Brussels 11.11.2011 The government of the Czech Republic led by the ANO party founder Andrej Babis stepped down Thursday,November 11, the CNN Prima News network reports. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's government agrees to resign following Oct 8 election – Czech News Agency pic.twitter.com/FaKVbymEwk — TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) November 11, 2021 According to the…
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Kremlin draws unfriendly states list
Brussels 17.05.2021 The Czech Republic and the United States have been put on Russia’s blacklist of unfriendly states because of their hostile steps against Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday, May 17. (Image: Moscow, Russia, photo Evgeny Grabovsky) The Czech Republic and the United States have been put on Russia’s blacklist of…
EU deplores Czech diplomats expel
Brussels 19.04.2021 “The European Union stands in full support and solidarity with the Czech Republic and deplores Russia’s response to expel 20 Czech diplomats. Russia’s decision follows the announcement by the Czech Republic on 17 April to expel 18 Russian embassy staff, based on reasonable suspicion about the involvement of Russian military intelligence service (GRU)…
Russian defense reporter accused of espionage
The arrest of former journalist has caused major outcry among independent media outlets in Russia. Ivan Safronov, accused of spying for the Czech Republic and the United States, was arrested on July 7 by Russia’s security service, the FSB, which has accused him of state treason, the charges foreseing prison sententse from 12 up to…
NATO soldiers killed in Parwan
Three NATO’s Resolute Support mission service members from Czech Republic were killed in eastern Afghanistan by a suicide bomber, the U.S. military and Czech authorities said. In the same attack one American service member and two Afghan soldiers were injured. They were on foot patrol with Afghan forces, according to NATO sources. The Czech Republic’s…
EU resells tigers for cooking in China
On International Tiger Day 29th July more bizarre details of Europe‘s ties with dubious tiger traders come to light. Research conducted by international animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS shows that at least 1,412 live captive-bred tigers from the EU were legally exported between 1999 and 2016. It is believed that several of these animals have ended up in Asian…
Criminal tiger trade in Europe florishes
Prague, 18 July 2018 – Recent police raids in the Czech Republic as well as research by the international animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS show that tiger trade is not only an issue in Asia: The lucrative commercial trade with a highly protected species and their parts is happening right in the centre of Europe as…
Ankara requests extradition of Kurdish politician
Ankara has officially requested the extradition of the former Syrian Kurdish PYD leader Saleh Muslim from the Czech Republic, Turkey’s government spokesman said on after authorities arrested Muslim in Prague a day earlier. https://twitter.com/CNNTURK_ENG/status/968039206764335104 Speaking during an interview with broadcaster NTV, Bekir Bozdag said Turkey’s justice ministry had delivered the extradition request to Czech authorities…
Will the Catalan Republic become an EU member state?
Jordi SOLE, MEP, OPINION The emergence on new states in Europe is nothing new. In fact, many European states emerged at the end of the 20th century: from the Baltic States that regained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, through Czechoslovakia’s split that created the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to the breakup…
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