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Central European leaders invited to the Rhodes forum

The Editorial Board August 13, 2016

Central Europe - Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian leaders might attend the next Rhodes forum in Greece, held by the "Dialogue of Civilization" Research Institute on September 30 - October 1. The Rhodes Forum, entitled this year "The Chaos of Multiplicity: an Urgent…

Society

Czechia does not want to end up like France or Germany

Olivier Bault August 5, 2016

By Olivier Bault. In answer to the German European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Günther Oettinger, who reproached to Czechia her refusal of the compulsory quotas of migrant relocation (we are talking about people who entered illegally in Europe and we know…

Society

The Visegrád Four unite on forest management and ecology

The Editorial Board August 3, 2016

Slovakia - The Visegrád Group's countries signed a memorandum of collaboration for forest management. The ministers and secretaries of state responsible for Agriculture and Forestry met in Slovakia on July 8 to sign a memorandum of collaboration across the Visegrád Group (V4).…

Society

A citizen militias network to prevent the influx of Muslim migrants

The Editorial Board July 20, 2016

Czechia - The network includes 2,500 individuals and 90 antennas distributed throughout the Czech territory in anticipation of the migrant flood which pours on the European continent and possible asylum applications. A citizen militias network, consisting of 2,500 people, was created in…

Politics

The President of the Czech Republic calls for referendum

The Editorial Board July 4, 2016

Milos Zeman, President of the Czech Republic, called for a referendum on the eventual release of his country in the European Union. Although in favor of its current maintaining in the EU now, he wants to give voice to his citizens on…

Society

Poland and Czech Republic against the European directive on gun control

Olivier Bault June 30, 2016

European Union - The EU response to the deadly bombings in Paris and Brussels? Further restrict access to guns for honest citizens. Because Islamists and bandits provide anyway automatic weapons on the black market and this one isn't affected by the new…

Interviews

Václav Klaus: the EU is a dead end, and the Brexit could open the eyes of the people in Europe

Alimuddin Usmani June 21, 2016

Czechia, Prague – Interview with Václav Klaus: “the EU is a dead end, and the Brexit could open the eyes of the people in Europe”, by Alimuddin Usmani and Joseph Navratil, for LaPravda.ch. This interview was filmed in mid June by Alimuddin Usmani and Joseph…

Society

Czechia improves again her competitiveness – Central Europe on the rise

The Editorial Board June 7, 2016

Czechia - According to the 2016 IMD World Competitiveness Scoreboard, Czechia reached the 27th place in their competitiveness ranking. The Central European country jumped two placed compared with its ranking of 2015. By getting to the 27th place of the world ranking,…

Politics

Czechia against mechanism for redistribution of migrants

The Editorial Board April 18, 2016

Czechia, Prague – The government would take the issue to court if the European Commission forced Czechia to accept the migrant relocation system, said Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka on TV Prima. Sobotka hopes that a solution can be find with others EU members…

Society

The Czech Republic wants to change its name

The Editorial Board April 14, 2016

Czech Republic, Prague – The Minister of Foreign Affairs Lubomír Zaorálek said that he would like to add the name "Czechia" to the United Nations Geographical Names database. This name sounds like the one sometimes used by Czechs, "Česko". This shorten name…

Interviews

Interview with Václav Klaus: quotas are not a protection against immigration, but their exact opposite

Alimuddin Usmani April 13, 2016

Czech Republic, Prague - Interview with Václav Klaus, Czech president from 2003 to 2013: "Quotas are not a protection against immigration, they represent their exact opposite. " This interview conducted in May 2015 has been suggested to us by the…

Society

Czech Republic sent refugees who “abused hospitality” back to Iraq

The Editorial Board April 4, 2016

Czech Republic, Okrouhlík - A group a Christian Iraqi refugees will be sent back to Iraq by Czech authority, as they had been accused of "abusing hospitality" by leaving Czech Republic for Germany. According to ceskenoviny.cz, Christian Iraqis refugees had been granted asylum…