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Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

Czech intelligence has busted a Moscow-financed network that spread Russian propaganda and wielded influence across Europe, including in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday. The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the European Union from sending aid to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022. Fiala said the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) discovered that the pro-Russian network was indulging in activities that "would have a serious impact on the security of the Czech Republic and the EU." "This group sought to carry out operations and activities on EU territory aimed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," Fiala told reporters. "The group's activity... also reaches the European Parliament," he said, refusing to disclose further details. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

Czech intelligence has busted a Moscow-financed network that spread Russian propaganda and wielded influence across Europe, including in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday. The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the European Union from sending aid to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022. Fiala said the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) discovered that the pro-Russian network was indulging in activities that "would have a serious impact on the security of the Czech Republic and the EU." "This group sought to carry out operations and activities on EU territory aimed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," Fiala told reporters. "The group's activity... also reaches the European Parliament," he said, refusing to disclose further details. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

Czech intelligence has busted a Moscow-financed network that spread Russian propaganda and wielded influence across Europe, including in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday. The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the European Union from sending aid to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022. Fiala said the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) discovered that the pro-Russian network was indulging in activities that "would have a serious impact on the security of the Czech Republic and the EU." "This group sought to carry out operations and activities on EU territory aimed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," Fiala told reporters. "The group's activity... also reaches the European Parliament," he said, refusing to disclose further details. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

Czech intelligence has busted a Moscow-financed network that spread Russian propaganda and wielded influence across Europe, including in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday. The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the European Union from sending aid to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022. Fiala said the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) discovered that the pro-Russian network was indulging in activities that "would have a serious impact on the security of the Czech Republic and the EU." "This group sought to carry out operations and activities on EU territory aimed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," Fiala told reporters. "The group's activity... also reaches the European Parliament," he said, refusing to disclose further details. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

Czech intelligence has busted a Moscow-financed network that spread Russian propaganda and wielded influence across Europe, including in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday. The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the European Union from sending aid to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022. Fiala said the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) discovered that the pro-Russian network was indulging in activities that "would have a serious impact on the security of the Czech Republic and the EU." "This group sought to carry out operations and activities on EU territory aimed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," Fiala told reporters. "The group's activity... also reaches the European Parliament," he said, refusing to disclose further details. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

Czech intelligence has busted a Moscow-financed network that spread Russian propaganda and wielded influence across Europe, including in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday. The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the European Union from sending aid to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022. Fiala said the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) discovered that the pro-Russian network was indulging in activities that "would have a serious impact on the security of the Czech Republic and the EU." "This group sought to carry out operations and activities on EU territory aimed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," Fiala told reporters. "The group's activity... also reaches the European Parliament," he said, refusing to disclose further details. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

Czech intelligence has busted a Moscow-financed network that spread Russian propaganda and wielded influence across Europe, including in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday. The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the European Union from sending aid to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022. Fiala said the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) discovered that the pro-Russian network was indulging in activities that "would have a serious impact on the security of the Czech Republic and the EU." "This group sought to carry out operations and activities on EU territory aimed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," Fiala told reporters. "The group's activity... also reaches the European Parliament," he said, refusing to disclose further details. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czechs Bust Major Russian Propaganda Network

Czech intelligence has busted a Moscow-financed network that spread Russian propaganda and wielded influence across Europe, including in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday. The group used the Prague-based Voice of Europe news site to spread information seeking to discourage the European Union from sending aid to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022. Fiala said the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) discovered that the pro-Russian network was indulging in activities that "would have a serious impact on the security of the Czech Republic and the EU." "This group sought to carry out operations and activities on EU territory aimed against the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine," Fiala told reporters. "The group's activity... also reaches the European Parliament," he said, refusing to disclose further details. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Retired general Pavel wins Czech presidential election

STORY: Retired general Pavel wins Czech presidential election DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:52 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Prague 2. various of polling stations 3. various of Presidential candidate Andrej Babis voting at a polling station 4. various of Presidential candidate Petr Pavel voting at a polling station STORYLINE: The second round of the Czech presidential election concluded Saturday, with retired general Petr Pavel winning over former prime minister Andrej Babis, according to official results. With 99.99 percent of precincts counted, Pavel won with 58.32 percent of the vote to Babis' 41.67 percent. Turnover for the election surpassed 70 percent. Voters cast their ballots on Friday and Saturday, with Czechs abroad heading to the polls on Thursday. The first round, which took place on Jan. 13-14, featured eight candidates before going to a run-off between the two men after Pavel received 35.4 percent of the vote and Babis received 34.99 percent. Pavel, 61

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Czechs vote in 2nd round of presidential election

STORY: Czechs vote in 2nd round of presidential election DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:59 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Prague and Prague Castle (seat of Czech president) 2. Presidential candidate Petr Pavel 3. Presidential candidate Andrej Babis 4. People vote at a polling station in Prague STORYLINE: Voters in the Czech Republic began to cast their ballots on Friday afternoon in the second round of this year's presidential election. The first round was held on Jan. 13-14. Since postal ballots is not an option, Czechs living abroad could already go to the polls on Thursday so that their votes can make it in time for the final tally on Saturday. The two candidates in the two-day runoff are retired army general Petr Pavel and former prime minister Andrej Babis. The winner will succeed incumbent President Milos Zeman, whose second and final term ends in early March. The election results are expected to be announced late on Saturday. Analysts predict a higher voter tu

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Swimmers brave chilly river in traditional Prague race

STORY: Swimmers brave chilly river in traditional Prague race DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of participants in the traditional Prague race 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Czech): Participant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Czech): Participant 4. various of participants swimming 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Czech): TOMAS PROKOP, Competition director STORYLINE: Around 350 hardy swimmers took part in the traditional Christmas swimming competition in the Vltava River in Prague on Monday. The swimmers not only had to fight against the cold water with a temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius but also against the strong current. SOUNDBITE 1 (Czech): Participant "I was in Vltava yesterday and it felt great. I swam in the current. It was amazing. And today it's going to be a bit of a battle over there by that buoy." SOUNDBITE 2 (Czech): Participant "The water flow is strong, but otherwise it's very good. I've been here for about 5 years." Besides the Czechs, there were also participants from

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Czech premier joins Velvet Revolution anniversary event

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (foreground) lays flowers and lights a candle in Prague on Nov. 17, 2014, as Czechs commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that ushered in the return of democracy to the country.

