REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The Czech Republic recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. US President Donald Trump made the US the first nation to do so earlier on Wednesday. The Czech Republic on Wednesday followed US President Donald Trump’s lead. In a statement on its Foreign Ministry’s web site, it said, “The Czech Republic currently, before the […]
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EU acts like Third Reich says Czech official after Brussels mulls ban of local rum
Published time: 29 Sep, 2017 00:08 The spokesman for Czech President Milos Zeman has hit out at a decision by the European Union to potentially ban a key chemical in a popular local spirit, comparing the move to that of the Nazis during their World War II occupation. “The Empire has decided that there will […]
‘Trump is like a teacher handing out fail grades. Which country will be next?’ – Czech president
Czech President Milos Zeman criticized Donald Trump for lecturing “misbehaving” countries during his address to the UN, and says that the international community should be based on parity – not “masters and students.” Read more “The speech reminded me of a teacher publicly handing out grades to misbehaving students. But the international community should not […]
‘Historical day for Roma dignity’: Czech govt to shut down pig farm on concentration camp site
The Czech government has moved to buy and remove a pig farm near Prague, located on the site of a former concentration camp where several hundred Romani people died during the Nazi occupation. The decision comes after mass anti-racism protests. AGPI, the firm that owns the controversial pig breeding facility, announced on Monday it had […]
Czech Republic's spa towns offer the perfect pampering
KARLOVY VARY It was while out hunting deer in the mid-14th century that Emperor Charles IV discovered the Teplá River had “magical curative powers”. After getting injured, he found the waters quickly healed his wounds and today, thousands flock to Karlovy Vary to experience the waters for themselves. This regal town reaches up from the […]
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix: Canada vs. Czech Republic
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D’oh! Czech nuclear plant apologizes for bikini contest to choose intern (PHOTOS)
Published time: 26 Jun, 2017 03:09 A nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic has issued an apology after holding a bikini beauty contest, the winner of which would be rewarded with the supposedly prestigious prize of a two-week internship at the plant. The bikini-clad internship hopefuls posed inside the plant’s cooling tower, which thankfully […]
Czech President pokes fun at media, declaring himself ‘agent of Putin, Trump, China & Israel’
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The Czech Republic’s conservative Euroskeptic president has declared that he is an agent of his Russian counterpart, as well as other leaders and nations, during a press conference where he announced his intention to run for a second term. Read Full Article at RT.com RT – Daily news
The Sweetest Debut: Jaroslav Kalfar on Stition, Dog Parks, and a Lonely Czech Astronaut
Welcome to The Sweetest Debut, a regular installment in which we reach out to debut (or near-debut, we’re flexible!) fiction, poetry and nonfiction authors working with presses of all sizes and find out about their pop culture diets, their writing habits, and their fan-fiction fantasies. Today: Czech writer Jaroslav Kalfar on his debut novel Spaceman of Bohemia. […]
Indie Game Development in the Czech Republic
The Czech game industry has a long history, though it wasn’t until fairly recently that their indie scene began to blossom. Matej Jariabka of Gamifi.cc, the independent Czech studio behind The Great Wobo Escape, currently available on Android and headed soon to PC on Steam, talks about the how that history has led to the […]