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"China wants war"
Pavel stated that Beijing benefits from prolonging the war.
The president's statements came to the Czech Republic as China tries to position itself as a peacemaker in Ukraine.
While most Western allies have been skeptical of China as a peace mediator, some countries such as France insist that China could play a major role in peace talks.
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Vucic, Zeman open renovated Czech House in Belgrade
BELGRADE - At a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the presidents of Serbia and the Czech Republic, Aleksandar Vucic and Milos Zeman, opened the renovated Czech House in downtown Belgrade on Monday.
The ceremony was also attended by Czech Ambassador to Serbia Tomas Kuchta and Jarmila Lanik, the institution's former student.
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Not the New Czech President’s Style
While that may have attracted some additional support from a sizable but fragmented anti-establishment and extremist minority that has emerged in the country, it also appeared to help mobilise the liberal democratic part of the electorate. The resulting turnout of over 70 per cent was a record for the second round of the election.
Former NATO General became the New President of the Czech Republic
Petr Pavel, a former chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military committee, has become the new president of the Czech Republic on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported.
Czechs Hold Vigil in Memoriam of Pandemic Victims, Light 30,000 Candles
Czechs lit nearly 30,000 candles at Prague Castle, the seat of the presidency, on Monday evening to pay their respects to the pandemic's victims, AP reported. The hard-hit European Union nation of 10.7 million people has registered at least 29,711 virus-related deaths.
Russia expels Czech diplomats, says Prague took hostile step
Russia on April 18 ordered 20 Czech diplomats to leave the country within a day in response to the Czech government's expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats it identified as spies for a military intelligence agency that Prague claims was involved in a 2014 ammunition depot explosion.
Central Europe’s Returnees – a Mix of the Relieved and the Reluctant
Eva is one of hundreds of thousands of Czechs, Hungarians, Poles and Slovaks who, after moving to the UK in search of a better life, more opportunities, adventure and money when EU membership opened the door in 2004, have decided to return home following the UK's 2016 decision to leave the EU, which officially happened in 2020.
Czech Communists Show Fealty to China
The deference shown to the Chinese officials by the party leader of the Czech Communists during a video conference last September is shocking.
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Bon Voyage? Czech Tourism Spies Opportunity in Pandemic
Prague has been no stranger to invasions down the ages. In recent years, a multinational force has taken over the centre of the city, albeit arriving on budget airlines rather than tanks and brandishing cash, not guns.
Since the Czech government closed the borders on March 12, the invasion has been halted in its tracks.
Flood of tourists slows to a trickle
Prague Hit by Biggest Protests Since Velvet Revolution
An estimated 250,000 people rallied in Prague on Sunday to demand the resignation of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in the country's largest protest since the fall of communism in 1989.