Tag: Czech Republic

Former NATO general Petr Pavel becomes new President of Czech Republic

Pavel, 61, defeated billionaire Andrej Babis in a run-off vote to replace controversial President Milos Zeman as he emerged as the new Czech President.

January 29, 2023

50 UN members condemn Chinese government’s oppression of Uyghurs

Fifty United Nations member states issued a joint statement condemning the Chinese government's oppression of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan.

November 2, 2022

Madhya Pradesh is ideal state for investment: CM Chouhan

CM Chouhan made the remark during the Curtain Raiser and Ambassador Roundtable of Global Investors Summit 2023 in New Delhi on Thursday.

October 21, 2022

Wimbledon: Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur becomes first Arab woman to enter a Grand Slam singles semis

A year after reaching the last-eight in a historic first for Arab women, Jabeur, the third seed at The Championships, went one step further in 2022, reaching the semifinals at a major for the first time and setting up a last-four clash against Tatjana Maria of Germany.

July 6, 2022

Checkmate in Prague

Shortly before he was hospitalised, President Zeman met Babis, his close ally.

October 25, 2021

Czech PM unhappy as six test Covid positive in Tokyo

Czech Republic's men's table tennis player Pavel Sirucek and men's beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic have also tested positive

July 23, 2021

Euro 2020: Schick scores twice as Czech Republic sink Scotland

Scotland had bad news before kick-off with Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney forced to sit the game out with a knee injury. He was replaced by Liam Cooper in a three-man defence.

June 15, 2021

French Open: 2019 finalist Vondrousova reaches 4th round

World No.32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia upset No.3 seed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 to reach the pre-quarterfinals for the second time.

June 5, 2021

11 dead in Czech apartment building fire, suspect arrested

Regional police chief Tomas Kuzel told public Czech Television that police suspected arson was the cause and that they had detained one person in the case.

August 9, 2020

COVID-19: ITTF World Tour Bulgaria Open cancelled

Table tennis' global governing body will explore opportunities for the possibility of an alternative event to be scheduled on the same dates.

June 12, 2020

6 killed in Czech hospital shooting

According to reports, the shooting took place at a traumatology clinic inside the hospital which has been put on lockdown.

December 10, 2019

Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Czech Republic end England’s 43 game unbeaten run, beat England 2-1

Notably, England can still go on to qualify for the tournament if they beat Bulgaria and Kosovo fail to go past Montenegro.

October 12, 2019

Czech Republic: Hima Das, Mohammad Anas win gold medals in 300m

This was Hima's sixth gold in European races since July 2 though the field in most of them has been mediocre.

August 18, 2019

England thrash Montenegro 5-1 in Euro 2020 qualifier

Barkley scored his second and England's third goal in the 60th minute after a cut back from Sterling left him in plenty of space to drive the ball into the net.

March 26, 2019

‘We support India for NSG membership’

Born in 1961, Czech Republic’s Ambassador to India, Milan Hovorka, has a vast experience of handling international affairs. After graduating from the University of Economics in Prague, he worked with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Trade of Czechoslovakia. After the fall of Communism in the country in 1989, he was sent to Geneva, where he...

July 22, 2018

Berdych reaches Australian Open last-16

Berdych is set to play Fabio Fognini of Italy, who defeated Frenchman Julien Benneteau 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in three hours.

January 20, 2018

Jharkhand CM to visit Japan, Czech Republic to woo investors

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das will visit Japan and the Czech Republic from October 8-14 along with a high-level delegation to woo investors, an official said on Monday. During the visit, Das and his team would be participating in a three-day engineering fair in the Czech Republic. In Japan, the delegation would witness road shows...

October 2, 2017