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Slovak coach confident of Euro 2020 spot
Slovak manager Pavel Hapal is confident his team can triumph against Ireland in March’s Euro 2020 play-off semi-final and setContinue Reading
Central Europe continues to slip in corruption index
Warsaw, Poland – All four Visegrad countries have continued to drop precipitously in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI),Continue Reading
Chinese airline to scrap Prague-Beijing flights amid deepening rift
Prague, Czech Republic – China’s Hainan Airlines will cancel direct flights between Prague and Beijing starting in March, the CzechContinue Reading
Second season of ‘The Witcher’ to shoot in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Bratislava, Slovakia – The second season of Netflix’s 2019 hit-show The Witcher will film in locations in Slovakia and theContinue Reading
Slovak Jewish cemetery vandals identified as five boys aged 9 to 12, not ‘extremists’
Bratislava, Slovakia – Žilina Police announced on Facebook that the culprits behind the desecration of gravestones in the Jewish cemeteryContinue Reading
Poland and Japan to bolster cooperation on low-carbon energy amidst global criticism
Warsaw, Poland – As world leaders gather in Davos to discuss global issues, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and hisContinue Reading
Czech PM Andrej Babis drops plans to build orphanage in Syria
Prague, Czech Republic – Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced he had abandoned plans for the Czech Republic to build anContinue Reading
Poland poised to be main beneficiary of EU’s €100-billion climate fund
Warsaw, Poland – Poland will be the top beneficiary of the €100-billion EU climate fund meant to help coal-reliant regionsContinue Reading
Czech students criticize Orbán’s ‘inappropriate’ presence at Prague State Opera reopening
Prague, Czech Republic – A group of Czech students from the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) have published an openContinue Reading
Hungary: Orbán goes green on climate change as long as it remains ‘Christian-democratic’
Budapest, Hungary – Last week, Prime Minister Viktor Orban unveiled the government’s climate and environmental strategy, an ambitious plan theContinue Reading
Prague opens first Expat Centre to smooth integration of foreigners
Prague, Czech Republic – The city of Prague has opened its first Expat Centre to cater to foreigners, help themContinue Reading
French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Poland next month
Warsaw, Poland – French President Emmanuel Macron is due to pay an official two-day visit to Poland in early February,Continue Reading
Far-right candidate enters Poland’s presidential race
Warsaw, Poland – Krzysztof Bosak, a 37-year-old member of the Polish far-right Confederation (Konfederacja) party, was chosen as the movement’sContinue Reading
Czech Republic: Eight dead, dozens injured after fire at asylum for mentally ill
Prague, Czech Republic – Eight people have died after a fire broke out at an asylum for people suffering fromContinue Reading
Number of foreigners in Poland reaches historic high in 2020
Warsaw, Poland – The number of foreigners living in Poland has reached an all-time high of 423,000 at the beginningContinue Reading
