Czech model Tereza Hluskova freed from Pakistani prison
Prague, Czech Republic – Czech model Tereza Hluskova was released from a Pakistani prison after serving four years for drugContinue Reading
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Explainer: Is Poland undermining the supremacy of EU law?
Warsaw, Poland – On October 7, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal declared in its ruling the unconstitutionality of several articles ofContinue Reading
Czech Republic: Romani man’s death not linked to police intervention, according to autopsy
Prague, Czech Republic – The Romani man who died on Saturday in Teplice after being arrested by Czech police officersContinue Reading
“Czech George Floyd”? Outrage after Romani man dies in police custody
Prague, Czech Republic – A Romani man has died in the Czech city of Teplice, northern Bohemia, while in policeContinue Reading
Czech Republic and Poland sued by EU Commission for not letting foreigners run in elections
Warsaw, Poland – The European Commission is taking Poland and the Czech Republic to court for not letting EU citizensContinue Reading
Czech politician resigns after attending illegal party
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech government’s sports commissioner and member of Parliament Milan Hnilicka resigned after attending an illegalContinue Reading
Polish far-right extremists charged over terror plot on mosque
WARSAW, POLAND – Two alleged Polish right-wing extremists have been charged on suspicion of planning a “terrorist attack” on aContinue Reading
Was 2020 a turning point in Slovakia’s fight against corruption? (2/2)
Bratislava, Slovakia – After the high-profile Storm and Windstorm raids, Slovakia’s fight against corruption turned to the police itself, whichContinue Reading
Was 2020 a turning point in Slovakia’s fight against corruption? (1/2)
Prague, Czech Republic – The creativity of the Slovak National Criminal Agency (NAKA) in coming up with the names ofContinue Reading
Slovak far-right leader sentenced to four years in jail for extremism
Bratislava, Slovakia – Marian Kotleba, the notorious head of the far-right People’s Party – Our Slovakia (LSNS), has been sentencedContinue Reading
Czech man sentenced to year and a half in prison for stealing five pastries during lockdown
Prague, Czech Republic – When on April 2, a few weeks after the lockdown came into effect in the CzechContinue Reading
Freedom of intimidation in Poland: Scandal at the University of Silesia in Katowice
Katowice, Poland – In late May, police in the southern Polish city of Katowice interrogated seven students who had complainedContinue Reading
Orbán calls top court ruling in Roma segregation case “unfair”
Budapest, Hungary – Viktor Orbán has called a Supreme Court landmark segregation ruling awarding damages to schoolchildren from the RomaContinue Reading
Booking.com slapped with €7 million fine in Hungary
Budapest, Hungary – The Hungarian competition and antitrust watchdog GVH handed Booking.com a record-fine of 2.5 billion forints (around €7Continue Reading
Slovakia: Jan Kuciak killer sentenced to 23 years in prison
Bratislava, Slovakia – Miroslav Marcek was sentenced on Monday to 23 years in prison after admitting to being the killerContinue Reading
Poland seizes record haul of heroin from the Middle East
Warsaw, Poland – Polish authorities have just made a record heroin bust and foiled a major smuggling operation. On Sunday,Continue Reading
Former Prague Imam sentenced to 10 years in jail for promoting terrorism
Prague, Czech Republic – Former Prague Imam Samer Shedadeh has been sentenced to ten years in prison by Prague’s municipalContinue Reading
Polanski scandal claims heads of entire board of ‘French Oscars’ Academy
Paris, France – The entire leadership of the Césars, the most prestigious movie award ceremony in France, has resigned overContinue Reading
Vatican bans Czech priest over sexual misconduct allegations
Prague, Czech Republic – The Vatican has banned a Czech priest from practicing over allegations of sexual abuse and misconductContinue Reading
Czech Republic and Poland have among highest prisoners rate in the EU
Prague, Czech Republic – New European data shows that the Czech Republic and Poland have two of the highest prisonersContinue Reading