Ancient Bone Sheds Light on Slav Alphabet History
An inscribed cow bone dating back to the seventh century proves that Germanic runes were the oldest script ever used by the ancient Slavs, Czech scientists said Thursday.
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Czech Brewer Budvar Hits Record as People Drink More at Home
Budvar, the Czech brewer that has been in a long legal dispute with U.S. giant Anheuser-Busch over use of the “Budweiser” brand, increased output to a record last year, when the pandemic saw people drink less in bars and more at home.
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Czechs Make Large Shops Sell Mostly Local Food
Czech lawmakers passed an amendment Wednesday ordering large shops to sell mostly Czech food as of next year, despite an expected backlash from partners in the European Union.
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Short of Medics as Virus Surges, Central Europe Sounds Alarm
With cases surging in many central European countries, firefighters, students and retired doctors are being asked to help shore up buckling health care systems.
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Czech Health Minister Breaks Virus Rules, Asked to Resign
The Czech Republic’s prime minister called on his health minister to resign or be fired after he broke strict government restrictions to slow a record surge of coronavirus infections and visited a Prague restaurant.
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Czechs Replace Health Minister Amid Record Infection Surge
The Czech government moved Monday to appoint an epidemiologist as the new health minister as the country struggles with a surge of new coronavirus infections.
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Czech Volunteers Invent Lung Ventilator in a Matter of Days
Tomas Kapler knew nothing about ventilators — he’s an online business consultant, not an engineer or a medical technician. But when he saw that shortages of the vital machines had imperiled critically ill Covid-19 patients in Northern Italy, he was moved to action.
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Mandatory Vaccinations Debated at Human Rights Court
Europe’s top rights court on Wednesday heard from the lawyers of Czech parents who don’t want to vaccinate their children, while the government argued it has a responsibility to safeguard public health.
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Czechs Expel Russian Diplomats Over Poison Plot Hoax
The Czech Republic has expelled two Russian diplomats after a Russian embassy employee spread false information about a planned poison attack on three Prague politicians, officials said on Friday.
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EU Court Says Countries Didn’t Meet Refugee Quotas
Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic violated European Union regulations by refusing to take in their share of refugees, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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Czech Brewers Bet on Bottles as Pubs Dry Up Amid Virus
Czech breweries have switched from barrels to bottles and cans after demand for draught went down the drain as pubs in the world’s most beer-loving nation closed amid the Covid-19 pandemic, experts said Wednesday.
Read morePrague Grants Milan Kundera Citizenship Stripped Under Communism
Novelist Milan Kundera has gained Czech citizenship four decades after communist Czechoslovakia stripped him of citizenship following his emigration to France, the Czech foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Read moreCzechs Find Russian & Chinese Cyberspying
Russian and Chinese spies repeatedly targeted the Czech state last year, the country’s intelligence service said in its 2018 report published Tuesday, detailing cyberattacks and disinformation.
Read moreLegal Opinion: Poland, Hungary, Czechs Broke EU Migrant Law
With overcrowded Greek migrant camps facing explosive new problems, a top EU legal adviser said Thursday that Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic broke European Union law by refusing to comply with a refugee quota program meant to address such challenges.
Read moreCzech Court Nixes Controversial Church Compensation Tax
The Czech Republic’s constitutional court on Tuesday canceled a law slapping income tax on the billions the state will pay churches for assets seized by the Communists during their Cold War rule.
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Rare Steinbeck Story, Set in Paris, Published This Week
Ernest Hemingway wasn’t the only Great American Writer with something to say about Paris.
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2 Rare Barbary Lion Cubs Born in Czech Zoo
Two Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo, a welcome addition to a small surviving population of a rare lion subspecies that has been extinct in the wild.
Read moreEU Ban on Semiautomatic Guns Backed by Magistrate
Rejecting a challenge by the Czech Republic, a magistrate judge urged Europe’s top court Thursday to uphold a law banning the use of semiautomatic weapons by civilians, among other gun restrictions.
Read moreDeath Toll in Czech Mine Explosion Increases to 13
The death toll in a methane explosion at a black coal mine in northeastern Czech Republic has increased to 13, a mining company said Friday.
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