Section: Czech Republic
Separatisté prý obsadí celý Donbas silou, Kreml nesouhlasí
Doněck/Kyjev/Moskva – Východoukrajinští povstalci jsou odhodláni obsadit silou donbaská území kontrolovaná Kyjevem, pokud se to nepodaří politickými prostředky. Na tiskové konferenci… …read more Source: České...
Agencies abuse Czech visa system in Ukraine to fuel booming illegal business
Reporters from public service broadcaster Czech Radio have mapped a booming business for Ukraine agents and middlemen by ensuring clients get visas for the Czech Republic or wider Schengen area. And to help ensure demand for their services, they have rigged the visa appointments system so that it is blocked to those who try to get visas by...
Czech NGO denied access to eastern Ukraine
Czech humanitarian organisation People in Need has been stripped of its accreditation to work in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, an area of eastern Ukraine presently under the control of Kremlin-backed pro-Russian separatists. People in Need – or Člověk v tísni – has been working in the war-torn area since 2014, distributing tonnes...
V4 bloc seeks united front ahead of EU summit
The heads of government of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic have concluded an informal meeting of the Visegrad Group held in Krynica, Poland. The gathering was designed to cement a common stance ahead of an upcoming EU summit, to be held in Bratislava on September 16, focused on post-Brexit EU reforms. Also present at the “V4+1”...
Czech Foreign Ministry vows to close “representative centre” of Donetsk separatists
Russia-backed separatists from Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region attempted to establish an official representation in the Czech Republic on Thursday, opening a mock consulate in Ostrava which was described as the “the first official representation in the EU” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. The move...
Marek Hilšer: The activist and brain tumour specialist who’s running for president
Though the next Czech presidential elections don’t take place until the start of 2018, Marek Hilšer has already thrown his hat into the ring as a candidate. A doctor by profession, the 40-year-old is perhaps best known for his eye-catching civic activism, such as when – protesting Russia’s treatment of Ukraine – he and a colleague...
Prague initiates debate on Savchenko at EU summit
Brussels – The ongoing EU summit dealt with the case of the imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadyia Savchenko for several dozen minutes on the Czech initiative, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka told reporters… …read more Source: České...
Czech press survey – March 18
Prague – Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka shows the Czech society that not refugees, but Russia is a real threat by his standing up for the imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadyia Savchenko, Teodor Marjanovic… …read more Source: České...
EU should seek release of Savchenko by Moscow – Czech PM
Prague – Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will be pushing for the EU leaders to seek the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadyia Savchenko from the Russian prison at the forthcoming EU summit, he told… …read more Source: České...
Prague to support sanctions against Savchenko’s persecutors
Brussels – The Czech Republic would support possible proposals for extending the EU sanctions to apply to the Russians citizens who assist in the persecution of the imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadyia… …read more Source: České...
