Russia draw top-ranked Belgium in Euro 2020 qualifiers, England paired with Czech Republic

Russia have been placed in a tricky Euro 2020 qualification group in Saturday’s draw in Dublin, as last summer’s World Cup hosts have been paired with the world’s number one team Belgium in Group I. READ MORE: Copa Libertadores Final – River Plate & Boca Juniors united in rejecting Madrid tie Stanislav Cherchesov’s men, who entered the […]

‘Me & Orban fought Brussels quotas’: Czech PM takes credit for derailing ‘absurd’ EU migrant sharing

Czech PM Andrej Babis believes that canceling EU migrant quotas was one of the major successes of his foreign policy, saying that he fought against quotas together with Viktor Orban and managed to “abolish the absurd system.” “[Orban and I] fought against the quotas in Brussels, and we have abolished this absurd system,” Babis said. Read […]

Suspected Russian LinkedIn hacker Nikulin reportedly extradited from Czech Republic to US

Thomson Reuters The Czech Republic has extradited Russian citizen Yevgeniy Nikulin to the United States where he is accused of hacking social networks including LinkedIn. The decision by Czech Justice Minister Robert Pelikan defies Russia which had also asked for his extradition after Nikulin was arrested in Prague in cooperation with the FBI in 2016. […]

Czech army to open satellite center to serve intelligence, NATO

The Czech Republic’s army plans to open a new satellite center to serve the country’s military intelligence and NATO, AP said. The center will receive images of the situation on the ground around the globe from satellites. They will be then analyzed and provided for the alliance’s defense planning and the local army’s use, including […]

‘Honored to be attacked after Pope!’ FEMEN targets Czech President Zeman at polling station (VIDEO)

Czech President Milos Zeman was confronted by a topless FEMEN activist at a polling station in Prague on Friday. Zeman looked embarrassed but said he “felt privileged” to have been targeted by the radical feminist protest group. The female activist had her 15 seconds of fame during the first round of the country’s presidential election. […]

10 million refugees may flood EU if it fails to secure borders – Czech president

The European Union could face a massive influx of some 10 million refugees from Africa in the coming years if it does not change its policy, Czech President Milos Zeman has claimed in an interview with a local TV channel. Zeman, known for his fierce anti-immigration stance, once again blasted Brussels for its migration guidelines […]

Czech president brands EU ‘cowards’ over stance on Trump’s Jerusalem move

Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his controversial statements, has called EU countries “cowards” over their response to Donald Trump’s recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. He is the only world leader to endorse move, other than Netanyahu. “The European Union, cowards, are doing all they can so a pro-Palestinian terrorist movement can have supremacy […]

‘Refugee quotas are nonsense’: Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic ready to fight Brussels in court

Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic have defended their sovereign “right” to reject EU-imposed refugee quotas after the European Commission referred the “breach of their legal obligations” to the European Court of Justice. The EU introduced migrant quotas in September 2015. It was conceived as a temporary emergency scheme to relocate some 160,000 refugees across […]