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Dutch down and out of Euro 2016

The Netherlands highlighted, in bright orange, their rapid fall grace on Tuesday night as they failed to qualify for next year’s European

14/10/2015

Sport

Iceland and Czech Republic secure qualification for the European Championships but Wales must wait

Turkey dealt a huge blow to the Netherlands in Group A of the Euro qualifiers. The home side took the lead in the eighth minute and ran out 3-0

06/09/2015

Czech Republic

Czech police marking refugees directly on their skin

Officials in the Czech Republic are facing an outcry from human rights activists over their police writing on refugees’ arms. The refugees were

03/09/2015

Czech Republic

Handling of migrants 'reminiscent of Nazi concentration camps'

03/09/2015

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Two people die in Czech train smash

22/07/2015

Cinema

Karlovy Vary hands out the Crystal Globes to an eclectic selection

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13/07/2015

Cinema

Beware 'The Red Spider' and heed 'The Sound of Trees' at Karlovy Vary

Polish director Marcin Koszałka took to the red carpet at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present his feature film, ‘The Red Spider,’ in

08/07/2015

Cinema

All 'Heil' Karlovy Vary a platform for young film directors

The Karlovy Vary Festival has cemented its reputation as Central and Eastern Europe’s biggest cinematic event and celebrates its 50th anniversary

07/07/2015

Cinema

Richard Gere honoured at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

American actor Richard Gere was the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the 50th Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The

06/07/2015

Sport

Petr Cech signs with Arsenal

Petr Cech has completed his move to north London after signing on with Arsenal. The Czech republic goalkeeper has joined the Gunners on a long term

29/06/2015

Sport

Baku European Games: Day 3 Highlights

16/06/2015

Czech Republic

Hungarian Gripen fighter plane crashes in Czech Republic

The crew of a Hungarian fighter plane managed to eject to safety before it crashed at the Czech military base in Caslav. The plane a JAS-39 Gripen

20/05/2015

Culture news

How young translators are helping knit European culture together

Europe’s babel-like patchwork of languages has, on the face of it, made communication and understanding a constant issue. To deal with it the EU has

27/04/2015

Czech Republic

Czech Republic: Over 100kg of cocaine found in supermarket banana shipment

More than 100 kilograms of cocaine has been found in a consignment of bananas delivered to a Lidl supermarket in Prague. It represents a record find

04/04/2015

United Kingdom

Ashya King 'free from cancer' 7 months after leaving Britain

23/03/2015

Next Series

Tainted love: software transforms the painstaking art of colouring old cartoons

Art and computer science combine in a European project revolutionising the labour- intensive skills of hand-painting animation

09/03/2015

Next Series

Do you know: is there a future for 2D animation?

09/03/2015

Czech Republic

Czech Republic shooting 'an isolated act'

Eight people have been killed in a shooting in the eastern Czech town of Uhersky Brod, the CTK news agency reported. The suspected shooter was among

24/02/2015

Sport

Koudelka makes it four after Sapporo leap to victory

Roman Koudelka leapt to his fourth World Cup ski jumping victory of the season in Sapporo, Japan. nailing jumps of 133 and 132 metres to take the top

25/01/2015

World News

Ice and winds cause havoc in east and central Europe

Daily life has been severely disrupted in parts of Serbia, Austria and the Czech Republic.

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