Ryanair to increase number of Israel flights

March 29, 2016

Ryanair will expand its flight schedule to Israel in November.

Brexit group 'employs migrant workers in call centre'

March 28, 2016

One of the groups campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union has reportedly employed EU migrants to staff its call centre. Insurance millionaire Arron Banks co-founded Leave.EU and is overseeing a call centre from where workers sign up supporters and donors.

Slovakia replaces Croatia as top holiday destination for Czechs

April 1, 2016

Slovakia has become the most popular tourist destination for Czech
tourists, overtaking Croatia. Some 837 thousand Czechs travelled to the
neighbouring country in 2015 – rising by nearly three-quarters compared

Czech foreign minister proposes regular meetings between V4 and West Balkan countries

April 2, 2016

The Visegrad Four group, i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, proposes staging top-level meetings of the EU and Western Balkans to discuss migration, Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek told reporters during a visit to Albania yesterday.

Poland: Middle East migrants cause EU 'social tensions'

April 1, 2016

The Polish government has reiterated its opposition to migrant relocations, while describing Middle East refugees as "the cause" of "social tensions" in Europe.

Much-loved Czech ‘handymen’ Pat and Mat star in new feature film

April 1, 2016

When they made their first appearance on Czechoslovak film screens in 1976,
they were known simply as Kuťáci (The Handymen). Today, they are known in
the Czech Republic as Pat and Mat: two bumbling stop-motion characters who

Slovakia replaces Croatia as top summer holiday destination for Czechs

April 1, 2016

Slovakia has become the most popular tourist destination for Czech
tourists, overtaking Croatia. Some 837 thousand Czechs travelled to the
neighbouring country in 2015 – rising by nearly three-quarters compared

Czech foreign minister proposes regular meetings between V4 and West Balkan countries

March 31, 2016

The Visegrad Four regional grouping, currently headed by the Czech
Republic, can help countries in the Western Balkans in the EU accession
talks, Czech foreign minister Lubomír Zaorálek said on Thursday. He was

Head of Czech Catholic Church calls on Xi to respect human rights

March 30, 2016

The head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Dominik Duka, has
called on the Chinese president to respect human rights. At a state dinner
in Prague for Xi Jinping on Tuesday night the cardinal – who was a

Follow in the footsteps of Maigret... in Budapest

March 29, 2016

On Easter Monday, Rowan Atkinson stepped into the shoes and heavy coat of Jules Maigret. Like creator Georges Simenon's books, the ITV adaptation plunged viewers into 1950s Paris.

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