The Prague council refused to welcome Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, who was invited by his Czech counterpart, Milos Zeman, in April, Ukrainian daily Ukrainskaya Pravda wrote, on Feb. 5. ...

Former Czech Defense Minister, Martin B., rebuffed charges and pleaded not guilty of attempting to bribe the representative of a military vehicles supplier in 2008, the local media reported on Jan. 20. ...

The Czech Republic gained the highest place out of the whole CEE region in terms of economic freedom, according to a survey carried out by international research institute , The Heritage Foundation. ...

The daughter of the recently deceased Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic claims that her father’s death was not an accident. ...

The Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic died after trying to open a safe, reportedly sealed for some 20 years, the CEE media reported on Jan. 1. ...

A gang of Czechs and Slovaks have been indicted for alleged fraudulent activity, which may have cost the Czech state some CZK 175 mln, the local media reported on Dec. 16. ...

Cyber-attacks, reportedly launched in China, infiltrated the foreign ministries of Latvia, Czech Republic, Portugal, Hungary and Bulgaria, according to a report by computer security company FireEye, published December 2013. ...

A regional court in the Czech Republic pronounced sentence on a group of Czechs and Slovaks accused of racketeering, the local media reported on Nov.27. ...

Czech politician and entrepreneur, Roman Houska, was allegedly murdered at his home in the north-western town of Chomutov, the local media reported, Nov. 19. ...

A decree by the Czech president, Milos Zeman, stating that all parliamentary candidates must have lustration certificates, could threaten billionaire Andrej Babis’ entrance into government due to alleged collaboration with Communist-era secret police, the StB, the Czech media reported, Nov.4. ...