BRATISLAVA: A Ukrainian civilian helicopter that illegally entered Slovak airspace and crashed on Wednesday killed eight people aboard including a Ukrainian pilot and five men and two women from Afghanistan, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
The country’s human rights minister and former presidential candidate
Jiří Dienstbier has strongly criticized the head of state Miloš Zeman,
charging he had thrown support behind “hate groups” in Czech society.
Police arrested around 20 people in Prague on Tuesday in connection with a
number of demonstrations held on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of
the Velvet Revolution which led to the collapse of communism in
Populist leaders around Europe rushed to demand an end to an influx of refugees and migrants from the Middle East and Africa on Saturday after a wave of deadly attacks in Paris claimed by Islamic State militants.
Hungary's parliament voted 154 to 41 on Tuesday, passing a law mandating the government to take to court the European Union's decision to impose mandatory migrant redistribution quotas on member states.
Czech prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka has said security on the Czech-Slovak
border will be stepped up. He said the move had been provoked by
information that one of the persons linked to the Paris attacks crossed the
A one minute silence was held outside the French Embassy in Prague at noon
on Monday A similar gesture of solidarity was marked across France in
solidarity with the victims of Friday’s attacks in Paris. The ambassadors
A mother hugs her children after disembarking as migrants and refugees arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on November 15, 2015 Friday's deadly Paris attacks have led some East European nations and right-wing politicians to call for smaller refugee
Czech judo competitor David Klammert won the under 23 European Championship
being staged in Bratislava Sunday. He won all his five encounters in the
under 90 kg category including the final against Dutchman Rico Harder.
