Czech Republic

A Czech leatherwork company that makes a wide variety of handmade products — travel bags, wallets and belts — never intended to add personal protective gear that would save lives in a war to its offerings

In the nation’s first-ever Olympic hockey game, Denmark’s men’s team won 2-1 over the Czech Republic.

Some European countries are being urged to “have a little more patience” as Covid restrictions are lifted.

Team USA mixed doubles curlers Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys, coming off a defeat by Canada, fell to the Czech Republic’s Zuzana Paulova and Tomas Paul in a close 10-8 match.

A new study has compared the response of populist and non-populist governments during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

Drew Binsky started out making $2,000 a month teaching English in South Korea. Now he’s getting paid six-figures to travel around the world.

Durant is eying his third gold medal as the U.S. advances to the knockout stage of the Tokyo Olympics.

A win would improve their record to 2-1, all but securing Team USA’s place in the knockout stage

The first match of the women’s beach volleyball tournament was cancelled after a Czech player tested positive for COVID-19, making it the first event cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics caused by the disease.

Czech beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková tested positive for COVID-19, which caused the cancelation of the first event of the Tokyo Olympics.

A fight broke out during a Czech parliament debate over coronavirus restrictions. One lawmaker who refused to wear a mandatory face mask became aggravated after another lawmaker turned off his microphone.

A fire swept through a Czech asylum for the mentally ill on Sunday, killing eight male patients, officials said.

Prokop Volenik, spokesman for the regional rescue service, said the fire in the northwestern town of Vejprty broke out early Sunday before 5 a.m. (0400 GMT). The town is on the border with Germany.

The death toll from a hospital shooting in the Czech Republic rose to seven on Thursday when a critically wounded woman died two days after the attack, authorities said....
A 42-year-old man opened fire in a waiting room in the University hospital in the eastern city of Ostrava, 350 kilometers (220 miles) east of Prague on Tuesday, killing six adult patients...

Police and officials say six people have been killed and three wounded in a shooting in a hospital in the eastern Czech Republic. The apparent suspect later shot himself dead as police approached his car. The shooting happened Tuesday morning in the University hospital in the city of Ostrava. People have been evacuated from the hospital and security has been...

Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe. Leaders from Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic attended a ceremony at Bernauer Strasse — where one of the last parts of the Berlin Wall remains — before placing roses in the...

Scientists announced Wednesday they have succeeded in creating two embryos of the near-extinct northern white rhino as part of an international effort to save the species, which is down to just two animals worldwide, both of them female. The embryos, created in the lab with eggs taken from the females and frozen sperm from dead males, are now stored in...

Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov tested positive for cocaine at the world championship and has been banned from the Russian national team for four years.

A businessman who served as a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation now faces a charge of child sex trafficking in addition to transporting child pornography. An indictment made public Friday in federal court in Alexandria charges Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, 60, with transporting a 14-year-old boy from Europe to Washington, D.C., in February 2000 and engaging in...

An oppressive heat wave baked Western Europe this week, setting record high temperatures in France, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. In India, a severe drought has choked water supplies in the city of Chennai, exposing its 9 million residents to a major shortage. And after the United States’ wettest 12-month stretch on record, towns across the Midwest and the...

An oppressive heat wave baked Western Europe this week, setting record high temperatures in France, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. In India, a severe drought has choked water supplies in the city of Chennai, exposing its 9 million residents to a major shortage. And after the United States’ wettest 12-month stretch on record, towns across the Midwest and the...