Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev will sign bilateral business deals with his Czech hosts, according to AP.
Medvedev will also open an exhibition of Kremlin's priceless treasures on Thursday.
Also on the agenda of the talks with President Vaclav (...)
AlHijjah 14, 1432, Nov 10, 2011, SPA -- Police say a man opened fire at an airplane plant in the Czech Republic, killing two people before committing suicide, according to AP.
Police spokeswoman Jana Bartikova says the shooting took place inside (...)
AlHijjah 8, 1432, Nov 4, 2011, SPA -- The lower house of the Czech parliament passed a procurement law on Friday aimed at reducing the scope for corruption, a major political issue in the central European country, Reuters reported.
It approved a (...)
A Czech draft policy paper seen by Reuters on Thursday proposes to build a string of new atomic plants in the central European country, in a stark contrast to a wide pullback from nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster in March, according to (...)
The Czech army has shrunk to just a quarter of its size since Prague shrugged off the yoke of Communism two decades ago, but a new report has prompted it to pursue a different type of downsizing, according to Reuters.
Military doctors raised the (...)
Saudi Ambassador to the Czech Republic Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh received here today, Eid well wishers. They were Saudi nationals, ambassadors and diplomats.
During the reception, they exchanged congratulations on the occasion of Eid (...)
Saudi Ambassador to the Czech Republic Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh held an Iftar banquet at his residence in honor of Egyptian Ambassador Amal Mustafa Kamal on the end of her term.
The banquet was attended by Ambassadors of Arab and Islamic (...)
The Czech football federation has fined top-division club Olomouc four million koruna ($235,350) and deducted competition points for match-fixing, AP reported.
The federation's disciplinary committee ruled on Thursday that Olomouc will have nine (...)
Czech police say they have smashed an international ring suspected of arranging fake marriages for Nigerians seeking residency permit in the Czech Republic, according to AP.
A police spokesman Pavel Hantak says four Nigerians and seven Czech (...)
Passengers of a bus that stalled on a railway track
in the Czech Republic managed to evacuate the vehicle less than two
minutes before a train slammed into the bus, dragging it for some 30
metres, dpa reported.
Police said the bus had a flat (...)
Prague's subway network and trains across the country have ground to a halt after transport workers went on strike to protest proposed government reforms, according to AP.
Other forms of public transport in major cities were also affected by (...)
Officials say a roadside bomb in Afghanistan has killed a Czech soldier and wounded two others.
The Czech Defense Ministry said Tuesday's attack near the Afghan village of Salar in Wardak province also killed the soldiers' Afghan interpreter, (...)
The Vice President of the Czech Senate met here today the visiting Saudi delegation of Majlis Al-Shoura comprising the members of Saudi-Czech Parliamentary Friendship Committee led by the Chairman of the Committee Eng. Ihsan bin Farid (...)
A Majlis Al-Shura delegation headed by the Chairman of Saudi-Czech Parliamentary Friendship Committee Eng. Ihsan bin Farid Abduljawad, currently on a visit to the Czech Republic, held a meeting here today with Saudi students on scholarships in a (...)
The President of Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus visited here on Friday the pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is the guest of honor this year, at Prague International Book Fair 2011.
Upon arrival at the pavilion, the President was received (...)
Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid Ala'nqari, who is currently visiting the Czech Republic, met here yesterday Czech Minister of Culture Ji?? Besser.
During the meeting, cordial talks were exchanged and boosting cultural and educational ties (...)
President of the Czech Republic V?clav Klaus paid here today a visit to the pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participating in Prague International Book Fair 2011.
The Kingdom participated in this cultural event as the Guest of Honor in (...)
Awwal 16, 1432, April 20, 2011, SPA -- An official says a huge nitroglycerine explosion has occurred at a factory in the Czech Republic and that four people are missing.
Wednesday's blast destroyed a building at the plant, which makes explosives (...)
Awwal 10, 1432 / April 14, 2011, SPA -- Party leaders in the ruling Czech coalition have pledged to maintain their alliance despite a corruption scandal that has brought it to the brink of collapse, President Vaclav Klaus said after talks on (...)
Awwal 27, 1432 H/March 2, 2011, SPA -- The Czech governing coalition and a major opposition party said they have agreed on a constitutional change that would allow the general public to elect the nation's presidents _ a privilege that currently (...)
Awwal 14, 1432 H/Feb 17, 2011, SPA -- The Czech government announced Thursday it had found and seized a suspicious payment of 5.5 million euros (7.5 million dollars) connected to the 2009 Czech presidency of the European Union, accordin to (...)
The new U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic has presented his credentials to President Vaclav Klaus, according to AP.
Norman Eisen takes over a post that has been empty since his predecessor Richard Graber left in 2009.
Eisen, a lawyer who had (...)
Jiri Dienstbier, a former minister of then
Czechoslovakia who attained some fame in 1989 by symbolically cutting
holes in the fence that cut his country off from the West, has died,
reported Czech media Saturday, according to dpa.
He was (...)
The premier of the German state of Bavaria, Horst
Seehofer, arrived in Prague Sunday, for the first official visit by a
Bavarian leader since 1945, according to dpa.
Relations between the Czech Republic and Bavaria, across the
border in (...)
Transportation in the Czech Republic ground to a
halt Thursday amid ice, snow and bitter, Arctic-like temperatures, according to dpa.
Several highways were shut down, and the extreme cold was making
rails brittle, forcing railway authorities to (...)