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Australian Open tennis

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm and Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja touch hands during their Australian Open second-round women's doubles match against Czechs Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 18, 2013. The Japanese-Spanish pair won and advanced to the third round.

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Australian Open tennis

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm serves during an Australian Open second round women's doubles match with Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja (front) against Czechs Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 18, 2013. The Japanese-Spanish pair won and advanced to the third round.

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CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-CHRISTMAS

(221217) -- PRAGUE, Dec. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit a Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, Dec. 16, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Czechs cut back on Christmas as inflation bites" (Xinhua/Deng Yaomin)

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CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-CHRISTMAS

(221217) -- PRAGUE, Dec. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 16, 2022 shows a Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. TO GO WITH "Feature: Czechs cut back on Christmas as inflation bites" (Xinhua/Deng Yaomin)

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CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-CHRISTMAS

(221217) -- PRAGUE, Dec. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 16, 2022 shows a Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. TO GO WITH "Feature: Czechs cut back on Christmas as inflation bites" (Xinhua/Deng Yaomin)

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CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-CHRISTMAS

(221217) -- PRAGUE, Dec. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit a Christmas market in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, Dec. 16, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Czechs cut back on Christmas as inflation bites" (Xinhua/Deng Yaomin)

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CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-CHRISTMAS

(221217) -- PRAGUE, Dec. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit a Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, Dec. 16, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Czechs cut back on Christmas as inflation bites" (Xinhua/Deng Yaomin)

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Japan crash out of Under-20 World Cup

VICTORIA, Canada - Japan defender Tomoaki Makino (3rd from L) celebrates after scoring a first-half header in an Under-20 World Cup match against the Czech Republic in Victoria on July 11. Japan squandered a 2-0 lead and crashed out of the World Cup as the Czechs edged Japan 4-3 in a penalty shootout to book their place in the quarterfinals.

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Czechs bounce Russia in Olympic ice hockey

Czech players mob goalie Dominik Hasek at the final buzzer after defeating Russia in the Nagano Olympics ice hockey final Feb. 22. Hasek pitched another shutout at Nagano's Big Hat ice arena as the Czech Republic edged the mighty Russians 1-0 to win their first ever Olympic ice hockey gold medal.

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Czechs bounce Canada in Olympic semifinals

The Czech ice hockey team mob goalie Dominik Hasek after his heroics in a dramatic penalty shoot-out with Canada in the Nagano Olympic semifinals on Feb. 20. Hasek kept out all five attempts by Canada to advance the Czech Republic to the gold medal game.

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Czechs concerned about higher cost of living amid soaring energy prices

STORY: Czechs concerned about higher cost of living amid soaring energy prices DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Prague 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRISTINE, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): VACLAV, Teacher 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARTA, Local resident STORYLINE: Czech citizens are feeling the pinch of soaring prices and worry that the situation will only get worse in winter. Official figures show year-on-year inflation in the Czech Republic reached a dizzying 17.5 percent in July. Soaring energy prices were the major driving force behind the inflation. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRISTINE, Local resident "Prices are really high right now, and yeah it's expensive. And also about the energy prices, I think in this situation will be worse. Winter is coming. And I think the government should really do something about it." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): VACLAV, Teacher "It (the cost of living) is much worse than it was, because

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Japan crash out of Under-20 World Cup

VICTORIA, Canada - Japan defender Tomoaki Makino (3rd from L) celebrates after scoring a first-half header in an Under-20 World Cup match against the Czech Republic in Victoria on July 11. Japan squandered a 2-0 lead and crashed out of the World Cup as the Czechs edged Japan 4-3 in a penalty shootout to book their place in the quarterfinals. (Kyodo)

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Czech premier joins Velvet Revolution anniversary event

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (foreground) lays flowers and lights a candle in Prague on Nov. 17, 2014, as Czechs commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that ushered in the return of democracy to the country. (Kyodo)

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People, summer, hot weather, Water dam Plumlov

People enjoy hot weather in water dam Plumlov in Mostkovice near Prostejov, Czech Republic, July 1, 2020. Some 79 percent of Czechs are planning to go on summer holiday in Czechia this year and intend to pay Kc6,150 per person for it, according to the latest survey by state-run agency CzechTourism. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Svoboda)

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People, summer, hot weather, Water dam Plumlov

People enjoy hot weather in water dam Plumlov in Mostkovice near Prostejov, Czech Republic, July 1, 2020. Some 79 percent of Czechs are planning to go on summer holiday in Czechia this year and intend to pay Kc6,150 per person for it, according to the latest survey by state-run agency CzechTourism. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Svoboda)

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People, summer, hot weather, Water dam Plumlov, man, dog

People enjoy hot weather in water dam Plumlov in Mostkovice near Prostejov, Czech Republic, July 1, 2020. Some 79 percent of Czechs are planning to go on summer holiday in Czechia this year and intend to pay Kc6,150 per person for it, according to the latest survey by state-run agency CzechTourism. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Svoboda)

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