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90% oppose Islam in Czech Republic - Poll

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According to Praguepost.com, 90% of the 18,000 Czechs that took part in the European election calculator EUvox consider Islam a threat to the Czech people. One third of Czech people strongly consider Islam a threat, but overall 90% of Czechs are opposed to it to a certain degree, with just 10% saying they did not oppose Islam. Michaela Vojtková, from the Academy of Sciences Sociological Institute... 

US Government Promoting Islam in Czech & other European countries

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The Czech government has approved a new project funded by the US State Department, which is trying to promote Islam to Czech public school children and convert them across the country and other European countries, such as France and Spain. The project which is called Muslims in the Eyes of Czech Schoolchildren is being financed with American taxes from a grant the US Embassy in Prague gave them. According... 

Flood causes evacuation in Dresden, Germany

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Floods in Central Europe kill 10 people in Czech Republic. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the eastern city of Dresden in Germany, where thousands of troops are deployed to help flood-hit areas. On Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said that some 600 people needed to leave their homes in Dresden because of the flood. Electricity cut off was reported in parts of the city. The military also said... 

Evacuation in Prague, state of emergency as floods grip Czech Republic

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At least two people have been killed in devastating floods gripping the western Czech Republic. The disaster caused by torrential rains has prompted the evacuation of metro stations, several hospitals and the zoo in the capital. Heavy rain over the weekend has resulted in flood warnings in west, north, central and south Bohemia. At least one woman is dead, after her home collapsed in Trebenice u Prahy,... 

Powerful explosion rocks central Prague, dozens injured

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A suspected gas explosion has damaged a building in the heart of the Czech capital Prague, injuring 35 people. Six of those injured were reportedly foreigners, and two people are said to have been seriously injured. Rescuers had previously believed that three or four people were still trapped in the rubble and possibly dead, though Fire Chief Vladimir Pesek said that there are no indications that... 

Czech President Warns The End Of Democracy Is Imminent

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Former ECB Chief Economist Says ECB Is In Panic. If anyone thought the bad blood between Germany and the rest of the insolvent proletariat, aka the part of the Eurozone which is out of money (most of it), and which has been now confirmed will be supporting Obama (one wonders what the quid for that particular quo is, although we are certain we will find out as soon as December), complete collapse of... 

Cat parasite can cause schizophrenia in humans

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Jaroslav Flegr beleives that he has been infected by a parasite that is manipulating his behaviour Parasites passed from cats could be causing schizophrenia in their owners, a scientist has claimed. Studies have also shown behavioral changes in humans, including lower reaction times and a sixfold increased risk of traffic accidents among infected, RhD-negative males, as well as links to schizophrenia... 

Anti-austerity protests sweep across Europe

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Thousands of Czech university students rally in central Prague on February 29, 2012. Massive demonstrations across Europe have taken issue with the austerity measures adopted by the European governments against economic adversity. The protests were held on Wednesday in the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Belgium, and Spain against government economic reforms aimed at dealing with the unprecedented... 

Tensions rise in Czech Republic

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A recent spate of attacks by Roma youths on white people has escalated racial tension in the remote reaches of the Czech Republic. In a region plagued by unemployment, some fear the far right could profit politically. The region of Sluknovsky vybezek is a crooked finger of land protruding from the northern reaches of Bohemia into Germany, not far from the city of Dresden. The inhabitants of the small... 

The Demographic Decline of the Czech Republic

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The Czech Republic’s picturesque capital city of Prague showcases hundreds of years of European history through its well-preserved architecture. The Czech Republic also serves as a bellwether for Europe’s demographic future. Diversity is spreading across the continent from immigrant hubs in Western Europe and arriving in the land of the Czechs.  Read More »

Czechs Protest Plans For Michael Jackson Statue

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Thousands of Czechs are protesting plans to put up a statue of Michael Jackson in Prague to mark the celebrity’s 52nd birthday on August 29, AP has reported. City officials have already given a green light to the raising of the two-meter bronze bust of the late “King of Pop” on the grounds of Letna park, a plane high above the Vltava and downtown where Jackson played a megaconcert... 

Israel deports US journalist

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Jared Malsin Israeli authorities today deported an American journalist who was working as an editor for a Palestinian news agency. Jared Malsin, who is Jewish and in his late 20s, was detained at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport eight days ago as he returned from a holiday in Prague. His girlfriend, a Lutheran church volunteer who flew back with him, was deported two days later., but Malsin was... 

Cardinal says Christian Europe is to blame for Islamisation

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Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the Archbishop of Prague A leading Catholic cardinal has said Europeans only have themselves to blame for allowing Islam to conquer the continent. Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the Archbishop of Prague, said Muslims were well placed to fill the spiritual void “created as Europeans systematically empty the Christian content of their lives”. “Europe will... 

EU Lisbon Treaty: Czech Republic government caves in to eurosceptic president

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Vaclav Klaus - the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court has ruled that the EU's Lisbon Treaty is legal The crisis over the EU Lisbon Treaty has deepened after the Czech Republic’s government backed down in a battle with President Vaclav Klaus over his refusal to sign the text. Jan Fischer, the caretaker prime minister, announced a climb-down after an emergency cabinet meeting in Prague,... 

David Duke's arrest in Prague ended but he must leave Czech Republic

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Prague – The Czech police today released David Duke, former leader of the Ku Klux Klan racist movement, in the early hours, accused him of promotion of movements suppressing human rights, and ordered him to leave the country by midnight, Duke’s lawyer Klara Slamova told CTK. Slamova said she would file the complaint against the police procedure concerning Duke. Prague police spokesman Jan... 
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