said the Czech Republic may expel a number of Russian diplomats over the attack on a former double agent and his daughter in Britain. The prime minister made the statement at the end of an EU summit in Brussels which debated a common strategy over theÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 23, 2018
PRAGUE (Sputnik) - The Czech Republic may expel several Russian diplomats in solidarity with the United Kingdom over the poisoning of former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal, who worked for UK intelligence, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Friday. "Yes, we will probably go in that direction," theÃâà...
Eng.Lsm.lv
March 23, 2018
Ansis Ataols-Bērziņš, a man who was convicted for participation in the 2009 riot in Riga, is to be extradited to Latvia shortly, reported Latvian Television March 22. This comes after the Czech Supreme Court denied Bērziņš' request not to extradite him. His case has gained resonance in Latvia, in partÃâà...
Observer-Reporter
March 23, 2018
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Radio Prague
March 23, 2018
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said the Czech Republic may expel a number of Russian diplomats over the nerve gas attack on a former double agent and his daughter in Britain. Mr. Babiš made the statement at the close of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday night, saying he would discuss thisÃâà...
Prague Daily Monitor
March 23, 2018
Prague, March 22 (CTK) - A total of 493,400 foreigners lived in the Czech Republic in 2016, the highest number of history, with Ukrainians being the strongest group, followed by Slovaks and Vietnamese, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) said on Thursday. Ukrainians, Slovaks and Vietnamese made upÃâà...
ABC News
March 22, 2018
Official says an explosion in a chemical plant in the Czech Republic has killed 6 people, injured others. By The Associated Press. PRAGUE — Mar 22, 2018, 6:15 AM ET. 0 Shares. Email. Star. 0 Shares. Email. Official says an explosion in a chemical plant in the Czech Republic has killed 6 people, injured others. 0 Shares.
Colorado Springs Gazette
March 22, 2018
REMOVES THE NAME OF THE CHEMICAL FACTORY People work at the site of an explosion in a chemical plant in Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, Thursday, March 22, 2018. Vladimira Kerekova, spokeswoman for the regional firefighters, says an explosion in a chemical factory, north of Prague, theÃâà...
malaysiandigest.com
March 18, 2018
The substance used in the poisoning of Sergei Skripal may have originated from the countries studying the “Novichok” nerve agent, including the UK, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Sweden, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “The most likely source of origin of the toxin are the countries which haveÃâà...
i24NEWS
March 18, 2018
The Czech Republic has reportedly begun assessing the practicalities of relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem amid increased Israeli pressure, Channel 10 news reported on Saturday. Israel's ambassador to Prague, Daniel Meron, wrote to the Foreign Ministry last week in what was said to be aÃâà...
Times Colonist
March 18, 2018
NORTH BAY, Ont. — South Korea stole four points in the ninth end in an 8-5 victory over the Czech Republic in Sunday's morning draw at the world women's curling championship. Kim EunJung's foursome was trailing 5-3 after Anna Kubeskova's rink scored four in the seventh end. article continues belowÃâà...
Independent Online
March 17, 2018
Johannesburg - Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir can now officially be booted out of South Africa, after the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court ruled on Friday that he is liable to be surrendered to the Czech Republic. However, whether or not Krejcir will remain in South Africa to face his numerous criminal trialsÃâà...
Radio Prague
March 16, 2018
Alleged Russian hacker Yevgeny Nikulin, whose extradition is being sought by both the United States and Russia, does not have the right to asylum in the Czech Republic on humanitarian grounds, Prague's Municipal Court ruled on Friday. The decision is binding and Mr Nikulin could challenge it only byÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 15, 2018
Prague, Czech Republic - Thousands of Czechs have taken to the streets of the capital, Prague, in defiance of a recent attack on local independent media by the country's recently re-elected President Milos Zeman. Speaking during his inauguration last week at Prague Castle, the pro-Russian, anti-migrantÃâà...
Emerging Europe
March 11, 2018
The Czech Republic and Slovakia are the biggest government healthcare spenders amongst those emerging European countries which are members of the EU. Both nations allocated 7.4 per cent of GDP to healthcare in 2016. The lowest spenders on healthcare were Latvia (3.7 per cent) and Romania (4Ãâà...
Radio Prague
March 10, 2018
The dispute between the app-based ride sharing service Uber and local taxi drivers may soon be over. Following a meeting with Uber representatives, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced that Uber had agreed to operate under conditions that would put it on an equal footing with taxi drivers.
Breaking Israel News
March 9, 2018
When the UN voted against President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Czech Republic delegation was among the 35 countries that abstained (128 voted for, 9 against, and 21 left the hall without voting). Israel's ambassador to the Czech Republic, Daniel Meron, said that “theÃâà...
The Times
March 9, 2018
Diamonds and other gems in the Czech Republic's national museum have turned out to be cheap imitations. Curators made the discovery while compiling an inventory of the museum's 5,000 precious stones before it reopens after six years of renovation. The first fakes detected were a diamond and aÃâà...
Express.co.uk
March 5, 2018
The Czech Republic's lower house of parliament today narrowly backed Zdenek Ondracek to head its police oversight committee - the first time a Communist lawmaker has held such a post since the fall of communism nearly three decades ago. Mr Ondracek was supported by Prime Minister Andrej BabisÃâà...
The FA
March 5, 2018
Ella Toone scored in the fifth minute of added time to give England U19s victory over Czech Republic in their second match of the La Manga Tournament. Goals from Hannah Cain, Rebecca Rayner and Bridget Galloway looked to have earned the Young Lionesses a share of the spoils in southern Spain.
Memphis Daily News
March 2, 2018
Nine Memphis-area high school students are spending a week studying in the Czech Republic as part of the Memphis in May International Festival's annual Student ... As part of the program, a small group of students from the Czech Republic will travel to Memphis to study and stay with local host families.
Proactive Investors UK
March 2, 2018
European Metals Holdings Ltd (LON:EMH) told investors that it remains “entirely focused” on working with all stakeholders related to its assets in the Czech Republic. The company has issued a statement following public statements by the Minister of Industry and Trade, and correspondence sent to theÃâà...
Kitco News
March 2, 2018
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours) =========================ECONOMIC DATA========================== Real-time economic data releases.................... Summary of economic data and forecasts........... Recently released economic data.................. Previous stories on Czech dataÃâà...
WMC Action News 5
March 2, 2018
They're part of the Memphis in May Student Exchange Program. The students left Memphis International around 10 Friday morning. They will be staying with host families in the Southern part of the Czech republic. They will travel to Prague, and learn about the country's architecture, castles and world classÃâà...
Yeni Şafak English
March 2, 2018
The majority of the arms provided by the United States to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) terrorist organization was provided by the Czech Republic, which released the Democratic Union Party (PYD) terrorist co-leader Saleh Muslum, despite Turkey's extradition request. The BKS, Dochka, Draganof,Ãâà...
