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China warns Slovaks, Czechs of retaliation for Taiwan minister visit
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing warned Slovakia and the Czech Republic on Friday that nobody should harbour any illusions about the...
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Regret and defiance in Europe’s vaccine-shy east as COVID-19 rages
By Janis Laizans and Tsvetelia Tsolova RIGA/SOFIA (Reuters) - As Latvia goes into lockdown and hospitals in Bulgaria and Romania...
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China angered by Taiwan foreign minister’s Eastern Europe trip
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China expressed anger on Thursday after Taiwan announced Foreign Minister Joseph Wu would visit Slovakia next week on...
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Taiwan foreign minister, business delegation to visit Prague
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and a business delegation will visit Prague on Oct. 23-27, the Czech...
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Czech police investigate aides’ silence on president’s health
By Robert Muller and Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech police opened an investigation on Tuesday into whether senior aides to...
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Czech president too ill to work, politicians discuss relieving him of duties
By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech President Milos Zeman is too ill to work and parliament needs...
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Czech opposition parties plan lower 2022 budget deficit after election win
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech opposition parties seeking to form a new government will aim to rework the 2022 budget to...
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Czechs want to know what’s wrong with their ill president
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) - When Vaclav Havel nearly died of a ruptured intestine as Czech president in 1998,...
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Czech PM Babis pledges smooth power handover to opposition
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis on Friday promised a smooth handover of power to a...
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Czech president’s hospital treatment will take time, wife says
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech President Milos Zeman is undergoing treatment that will take time, his wife Ivana Zemanova told reporters on...
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ECB policymaker Kazimir rejects calls to quit after corruption charge
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Slovak central bank governor and European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir said on Wednesday he would remain in...
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Czech opposition groups plan coalition agreement by Nov 8
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Two Czech opposition groups that won a combined majority in a lower house election last weekend will...
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Slovak minister: central bank’s Kazimir must decide whether to stay in role
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak Finance Minister Igor Matovic said on Wednesday it was up to central bank Governor and European...
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ECB policymaker Kazimir charged with bribery, denies wrongdoing
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak central bank Governor and European Central Bank governing council member Peter Kazimir has been charged with...
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Czech ruling party signals readiness to move to opposition, eventually
By Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech ruling ANO party signalled on Tuesday it was ready to move into opposition...
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Polish prime minister accuses opposition of lying about ‘Polexit’
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Poland has no desire to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday, accusing...
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EU ‘will start collapsing’ unless it takes on Polish challenge – official
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union "will start collapsing" unless it challenges a ruling by Poland's top...
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Czech president ‘stable’ in ICU, as post-election talks delayed
By Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech President Milos Zeman was in a stable condition in an intensive care unit on...
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Czech election: here’s what could happen next
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic finds itself after Saturday's election in the unusual position of having a combined opposition...
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EU to issue penalty payment request to Poland over Turow in due time
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will issue "in due time" a payment request calling on Poland to pay the...
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