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Politics 17-07-2025

Arrest in Russia-linked school bomb threats sparks Czech-Slovak row

Est. 2min

Czechia blasts Slovakia for omitting Russian link in school bomb threat case, accusing Bratislava of framing Ukraine while burying key intel.

Politics 15-07-2025

Slovakia stalls new Russia sanctions, demands stronger energy guarantees

Est. 3min

Fico says Slovakia will not block EU sanctions if it receives credible guarantees to ease the impact of phasing out Russian energy.

Politics 15-07-2025

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy proposes new prime minister, defence minister in major reshuffle

Est. 3min

The shakeup, the biggest since the war began, comes after months of setbacks for Ukraine on the battlefield and escalating Russian aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities

Politics 15-07-2025

Czech journalist faces hate campaign after exposing abuse allegations against MEP

Est. 2min

Czech journalist faces rape threat campaign after reporting abuse claims against far-right MEP Filip Turek, with pro-party accounts among key amplifiers.

Politics 15-07-2025

Series of fires across Poland, Russian sabotage suspected

Est. 2min

Poland sees third major fire in a week, as authorities suspect Russian-linked sabotage amid rising hybrid threats.

Politics 14-07-2025

Czech PM urges Fico to back sanctions, cites shared Soviet past

Est. 2min

Fiala presses Slovak PM to drop sanctions veto, invoking 1968 invasion and warning unity is at stake as Ukraine suffers under Russian bombs.

Politics 11-07-2025

Czech spooks say Russian sabotage falling flat

Est. 2min

Czech intel unmasks Moscow’s sabotage flop: Telegram-hired arsonists, fake bomb threats, and foreign recruits failed to cause serious damage.

Politics 11-07-2025

EU Advocate General: Commission in wrong over Polish mine dispute

Est. 2min

Commission wrongly docked Poland €68m over Turów mine, says EU Advocate General, citing retroactive Czech deal that nullified court-ordered fines.

Tech 10-07-2025

Poland formally asks EU to investigate Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot

Est. 2min

"What we are seeing from X right now could be considered as a major infringement of the DSA," said the Polish Deputy Prime Minister's letter to the EU's Tech Commissioner on Wednesday.

Politics 10-07-2025

Czech president to unveil Ukraine reconstruction plan

Est. 1min

Petr Pavel will present a comprehensive plan for Ukraine’s post-war recovery at Thursday’s summit in Rome, aiming to coordinate international support around investment, refugee return, and accelerated EU integration.

Politics 10-07-2025

Ukraine faces ‘difficult’ summer as Western aid taps splutter

Est. 4min

Moscow's battlefield advances increase the urgency of Western support to Kyiv – but Volodymr Zelenskyy is having to get increasingly creative to coax aid out of them.

Politics 09-07-2025

Czech companies supplying sanctioned goods to Russia

Est. 2min

Czech firms are under investigation after customs data revealed sanctioned goods continued reaching Russia via intermediaries in countries like Serbia, despite EU export bans.

Politics 09-07-2025

Polish minister says join police, not vigilantes

Est. 2min

As far-right vigilante groups patrol Poland’s western frontier, Defence Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz urges would-be border defenders to join official forces instead.

Politics 08-07-2025

Trial begins over shooting of Slovak PM

Est. 2min

Slovakia opens the trial of the man accused of shooting PM Robert Fico, as terrorism charges and political tensions dominate a case that has shaken the country.

Politics 08-07-2025

Polish farmers halt protests to join border patrols

Est. 1min

Farmers in Poland are shifting focus from EU protests to border patrols, teaming up with far-right groups amid growing anti-migrant sentiment.

Politics 07-07-2025

Kaczyński meets centrist speaker over migration concerns

Est. 2min

PiS leader Kaczyński says he met Parliamentary Speaker Hołownia to discuss illegal migration, denied coalition talks, and called the border situation a national emergency.

Politics 07-07-2025

Tokyo-born Czech nationalist revives Czexit ahead of national election

Est. 3min

Among Okamura’s fiercest critics are members of his own family.

Power slowly restored in Czechia after widespread blackout

Est. 2min

Police had “no information" to suggest a cyber or terror attack had taken place.

Politics 04-07-2025

Poland rejects joint border patrols with Germany

Est. 2min

Germany's proposal for joint patrols has been flatly rejected by Poland, whose defence minister insists national borders will be guarded solely by Polish forces.

Politics 03-07-2025

Czech leaders reject EU’s 2040 climate target

Est. 2min

Czech centre-right leaders have slammed the EU’s proposed 2040 climate target as unrealistic, warning of economic harm, political fallout, and a backlash against the Commission.

Politics 03-07-2025

Parliamentary speaker to swear in Polish president-elect despite doubts

Est. 2min

Despite unresolved fraud allegations, Poland’s speaker says he will swear in President-elect Karol Nawrocki, citing voters’ will over judicial doubts.

Politics 02-07-2025

Czech socialists court anti-establishment alliance, stirring internal backlash

Est. 2min

Czech Social Democratic Party's attempt to team up with anti-establishment forces ahead of elections has reignited internal tensions and drawn sharp criticism over its ideological direction.

Economy 01-07-2025

Fico’s €200 million EU funds freeze triggers regional outcry

Est. 2min

The €200 million initially dedicated to municipality-led initiatives is now expected to be rechanneled toward national-level projects.

Politics 01-07-2025

Poland reintroduces border controls with Germany, Lithuania in latest Schengen blow

Est. 4min

The measures, which come in next week, are the latest that flout Europe's border-free travel zone.