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Ministry of Agriculture's appointment of audit firm HZ Consult to control Czech state-owned brewery is steeped in controversy Agriculture Minister Petr Bendl wants to send auditing firm HZ Consult to inspect Budejovicky Budvar's books, but the firm has ties with controversial individuals and companies, including the Key Investments brokerage and ... (more)

Samsung has pulled off a bit of a shock during the press conference at its European Forum in Prague, the Czech Republic.

It was in Paris in the 1950s when Meda MlA dkovA , the art patron behind Prague's Museum Kampa, purchased her first painting by renowned Czech abstract artist FrantiA ek Kupka.

IMMIGRANTS The Foreigners Police detained 400 people and deported 11 immigrants in an ambitious weeklong operation targeting illegal immigration and passport forgery, Czech Television reported Feb.

Severe frosts that have been in the Czech Republic since the end of January have claimed 23 lives, mainly of the homeless, according to available information.

A big heart made of the candles people lit in commemoration of the late Vaclav Havel in the latter half of December has been installed at the courtyard of the National Theatre complex in Prague's centre Friday.

Some 2000 people protested against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in the streets of Prague Saturday, according to the police estimates, and similar protest rallies were staged in Brno, south Moravia, and other Czech towns.

PRAGUE &#8212 Czech citizens will be able to choose their future presidents after a constitutional change approved Wednesday by Parliament that took the decision on who occupies the largely ceremonial post out of lawmakers' hands.

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask attends a demonstration against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in Prague, February 2 2012.

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Here is a question for the Dickens bicentenary. What is the connection between the great 19th century English novelist and the best-loved Czech literary anti-hero? The answer is, surprisingly enough, that without Dickens we quite possibly wouldn't have A vejk at all.

Candice Jolly drives Montser Mutt during a Monster Jam event at Lluis Companys stadium in Barcelona, on October 24, 2009 in Barcelona.

Education Minister Josef DobeA appealed to fellow politicians and the media not to savage his ministry's EU-financed programs before he provides Brussels with a proper explanation Following a meeting with Czech Minister of Education Josef DobeA in Brussels on Friday, EU Commissioner for Employment Social Affairs and inclusion LA szlA3 Andor ... (more)

The Czech Finance Ministry announced on Friday that it had fought off an almost KA 5 billion international arbitration claim lodged by Swiss group Konsortium Oeconomicus.

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is hoping to benefit from its 20 years of experience garnered in some former Soviet-bloc countries.

A stray dog runs on frozen Danube waters, startled by an ice breaker in Giurgiu, southern Romania, Wednesday, Feb.

The opposition Social Democratic Party wants Prime Minister Petr Necas to apologise for saying that the Social Democrats would try to prevent the bill on direct presidential election to be passed in the Senate, CSSD leader Bohuslav Sobotka told journalists yesterday.

The Czech National Bank, the central bank of the Czech Republic, has launched an iOS app that will help people tell if their cash is legit or not.

AFP/Belgrade Thick ice closed vast swathes of the Danube yesterday, crippling shipping and commerce along Europes busiest waterway, as temperatures fell lower and more frigid weather was forecast.

Barbora Skrlova, who was sentenced to five years in prison in a closely watched child maltreatment case, was released on parole with a seven-year probationary period, the Pardubice Regional Court ruled yesterday, Ales Korejtko, from the court, told CTK yesterday.