Czechia

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Culture Minister Sacks National Gallery Director Amid Growing Criticism

Culture Minister Oto Klempíř has unexpectedly dismissed Alicja Knast, the director of the National Gallery Prague. The manner of her dismissal, withou...

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Letná Alive Again: Quarter of a Million Protest Against Babiš Culture

Letná Alive Again: Quarter of a Million Protest Against Babiš

Over 200,000 demonstrators gathered in Prague's Letná Park on March 21, 2026, in the largest anti-government protest since the Velvet Revolution. Part...

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Pardubice Fire Investigated as Terrorism Technology

Pardubice Fire Investigated as Terrorism

Czech police are investigating a fire at the LPP Holding industrial complex in Pardubice as a possible terrorist attack. A group calling itself The Ea...

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Scorsese Films Thriller with DiCaprio and Lawrence in the Czech Republic Culture

Scorsese Films Thriller with DiCaprio and Lawrence in the Czech Republic

Martin Scorsese is filming the gothic thriller 'What Happens at Night' with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in the Czech Republic. Filming loc...

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"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" Wins Oscar, First for Czech Republic in 30 Years Culture

"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" Wins Oscar, First for Czech Republic in 30 Years

The Czech-Danish documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" won Best Documentary at the 98th Academy Awards. This marks the first Oscar win for a Czech co...

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Czech Parliament Approves 2026 Budget with €12.5 Billion Deficit Economy

Czech Parliament Approves 2026 Budget with €12.5 Billion Deficit

The Chamber of Deputies approved the state budget for 2026 with a deficit of 310 billion Czech crowns (€12.5 billion) on March 11th — the first budget...

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Artists Protest Cuts, Rename Ministry of Culture 'Ministry of Bodybuilding' Culture

Artists Protest Cuts, Rename Ministry of Culture 'Ministry of Bodybuilding'

Three artists symbolically renamed Prague's Ministry of Culture as the 'Ministry of Bodybuilding,' sparking a wave of protests by the 'Art Survives' i...

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Babiš Cuts Defense Spending: Czech Republic Falls Below 2% of GDP, NATO Pressures Economy

Babiš Cuts Defense Spending: Czech Republic Falls Below 2% of GDP, NATO Pressures

The Czech Parliament has approved the 2026 budget, allocating only 1.7% of GDP to defense – well below NATO's commitment threshold. President Pavel wa...

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Dukovany 5 and 6: Czech Republic Seeks Brussels' Approval for Twin Nuclear Reactors Technology

Dukovany 5 and 6: Czech Republic Seeks Brussels' Approval for Twin Nuclear Reactors

The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into the Czech Republic's request for state aid to build two new nuclear reactors at Dukov...

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End of Coal and Russian Gas: Czech Republic Faces Energy Transformation Economy

End of Coal and Russian Gas: Czech Republic Faces Energy Transformation

Energy group Sev.en will close three coal-fired power plants by spring 2027, while President Pavel rejects a return to Russian gas. The Czech Republic...

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Czech Parliament Approves Budget: Defense Spending Falls Short of 2% of GDP Despite NATO Pressure Economy

Czech Parliament Approves Budget: Defense Spending Falls Short of 2% of GDP Despite NATO Pressure

The Czech Parliament has approved the 2026 state budget with a deficit of 310 billion crowns. Defense spending remains at just 1.73% of GDP, despite p...

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Czech Scientists Uncover Whooping Cough Secret in Science Science

Czech Scientists Uncover Whooping Cough Secret in Science

Scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with colleagues from California, have described how the whooping cough bacterium uses...

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