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Russian rewrite of crushing of Prague Spring angers Czech Republic and Slovakia

June 2, 2015June 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia

A Russian television film that depicts the Soviet suppression of the 1968 Prague Spring as having been in response to

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Nato reassures East European allies of its support

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 VOANews Czech Republic, Nato, Romania

Nato’s supreme commander in Europe said that an armored vehicles convoy of US troops crossing eastern Europe is a “good

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2014 in CEE: From Sochi to MH17 to South Stream

December 30, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, archaeology, Czech Republic, European Parliament, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Stream, Turkey, Ukraine

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Czech Republic: Festival of Freedom marks the Velvet Revolution

November 11, 2014November 11, 2014 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Czech Republic, Slovakia

Numerous events are planned in the Czech Republic to celebrate 25 years since the Velvet Revolution. Some 16 civic groups

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Former empire celebrates anarchist of the century

June 29, 2014June 29, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic

Perhaps no 19-year-old in the history of the world has had as much influence on the subsequent 100 years of

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European elections 2014: results across Central and Eastern Europe

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, European elections 2014, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Twelve European Union member states in Central and Eastern Europe voted in European Parliament elections between May 23 and May

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European elections 2014: Czech populists top polls

May 15, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, European elections 2014

After the Czech Republic held presidential and parliamentary elections in 2013, there is less at stake in the 2014 European

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Russian occupiers of 1968 and 2014 get a memorial in Prague!

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 The Prague Post Czech Republic, Russia

A monument in Olšany cemetery commemorates Russians who provided ‘fraternal assistance’ in 1968 Czechoslovakia or 2014 Crimea. A memorial to

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Prague street art points to anti-Russia sentiment

March 16, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine

The Russians are coming. Or rather, they may be looking to expand, and their recent actions in Ukraine don’t sit

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