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Eastern EU nations that refuse to accept refugees risk funding cuts and legal sanctions, according to two German cabinet ministers. Chancellery chief Peter Altmaier added that no nation can ignore […]
Slovakia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned Hungarian Ambassador to Slovakia Eva Czimbalmosné Molnár to explain the recent statements made by Hungarian Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér that Slovakia and the Czech Republic sh ...
Judicial and law enforcement authorities from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany and the UK, supported by Europol and Eurojust, took action on November 24 against a Europe-wide organised crime group, […]
Organisers of the annual tree lighting ceremony at Prague’s Old Town Square have announced that the ceremony has been cancelled due to security concerns. The ceremony was to take place […]
EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová spoke in part about the EU response to the November 13 Paris attacks during a speech she gave at the Brookings Institution, a think tank […]
In Central and Eastern Europe, a number of leaders have reacted to the November 13 Paris terrorist attacks by underlining their views that migrants streaming into Europe bear with them […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is accusing the Czech Republic of detaining migrants and refugees in “degrading” conditions. Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein says credible reports from various sources […]
A documentary shown by public broadcaster Czech Television claims decades ago, during the communist regime, a young Miloš Zeman as well as pop star Karel Gott took part in a […]
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, State Agency for National Security and prosecutors detained 46 alleged people-traffickers and 501 migrants who had entered the country illegally, a news conference about the continuing operation [… ...
The third Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to veteran Russian human rights defender Ludmilla […]
