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Czechs urged to repeal law denying rights to Kindertransport descendants
Communist-era rule to punish defectors is denying descendants of escapees from Nazi occupation Czech citizenship
Robert Tait in Prague
09, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM
Pro-western Petr Pavel sweeps to landslide win in race for Czech presidency
Champagne flows as former general defeats billionaire populist rival Andrej Babiš by largest margin in the country’s history
Robert Tait in Prague
28, Jan, 2023 @6:22 PM
Barbs and beards from Babiš as crunch Czech election test looms
Behind in the polls, the former PM has resorted to a no-holds-barred attack on his presidential rival, Petr Pavel
Robert Tait in Prague
27, Jan, 2023 @5:00 AM
‘Like knocking down the Eiffel tower’: battle to save historic Prague bridge
A plan from Czech railways to replace the emblematic landmark with a modern structure is facing an impassioned backlash
Robert Tait in Prague
21, Jan, 2023 @5:00 PM
Czech presidential election: Babiš likens rival to Putin after first-round defeat
Ex-PM ratchets up rhetoric after surprise loss to former army chief and Nato military chair Gen Petr Pavel
Robert Tait in Prague
15, Jan, 2023 @2:50 PM
Czechs prepare to elect president after 10 years of Miloš Zeman
Poll has become a tussle between three frontrunners whose campaigns have all hit problems
Robert Tait in Prague
12, Jan, 2023 @5:00 AM
Czech presidential candidate Andrej Babiš acquitted of fraud
Billionaire former PM found not guilty of subsidy fraud four days before election
Robert Tait in Prague
09, Jan, 2023 @11:36 AM
Broken Jewish tombstones used to pave Czech square made into memorial
Monument commemorates desecration of Jewish cemeteries under former communist regime
Robert Tait in Prague
07, Sep, 2022 @4:36 PM
Former Czech PM uses newspapers he owns to attack media integrity
Journalists accuse Andrej Babiš of undermining ‘serious media’ with extraordinary front-page broadside
Robert Tait in Prague
05, Sep, 2022 @4:16 PM
Thousands gather at ‘Czech Republic First’ rally over energy crisis
Around 70,000 demonstrators demand new gas deal with Russia and end to sanctions over war in Ukraine
Robert Tait in Prague
04, Sep, 2022 @3:34 PM
‘Wake-up call’ for climate-sceptic Czechs as blaze devastates national park
Sentiment shifting among politicians and the public as beloved region of forested mountains goes up in flames
Robert Tait Prague
30, Jul, 2022 @11:00 AM
‘I will stay until Kharkiv is rebuilt’: we revisit five Ukrainian families rebuilding their lives in the EU
Illness, homesickness, language barriers and job scarcity all took their toll. But the welcome – from Portugal to Poland – could not have been warmer
Beatriz Ramalho da Silva in Lisbon, Robert Tait in Prague, Weronika Strzyżyńska, Megan Clement in Paris and Sam Jones in Madrid
20, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM
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