Czech prime minister’s e-mails hacked
About 80 e-mails were stolen from Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka’s account, according to server Lidovky.cz. The messages were posted
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Czech parliament urges government not to implement EU labelling guidelines
The Czech parliament called on the government to ignore the EU’s labelling guidelines for Israeli products from the West Bank
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Refugee crisis warnings to eastern EU nations from Germany, Austria
Eastern EU nations that refuse to accept refugees risk funding cuts and legal sanctions, according to two German cabinet ministers.
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Hungarian Parliament’s Speaker: Slovakia should not be in the EU
Slovakia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned Hungarian Ambassador to Slovakia Eva Czimbalmosné Molnár to explain the recent statements made by Hungarian Parliamentary
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Eight arrests as four EU countries act jointly against crime group smuggling Albanians into EU
Judicial and law enforcement authorities from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany and the UK, supported by Europol and Eurojust, took
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Prague Old Town tree lighting cancelled
Organisers of the annual tree lighting ceremony at Prague’s Old Town Square have announced that the ceremony has been cancelled
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EU Justice Commissioner Jourová: ‘We must not let the attackers disrupt our lives’
EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová spoke in part about the EU response to the November 13 Paris attacks during a
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Paris terrorist attacks: CEE leaders highlight migrant issue
In Central and Eastern Europe, a number of leaders have reacted to the November 13 Paris terrorist attacks by underlining
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UN blasts Czechs over ‘degrading’ detention of migrants
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is accusing the Czech Republic of detaining migrants and refugees in “degrading”
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